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No Longer Inked in the Law? Sedlik v. von Drachenberg Challenges the Ninth Circuit’s Test for Substantial Similarity

In the coming months, the Ninth Circuit en banc will decide Sedlik v. von Drachenberg, a relatively straightforward infringement case that asks whether a tattoo copied from a photograph of Miles Davis was substantially s ...

IEEPA Refunds Update

A good portion of what has gone on with the IEEPA refund cases has been fast moving and covered at a high level in the various forms of the press. There were, however, a couple of developments last week which are worth h ...

An Exact Copy or Only Copying: The Ninth Circuit Limits Section 1202(b) of the DMCA to Copies of Existing Works

On September 16, 2026, the Ninth Circuit held that a generative AI model does not “remove or alter” copyright management information (“CMI”) under Section 1202(b) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCAâ ...

Connecting Is Not Displaying: The Fifth Circuit Rejects the Server Test for a New “Transmit Requirement”

On August 27, 2026, the Fifth Circuit became the first court of appeals to reject the Ninth Circuit’s “server test” for copyright’s public display right, scrapping that test in favor of a new “transmit requirem ...

A Tarnished Legal Theory and a Reversal: Ninth Circuit Rejects Jack Daniel’s “Bad Spaniels” Dilution Claim

On August 4, 2026, the Ninth Circuit vacated the district court’s permanent injunction barring VIP Products from selling its “Bad Spaniels” dog toy and directed entry of judgment for VIP on Jack Daniel’s claim fo ...

IEEPA Tariffs - CAPE and Next Steps

All importers are anxious to get the IEEPA[1] duties paid refunded. However, there are some legal issues working their way through the system which are causing somewhat understandable delays. The most significant issues ...

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