Photographs, Fonts, and Fashion: A Copyright Smorgasbord

Copyright protection in three areas that every lawyer encounters and few fully understand: the deceptively complex doctrine of photographic originality, from Burrow-Giles through Warhol v. Goldsmith; the unsettled law of typefaces and the font software that generates them, from Eltra through the recent Laatz v. Zazzle decision; and the Supreme Court’s reshaping of fashion copyright in Star Athletica and what it means for the practice of copyright law today. A working session for practitioners who advise designers, photographers, publishers, and the companies that license their work.