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Broad but definite license agreement on Eminem masters means $$
- McDermott Will & Emery
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- USA
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- October 28 2010
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, reversing a district court decision, held that Eminem’s record label improperly calculated royalties in connection with the exploitation of Eminem’s sound recordings as digital downloads and ringtones
Boop-oop-a-doop oops! Family of Betty Boop creator loses infringement claims due to flawed chain of title
- McDermott Will & Emery
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- USA
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- March 31 2011
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court’s holding that the family of the creator of the 1930s cartoon character Betty Boop lacked the requisite copyright or trademark rights to prevent a company from selling merchandise featuring the Betty Boop image
First-sale doctrine protects sale of promotional CDs
- McDermott Will & Emery
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- USA
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- January 31 2011
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court holding that a defendant’s resale of promotional music compact discs was permissible under the first-sale doctrine and did not constitute copyright infringement
Ex-guitarist must KISS royalties goodbye to satisfy judgment
- McDermott Will & Emery
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- USA
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- July 31 2012
In an unpublished ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a district court did not err in holding that former KISS guitarist Vinnie “Vinnie Vincent” Cusano must surrender KISS royalty earnings to former bandmate Gene “Gene Simmons” Klein in order to cover Klein’s attorneys’ fees from a royalty dispute Cusano lost in 2003
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- Jurisdiction - USA
- Workarea - Litigation
- Workarea - Media & Entertainment
- Workarea - Copyrights
- Firm Name - McDermott Will & Emery
- Author - Elisabeth Malis Morgan