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You're getting sued for what? An E&O odyssey (Pt 9)

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada, USA
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October 30 2012

This post is part of an occasional series highlighting the type of risks which film and TV producers face and which are supposed to be covered by E&O insurance

Depicting trade-marks in artistic works: University of Alabama vs New Life Art

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada, USA
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July 3 2012

Although a decision from the US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has limited precedential value in Canadian courts, the decision in University of Alabama vs New Life Art, Inc. (filed June 11, 2012) (hat tip: Hollywood, Esq.) is useful for Canadian entertainment lawyers because it indicates the analytical framework which courts use in assessing whether infringement has occurred when a trade-mark is incorporated into an artistic work

You're getting sued for what? An E&O odyssey (Pt 8)

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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USA
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May 22 2012

This post is part of an occasional series highlighting the type of risks which film and TV producers face and which are supposed to be covered by E&O insurance

You're getting sued for what? An E&O odyssey (Pt 7)

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada, USA
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February 28 2012

This post is part of an occasional series highlighting the type of risks which film and TV producers face and which are supposed to be covered by E&O insurance, and which aims to demonstrate that what might seem to a producer to be paranoia on the part of their lawyer is, in fact, well-founded

You're getting sued for what? An E&O odyssey (Pt 4)

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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USA
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December 23 2011

Creating contracts by email - "written" doesn't always mean "in writing"

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada, USA
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November 14 2011

Two recent court decisions (one Canadian, one American) serve as useful reminders that binding contracts and assignments of rights can be created via exchanges of emails almost as easily as they can be created by "written" documents

Dick Tracy returns: the importance of specificity in reversion clauses

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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USA
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March 31 2011

Reports about Warren Beatty's recent court victory in respect of the film and television rights to the Dick Tracy property offer a chance to reflect on the wording of reversion clauses

The Skins controversy - a Canadian perspective

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Canada, USA
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January 24 2011

The recent premiere of MTV's show Skins (which was shot in Toronto, and is based on a show of the same name originally broadcast in the UK by E4) has ignited a minor controversy: multiple media outlets have reported that some advertisers are pulling from the show and TV watchdog groups have raised the spectre of a violation of US child pornography laws

I was kidding! humour and defamation

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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Australia, USA
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November 22 2010

To what extent is "I was just joking" a defence to a defamation claim? Laura Little has written "Just a Joke: Defamatory Humor and Incongruity's Promise" (available at SSRN), which explores the ways in which courts have addressed "humour" in US and Australian defamation law

Entertainment contracts - get it in writing

Heenan Blaikie LLP
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USA
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November 6 2010

If there's a single maxim by which entertainment lawyers live, it's surely "get it in writing"