29 Dec Newman | LLP Persuades Federal Court to Recognize that Cascading Style Sheets are Copyrightable
On January 12, 2016, Newman | LLP attorneys Leeor Neta and Derek Linke secured an unprecedented summary judgment ruling regarding copyright protection for online content. On behalf of Media.net Advertising, the firm sued NetSeer, Inc. for stealing and misusing the HTML and style sheet (or CSS) underlying Media.net’s online services. In response, NetSeer sought an early summary judgment motion. Because the Copyright Office generally refuses to register claims based on CSS, U.S. District Court Edward Chen was...