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They’re “gonna work it out, bye bye”the Velvet Underground and Warhol Foundation settle banana trademark case

  • Sullivan & Worcester LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 30 2013

The Velvet Underground and the Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts have settled their lawsuit over the right to control iconic "banana" image from

DC Comics v. Towle

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 22 2013

In action asserting copyright and trademark infringement claims related to defendant’s production and sale of Batmobile replicas, district court

“Holy unfavourable judgment Batman”Batmobile found to be a protectable character

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 18 2013

Can you guess the movie character from the following description: "oddly-shaped head and facial features, squat torso, long thin arms, and

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

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • 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

Washington v. National Football League

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 5 2012

District court grants NFL’s motion to dismiss class action filed by former football players alleging that, by not allowing the players the rights to game films and images from the games in which they played, the NFL is monopolizing the market for former players’ likenesses, in violation of antitrust laws

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

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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

"It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business."

  • Coats & Bennett PLLC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 23 2012

It’s not wise to cross Don Corleone

2011 media year in review

  • Sedgwick LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 18 2012

2012 is here, and in our first issue in the New Year, the Media Law Bulletin is taking a look back at some interesting legal developments of 2011: the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's (DMCA) safe harbor provision concerning copyrighted material and on an Apple software license agreement; a Federal Circuit court permitted an accused infringer to use reexamination as a way to avoid liability for infringement; the Ninth Circuit ruled on how trademark holders protect their intellectual property; and a Federal Circuit decision on an appeal from the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) on whether friction-welding claims were obvious

Green Day's unlicensed use of image in concert video held a fair use

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 20 2011

An artist sued the band Green Day for copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and unfair competition, alleging that the band used the artist's copyrighted image as part of a video backdrop displayed during certain live Green Day performances without permission

CCA and B, LLC v. F W Media, Inc

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 12 2011

District court denies motion for preliminary injunction in a copyright and trademark infringement action brought by the publisher of the Christmas book The Elf on the Shelf, finding that defendant publisher’s book was a parody of plaintiff’s work and was sufficiently transformative to render it a fair use

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