Often a point of contention in intellectual property disputes, particularly disputes and litigation relating to copyrights, is whether an implied license is a viable defense to a claim that you are impropery utilizing someone else’s property (e.g., copyright infringement). A license, very generally, is permission to use or own something. In the context of copyrights,…
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A copyright is a type of intellectual property. “Original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression…from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device” may be the subject of copyright. Dryer v. National Football League, 814 F.3d 938, 942 (8th…