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Dr. Seuss appealed the district court’s ruling to the Ninth Circuit, which was asked to resolve the issue of whether Boldly was indeed a “fair use” of Oh, The Places.
The defendants claimed that their use was non-infringing fair use; the court did not agree. Over twenty years later (and just this month), the Ninth Circuit decided the case of Dr. Seuss ...
Two movies based on classic Dr. Seuss books are in production, the first additions to a successful Suess film catalog since ...
Analysis 'Mash-Up' of Dr. Seuss and Star Trek Held Fair Use In Dr. Seuss Enterprises v. ComicMix, the Southern District of California granted summary judgment to defendants, affirming its prior ...
Dr. Seuss and Star Trek mashup comic isn’t fair use after all, judge says Case could turn on whether Boldly is a parody or an homage.
Media On Fox News, Dr. Seuss Is the Latest Battle in the Cancel Culture Wars With Democrats in power again, the network’s outrage cycle is going full blast.
The 9th Circuit on Friday reversed a finding that a Star Trek-Dr. Seuss mash-up titled Oh, the Places You'll Boldly Go! was a fair use of Theodor S. Geisel's work.
In a Sept. 15, 2017 opinion in Lombardo v. Dr. Seuss Enterprises, 2017 WL 4129643 (S.D.N.Y. 2017), Judge Hellerstein upheld the fair use defense and dismissed the copyright infringement and other ...
Dr. Seuss Enterprises LP and the makers of the Dr. Seuss/"Star Trek" mashup book "Oh, the Places You'll Boldly Go!" have settled Seuss' copyright infringement claims, according to a Tuesday filing ...
Happy new week – it’s going to be a busy one! Dive into Fair freebies, Lego play, 110 years of Dr. Seuss and much, much more… ...
What is the difference between a parody and a satire? Two recent court cases involving the estate of Theodor Geisel aka Dr. Seuss illustrate a complex answer to that simple question.
As explained by Dr. Seuss in Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, life is a great balancing act. Similarly, the test for fair use of a copyrighted work balances four statutory factors: (1) the purpose and ...