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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

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

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

Eleventh Circuit raises its glass to the public domain, affirms summary judgment entered against Miller's Ale House on trademark, trade dress, and copyright claims

  • Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 31 2012

Score one for McDowell's and its "Golden Arcs." In a dispute between two sports bar and restaurant chains, the Eleventh Circuit has affirmed a grant

Anonymous bloggers and the First Amendment: when and how your company can identify its John Doe defendants

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 25 2011

The exponential growth of the internet is also seeing an increase in the number of legal actions against “John Doe” defendants

Santa Margherita and Paterno toast quick win in gray market wine case

  • Roetzel & Andress
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 24 2011

Plaintiffs Santa Margherita S.p.A. (“Santa Margherita”) and Paterno Imports, Ltd. (“Paterno”) recently secured a consent judgment in a “gray market” trademark and copyright case, S. Margherita S.p.A. v. Thomas Wine Imports, Inc., Case No. 2:11-CV-00843-GHK-JEM (C.D.Cal. 2011

Don't snag your deals on traps laid for trolls

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • European Union, USA
  • -
  • March 26 2013

The issue of non-practicing entities has been back in the news again recently. During a Google hangout last week, President Barack Obama used strong

Ninth Circuit “Betty Boop” decision threatens sports logo, college and character licensing

  • Locke Lord LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 25 2011

Licensing programs for professional and college sports logos, and other character licensing programs have been put at risk by a recent decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In Fleischer Studios, Inc. v. A.V.E.L.A., Inc., No. 09-56317 (9th Cir. Feb. 23, 2011), the Ninth Circuitwhose rulings are binding on federal courts in California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, and Hawaiithrew out claims asserted by the alleged owners of the copyrights and trademarks in the image of the famous mid-20th century cartoon icon, BETTY BOOP

District court finds personal jurisdiction over defendants in Berklee College of Music, Inc. trademark and copyright lawsuit

  • Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 18 2010

Plaintiff Berklee College of Music, Inc. (“Berklee”) brought this action against Defendants Music Industry Educators, Inc. (“MIE”) and its majority owner John Terrell, alleging trademark and copyright infringement, unfair competition, and deceptive trade practices under M.G.L. c. 93A stemming from publication of Berklee’s copyrighted material and trademarks on MIE’s website

Louis Vuitton sets a new standard in federal trademark and copyright law

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 17 2012

In the recent landmark case of Louis Vuitton Malletier, S.A. v. Akanoc Solutions, Inc., 658 F.3d 936 (9th Cir. 2011), the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that a web-hosting company that owned and operated servers was liable for contributory copyright and trademark infringement when it failed to take steps to curtail alleged infringement committed by Chinese websites that used its servers

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