数字世界中的版权保护
互联网和今天的数字技术极大增强了全球信息传播与分享的能力,使传统的版权原则面临严峻挑战,对版权所有人及想要充分利用数字媒体的人造成了严重影响。为了保持竞争优势,公司需要明确的指导和独到的版权作品保护方案。依赖第三方内容的公司同样需要指导,以了解自己对于版权所有人的责任。
跨越多个行业的全方位保护
50多年来,飞翰在版权保护和咨询方面始终处于领先地位。飞翰曾获得众多奖项,自2008 年以来,在美国版权工作领域连续获得《知识产权管理》(Managing Intellectual Property)杂志肯定。我们为各类客户提供关于版权保护和公平使用第三方版权作品的咨询服务,其中包括各种协会、出版商、资产数十亿的娱乐公司、生产商、各种规模的非营利组织、标准指定机构、大型零售商、以及其它商业机构。我们可为客户注册版权、加速申请、记录文件和执行产权搜索。我们就版权性、公平使用、侵权、所有权与产权、通知、担保利益和美国以外的保护等问题向客户出具意见,也可以为客户起草和谈判涉及版权作品的协议,包括联合开发协议、许可协议、转让协议、权利排查协议和分销协议。我们了解媒体, 为我们的客户实时的提供最佳方案。我们还帮助那些标准制定机构去影响国际标准(ISO)和美国国家标准协会(ANSI)的程序制定,来确保我们客户的利益得到尊重,版权受到保护。
发挥版权作品的全部潜力
通过对版权的评估审计,我们可根据您的企业性质,寻找注册、执行或许可的不同机会,为您创造收入来源和打开新市场。您既可以采取简单的许可协议,也可以建立综合复杂的战略联盟。飞翰在许可和开发知识产权交易方面处于领先地位。本事务所的律师对于许可工作者协会(Licensing Executives Society)的成立起到了重要作用,并一直在该协会担任领导职务。
无与伦比的诉讼经验
版权诉讼也许非常复杂,如果无法通过其它方式就争议达成和解,飞翰将在诉讼中成为您的强大后盾。我们在全国各法院拥有数十年的诉讼经验,无论是执行版权,还是针对侵权指控提供辩护,我们的经验都可让您放心。我们曾代表很多客户参与美国版权局(U.S. Copyright Office) 和美国海关总署(the U.S. Customs Service) 的诉讼,而且本事务所的律师经常出庭担任专家证人。
我们的版权业务包括
1:19-cv-01570, E.D. Va., Judge O'Grady
8:17-cv-01795, M.D. Fla., Judges Jung, Honeywell
2:17-cv-03027, C.D. Cal., Judges Walter, Wilner
19-10013, 11th Cir., Judges Wilson, Carnes, Branch
At the lower court, Finnegan prevailed on a Rule 12(b)(6) motion for client Subaru of America. In that suit, the plaintiff asserted trademark and copyright infringement, trademark dilution, and false advertising against Subaru’s annual “Share the Love” holiday-season campaign, which donates money from car purchases to various buyer-designated national and local charities. Subaru’s campaign uses a particular logo comprised of a heart on a hand, and various other “love”-themed designs.
The plaintiff sought enhanced damages, punitive damages over $20 million, and attorneys’ fees. Subaru’s motion to dismiss was based largely on the facial dissimilarities between the parties’ respective designs, which the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted on all counts asserted in the complaint, without leave to further amend.
The plaintiff appealed to the Ninth Circuit, which affirmed the lower court’s decision after finding that the plaintiff did not plausibly allege any claim. The appeals court later denied plaintiff’s petition for rehearing. Consistent with the lower court’s opinion, the Ninth Circuit ruled that the marks at issue were so facially dissimilar that they could not plausibly create a likelihood of confusion, and affirmed the dismissal of the trademark dilution, copyright infringement, and false advertising claims for the same reasons, resulting in a complete win for Subaru.
16-16840, 9th Cir., Judges Lucero, Owens, Thomas
3:16-cv-03384, N.D. Cal., Judge Chesney
6:15-cv-00781, E.D. Tex., Judges Gilstrap, Mitchell
IPR2016-00441, -00442, PTAB, Judges Kim, Weatherly, Goodson
1:13-cv-00433, E.D. Va., Judges Buchanan, Ellis
14-2030, 4th Cir., Judges Duncan, Harris, Shedd
3:14-cv-02274, N.D. Cal., Judge Seeborg
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