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Commentary: 'Thin' vs. 'Broad' Protection for Music Works
June 01, 2018
The hotly disputed legal issue between the majority and dissent in the recent, highly-publicized “Blurred Lines” decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit concerned whether Marvin Gaye's 1976 hit song “Got to Give it Up” was entitled to “broad” or “thin” copyright protection.
Commentary: Smaller Space for Innovation Leads to More Infringement Suits
June 01, 2018
Pop musicians may be running out of creative space. And this problem is being exacerbated by the behaviors of what we might call the “legacy” interests — parties who own copyright interests in already-created songs but who won't be making any new music.
DeLorean Estate's Lawsuit over 'Back To the Future' Royalties
June 01, 2018
Two camps are battling in New Jersey federal court over royalties paid by Universal Pictures for use of the car that became a time machine in the <i>Back to the Future</i> movie trilogy.
Impact on Accusers of Court-Approved Weinstein Co. Sale
June 01, 2018
A Delaware federal bankruptcy judge's ruling in May approved the $310 million sale of The Weinstein Co.'s television and film assets to Dallas-based Lantern Capital Partners. The development was the latest blow to women who had hoped to recover against the company for abuses suffered at the hands of company co-founder Harvey Weinstein.
Plot Thickens for Dispute over 'Star Wars'-Related Card Game App
June 01, 2018
In a lawsuit over rights to a card game with a pivotal role in the <i>Star Wars</i> saga, Lucasfilm Ltd. won an early battle against app maker Ren Ventures Ltd. when a federal district judge in San Francisco declined to dismiss Lucasfilm's claims based on Ren Ventures' use of various trademarks, primarily centered on the game Sabacc.
Bit Parts
June 01, 2018
Brief Use of Graffiti Art in HBO's <i>Vinyl</i> Show Found <i>De Minimis</i><br>Chinese Film Company Subject to Personal Jurisdiction in Location Security Company's Colorado Lawsuit
'Breaking News:' U.S. Supreme Court Buys Into Sports Betting in NJ and Beyond
May 14, 2018
The justices in <i>Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association</i> found the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act infringed on state sovereignty. The decision could transform sports and sports gambling from coast to coast.
NY High Court Sees Right of Publicity Claim in Avatars but Rules Against Celebrity Plaintiffs
May 01, 2018
<i><b>Legislature Considers Publicity Law Update</b></i><p>Ruling in a matter of first impression, New York's high court dismissed suits filed by Lindsay Lohan and the daughter of ex-mobster Sammy “The Bull” Gravano against the makers of Grand Theft Auto V, by disagreeing with the plaintiff's claims that characters in the game were intended to be their look-alikes.
Indiana Supreme Court to Decide Fantasy Sports Publicity Rights Issue
May 01, 2018
The Supreme Court of Indiana accepted a certified question from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit involving the interpretation of the state's right-of-publicity statute.
Why Second Circuit Found No Fair Use in 'TVEyes' Case
May 01, 2018
Only a small fraction of television news broadcasts are made available online. For a party to monitor and view all news coverage of an event, it would essentially have to watch and record all news broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That's exactly what media-monitoring service TVEyes did. Fox News filed suit against TVEyes, claiming copyright infringement of 19 of its hour-long programs and alleging that TVEyes would divert Fox News's viewership and its ability to license its news clips to third parties.

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