Touchdown for artistic expression: First Amendment rights protected against trademark infringement claims *

USA - July 20 2012
The Eleventh Circuit held that paintings of University of Alabama football games that depicted the University’s uniforms did not constitute trademark infringement.

Co-authors: Jason Joseph Porta.

N.Y. court takes bite out of Trident chewing gum class *

USA - July 21 2011
On 29 March 2011, the New York Supreme Court – Queens County dismissed a consumer class action complaint charging Cadbury, a division of Kraft Foods, with misleading consumers by claiming on product packaging that Trident XTRA Care gum “rebuilds teeth.”

Co-authors: Steven P. Hollman , Robert B. Wolinsky .

Beat it: federal court blocks discovery of cable and satellite subscription revenues in copyright infringement case against Fox News *

USA - July 21 2011
Despite generally far-flung discovery in civil litigation in the U. S., courts will sometimes limit what information a plaintiff can see.

Co-authors: Theresa M. House , Jason Joseph Porta.