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Louis Vuitton not laughing over Warner Bros.’ use of counterfeit handbag in The Hangover II

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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January 31 2012

French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton Malletier, SA recently filed suit against Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., accusing the film studio of deliberately using a counterfeit Louis Vuitton handbag in a scene from the 2011 crass comedy hit The Hangover: Part II

Another fair-use victory for the studios: makers of South Park immune from copyright infringement claim of viral video creator

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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September 28 2011

South Park Digital Studios, Comedy Partners, MTV Networks, Paramount Home Entertainment Inc., and Viacom International Inc. have successfully defended themselves against federal claims of copyright infringement related to an April 2, 2008, episode of the popular Comedy Central television program South Park

Former Rutgers quarterback seeks to revive flat-lining lawsuit against videogame maker

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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March 6 2012

A former quarterback for the Rutgers University football team has asked the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to overturn a New Jersey federal court’s dismissal of his class action lawsuit claiming that Electronic Arts, Inc. (EA) violated college football players’ publicity rights by using their likenesses and attributes in its hit videogame franchise NCAA Football

Tebowmania: clash over sale of NFL-licensed apparel results in settlement between Nike and Reebok

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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May 21 2012

Nike Inc. and Reebok Int’l Ltd. recently settled a high-profile dispute over the sale of NFL apparel bearing the name and jersey number of star New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow

Copyright and trademark issues highlighted during recent controversy over Pinterest’s terms of service

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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April 26 2012

Any company with an online presence, especially one that allows users or subscribers to post content or images, should carefully consider applicable intellectual property laws and take steps to ensure that its website’s terms of service are at all times appropriately tailored to provide adequate protection for the company while simultaneously serving the specific needs of the site and its users

There’s no place like court: Eighth Circuit rules that studios’ classic film copyrights extend to famous characters in the Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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November 11 2011

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently ruled in favor of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. in its copyright infringement suit against several movie image licensors who had been selling altered public domain images of famous characters from The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, and a number of Tom & Jerry short films

Kelsey Grammer, producers of BET’s “The Game” flagged for alleged copyright infringement

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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February 28 2012

An aspiring scriptwriter has again accused the producers of the BET television series “The Game”including Kelsey Grammer, series creator Mara Brock Akil, and a unit of CBS Broadcasting Inc.of violating federal copyright law by using a script she had written for an episode of the show without compensation

Seventh Circuit confirms that South Park’s parody of sexually suggestive viral video is protected by fair use

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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August 3 2012

The producers of the popular Comedy Central television program South Park have again emerged victorious in their dispute against Brownmark Films, LLC, which had filed a federal copyright infringement suit in 2010 alleging that the studios replication of its copyrighted music video in a 2008 South Park episode titled Brownmark Films to damages and injunctive relief

(Dis)like: NFL merchandisers flag Facebook for friending counterfeiters

Arent Fox LLP
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USA
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November 1 2012

An officially licensed retailer of NFL merchandise recently filed a class action lawsuit against Facebook Inc., accusing the social networking giant of running advertisements for counterfeit NFL products in prominent “Sponsored” advertisements