Restatement of the Law, Copyright Posts
January 2025 Council Meeting Updates
At its meeting on January 23 and 24, 2025, the Council discussed and approved, in part or in whole, drafts of six projects.
Trademark, Copyright High Court Cases Shake Out in Lower Courts
In 2023, the US Supreme Court issued high-profile rulings on trademark territoriality, fair use, and First Amendment protection. But as often happens, these rulings clarify the law while leaving unanswered questions for 2024.
January 2024 Council Meeting Updates
At its meeting on January 18 and 19, 2024, the ALI Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts of the following projects and approved drafts and portions of drafts as listed.
Justices rule against Andy Warhol estate in copyright dispute
This decision provides a major statement in the role that copyright law plays in fostering artistic creativity, as the court upheld the claim of a famed celebrity photographer, Lynn Goldsmith, that the Andy Warhol estate infringed her copyright in a photograph of the musician Prince when it licensed an image Warhol derived from that photograph to serve as a cover on a Condé Nast issue published shortly after Prince’s death.
January 2023 Council Meeting Updates
At its meeting on January 19 and 20, 2023, the Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts of five projects and approved drafts and portions of drafts as listed.
Project Updates from the 2022 ALI Annual Meeting
Learn more about the actions taken at this year’s ALI Annual Meeting, held last month, where the membership met to discuss and vote on twelve ALI project drafts.
Restatement of the Law, Copyright at the 2022 ALI Annual Meeting
In this video, Christopher Jon Sprigman and Lydia Pallas Loren provide an overview of Tentative Draft No. 3 of Restatement of the Law, Copyright, which will be presented at this year’s ALI Annual Meeting.
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Andy Warhol Copyright Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider what it means for a work of art to be “transformative” for purposes of fair use under the Copyright Act.
January 2022 Council Meeting Updates
At its meeting on January 20 and 21, 2022, the ALI Council reviewed and discussed Council Drafts of nine projects.
Restatement of the Law, Copyright: What Was Approved at the Annual Meeting?
Earlier this year, at The American Law Institute’s 2021 Annual Meeting, the ALI membership voted to approve the Tentative Draft of Restatement of the Law, Copyright. This was the first time that this project was presented to membership for approval.