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Federal Communications Commission, et al. v. Fox Television Stations, Inc., et al

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 29 2009

In a 5 to 4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed and remanded the Second Circuit’s decision relating to fleeting utterances of profanity broadcast during the 2002 and 2003 Billboard Music Awards on Fox television channels

Steele, et al. v. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., et al.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 29 2009

Plaintiff Samuel Bartley Steele is a songwriter and musician who allegedly wrote a “love anthem” about the Boston Red Sox entitled Man I Really Love This Team (“the Steele Song”) and a “derivative” version of the song entitled Man I Really Love This Town, that removed specific references to the Red Sox (the “Derivative Song”

Scottish American Media, LLC, et al. v. NBC Universal, Inc., et al.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 6 2009

Plaintiffs developed an idea for a televised song competition called Battle of the States in which musical groups from all 50 states would compete, the public would select the winner by a telephone vote, and the winning state would host the finals the following year

Toughlove America, LLC v. MTV Networks Company, et al.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 6 2009

Plaintiff, exclusive licensee of the trademark TOUGHLOVE, filed a trademark infringement action against producers and broadcasters of a reality television dating show called Tough Love broadcast on VH1

FCC, et al. v. CBS Corporation, et al.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 6 2009

The U.S. Supreme Court vacated the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in this case involving Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” in the CBS broadcast of the 2004 Super Bowl

CBS Interactive Inc. v. National Football League Players Association, Inc., et al

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 6 2009

Defendant National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) acts as the exclusive collective bargaining representative for active players in the National Football League (NFL). Individual NFL players assign their Group Licensing Rights to NFLPA and its licensing affiliates

Jane Doe v. Home Box Office, Inc., et al.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 29 2009

A California trial court granted summary judgment for Britain’s Channel 4 in a defamation and fraud action involving Da Ali G Show starring Sacha Baron Cohen

Mason v. Jamie Music Publishing Co., et al.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 23 2009

Despite the fact that defendants filed a copyright registration for the composition listing themselves as the copyright claimants and provided royalty checks and statements to plaintiff for the composition, court holds that songwriter agreement between plaintiff Barbara Mason when she was a minor and defendants did not constitute a transfer of plaintiff’s copyright interest in a song that she wrote because the court-approved agreement did not contain the schedule listing the composition or any mention thereof

Blakeman v. The Walt Disney Company, et al.

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 20 2009

Plaintiff, a political commentator, wrote a treatment called Go November which he described as “the Animal House of politics,” about a modern presidential campaign involving a litany of “dirty tricks.”

Vent v. Mars Snackfood US, LLC, et al

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 27 2009

Court grants defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s idea misappropriation claim regarding an idea for marketing M&M’s candies because plaintiff’s idea was not novel and was not shared in confidence