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Challenging the reality behind reality TV: A&E faces lawsuit regarding Storage Wars series
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- January 22 2013
A recent lawsuit has brought into question how much of a reality television show can be scripted. The case is Hester v. Original Productions, LLC
Eastern District of Pennsylvania follows Ninth Circuit's landmark network automation keyword advertising decision
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- USA
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- November 1 2012
The Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently adopted the Ninth Circuit’s landmark Network Automation decision, which makes it far more difficult for plaintiffs to prevail on trademark infringement or unfair competition claims stemming from the purchase of a competitor’s trademarks for keyword advertising
Who owns Superman? Copyright lawsuit over Superman comics continues
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- USA
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- September 12 2012
Litigation is ongoing in California federal courts between the heirs of Joe Shuster, the co-creator of the famous Superman comic book, and DC Comics, the division of Warner Bros. that held the rights to the Superman comics for more than 60 years
Olympians sue Samsung over the unauthorized use of their names and likenesses in connection with a Facebook application
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- USA
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- May 15 2012
Eighteen of our nation’s greatest athletes, including Olympians Mark Spitz, Greg Louganis, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Janet Evans, Dara Torres, and Amanda Beard, have joined together to sue the Samsung Corporation and its related entities (Samsung) over the alleged misappropriation of their names and likenesses in connection with a Facebook application
George Clooney and Julia Roberts sue over the unauthorized use of their images in commercial advertisements
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- USA
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- May 7 2012
Megastars George Clooney and Julia Roberts (“Plaintiffs”) recently joined forces to sue two audio-visual companies for the unauthorized use of their images in connection with the sale of audio-visual equipment
Seventh Circuit case regarding copyright liability for embedding infringing videos brings major industry players to the table as amici
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- USA
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- May 1 2012
What started as a copyright litigation between two relatively minor parties has morphed into an appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit that has seen amici briefs from the likes of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Google, and Facebook
Electronic Artists Inc. sued over its unauthorized use of trademarked military helicopters in Battlefield 3 video game
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- USA
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- March 19 2012
Electronic Artists Inc. (EA) produces and distributes the popular Battlefield 3 video game, which is set in a fictional nuclear war in 2014 at the IraqIran border
Decision against NBC Universal for use of pitched television show concept without compensationcredit being appealed to Supreme Court
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- USA
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- October 10 2011
Major players in the entertainment industry should be aware of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Montz v. Pilgrim Films & Television, Inc., 649 F.3d 975 (9th Cir. 2011), a case regarding a pitch for a television show concept
Weighing-in on copyright infringement: NBC wins summary judgment in The Biggest Loser copyright infringement suit
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- USA
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- March 1 2011
On February 22, 2011, Judge Alvin Hellerstein of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York threw out a copyright infringement suit regarding NBC's popular reality series The Biggest Loser
Copyright infringement in the world of celebrity blogging: X17, inc. v. Hollywood.com, LLC
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- USA
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- December 14 2010
On November 5, 2010, X17, Inc., a paparazzi photo agency, filed suit against Hollywood.com, LLC, owner, operator, and publisher of a series of popular celebrity fan sites and blogs, including www.hollywood.com and www.worldofjustin.com (dedicated to all things Justin Timberlake
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