Monthly Archives: August 2022

Unofficial Bridgerton Musical – Fair Use or Infringing Fan Fiction



In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss an intellectual property dispute between Netflix and two digital content creators who wrote a musical inspired by the hit Netflix series, Bridgerton.

Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel, here.


NY Court Catches Bieber Fever, Denying RHODE NYC’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction



NY Court Catches Bieber Fever, Denying RHODE NYCs Motion for Preliminary InjunctionIn this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss a Trademark Infringement Lawsuit filed by the clothing brand RHODE NYC against Hailey Beiber’s new skincare line RHODE.

Watch this episode, here.


Is the Server Test Ready for a Reboot?



In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Weintraub attorneys Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the impact of Alexis Hunley, et al v. Instagram, LLC on copyright law, specifically on the Server Test. Considered one of the top copyright cases to watch, Hunley deals with the practice of “embedding” and its copyright implications.

Watch the video of this episode here.

Read Scott’s blog post about this case on The IP Law Blog.