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it doesn’t infringe to use a similar concept in ad photos

Kitsch LLC v. Viori Beauty PBC, 2026 WL 1356424, No. 2:25-cv-10830-SPG-AGP (C.D. Cal. May 8, 2026) Kitsch is “a leading beauty product and accessories manufacturer and sells its products in major retail stores and online through its website and third-party … Continue reading

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Panel 6: Unanticipated Consequences of New Technologies and Practices

29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act Jennifer Urban, UC Berkeley Law (Speaker and Moderator) Daniel Gervais, Vanderbilt Law: Copyright act as undergirding licensing architectures for AI. © rights are inert without … Continue reading

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Panel 5: Copyrightable Subject Matter and the Special Problem of Software

29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act Pamela Samuelson, UC Berkeley Law (Moderator and Speaker): discusses history (in which she was intimately involved as an intellectual powerhouse). From uncertainty over whether software … Continue reading

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Copyright Act Panel 4: The Shifting Line Between Federal and State Protection

29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976  R. Anthony Reese, UCI School of Law Fundamental change: eliminating common-law copyright for unpublished works and unifying the regime at creation. Contemporaries like Ralph Sharp Brown saw … Continue reading

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Panel 6: Unanticipated Consequences of New Technologies and Practices

29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act Jennifer Urban, UC Berkeley Law (Speaker and Moderator) Daniel Gervais, Vanderbilt Law: Copyright act as undergirding licensing architectures for AI. © rights are inert without … Continue reading

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Panel 5: Copyrightable Subject Matter and the Special Problem of Software

29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act Pamela Samuelson, UC Berkeley Law (Moderator and Speaker): discusses history (in which she was intimately involved as an intellectual powerhouse). From uncertainty over whether software … Continue reading

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Copyright Act Panel 4: The Shifting Line Between Federal and State Protection

29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976  R. Anthony Reese, UCI School of Law Fundamental change: eliminating common-law copyright for unpublished works and unifying the regime at creation. Contemporaries like Ralph Sharp Brown saw … Continue reading

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Panel 3: The Scope of Exclusive Rights and Modes of Enforcement

29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act Erik Stallman, UC Berkeley Law (Moderator) Christopher Sprigman, NYU Law: Restatement of ©: assumes perspective of common law court, attentive to and respectful of precedent … Continue reading

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29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act Panel 2: The Role of the Author and the Acquisition and Duration of Their Rights Molly Van Houweling, UC Berkeley Law (Moderator) Tyler Ochoa, Santa … Continue reading

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29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act: Origins of the Copyright Act

29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act [apologies—seriously delayed flight means my notetaking will be bad.] Panel 1: Origins of the 1976 Copyright Act Peter Menell, UC Berkeley Law (Speaker and Moderator): … Continue reading

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