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Copyrightable Karaoke Tracks Not Protected By Trademark Act
September 01, 2016
Slep-Tone Entertainment Corporation and its successor in interest, Phoenix Entertainment Partners, filed more than 150 Lanham Act suits throughout the country. The suits alleged that defendants had committed trademark infringement by making unauthorized copies and performing commercial karaoke files containing Slep-Tone's registered trademark "Sound Choice" and graphically displayed trade dress.
IP Protection Issues in Brexit
September 01, 2016
Entertainment companies routinely enter into international transactions that involve intellectual property (IP) rights. What is the impact of the United Kingdom's vote to exit the European Union (EU) on these IP rights, specifically on patent and trademark rights.
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August 31, 2016
Improving Your Odds in Entertainment and Sports Law
<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> LinkedIn Takes Aim at Fake Profiles Designed to Scrape Data
August 10, 2016
LinkedIn is seeking to unmask the creators of fake profiles who have been scraping the professional social networking site for data about its 400 million users.
Personal Jurisdiction Roundup
August 01, 2016
The issue of whether a court has personal jurisdiction over a party in an entertainment industry lawsuit is determined, as in other types of litigation, on a state-by-state basis, subject to whether this jurisdiction meets due process. The case outcomes vary.
Bit Parts
August 01, 2016
Breach of Contract Claim Can Proceed over Cruz Campaign's Use of Songs in Videos<br>Music-Related Movie with Same Title as Band Doesn't Infringe Band's Trademark<br>No Trademark or Trade Dress Violations Seen in Copying Karaoke Products
Relativity, Netflix Battle Involves Interplay Between Bankruptcy and Streaming License
August 01, 2016
Entertainment companies be forewarned: Unlike standard civil litigation, a single bankruptcy proceeding can often include multiple seemingly unrelated adjudications that, in hindsight, have a much greater subsequent impact than an unsuspecting litigant might expect.
The Internet Is Not a Consequence-Free Zone
August 01, 2016
The ability to create, share, and misappropriate content ' all in an instant ' on social media has radically increased the number of unwitting copyright owners and infringers. Those who publish their musings, photographs, videos via Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube, for example, do not necessarily know that their content may be protected by copyright law. By the same token, those who make use of others' content typically give little thought to whether their actions constitute copyright infringement.
Arbitration Issue in Suit Against Roger Ailes
August 01, 2016
A sexual harassment suit filed against Fox News Network chairman and CEO Roger Ailes by former anchor Gretchen Carlson is influenced by varying climates in New Jersey and New York when it comes to arbitration agreements.
EFF Challenges DMCA's Anti-Circumvention Provision
August 01, 2016
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati have teamed up to challenge provisions in U.S. copyright law that threaten harsh penalties for breaking "digital locks" guarding content such as music and software code.

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