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Sony settles suit with actor from PlayStation ads

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 31 2013

Sony recently reached an agreement with an actor who promoted its PlayStation console in dozens of television commercials over a three-year period

Something smells: Paris Hilton sues competitor

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 9 2012

Paris Hilton does not think imitation is hot

Manatt argues for Jim Brown's trademark rights before the Ninth Circuit

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 16 2012

Last Friday Manatt partner Ron Katz, the Chair of Manatt's Sports Law Practice Group, argued the case of Brown v. Electronic Arts before Judges Sidney Thomas and Jay Bybee of the Ninth Circuit and District Court Judge Gordon Quist sitting by designation

Nestlé’s Girl Scouts deal violates pledge

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 6 2012

Nestlé is facing controversy after consumer groups allege the company broke its promise as a member of the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI) by co-branding a limited edition series of “Nestlé Crunch Girl Scout” candy bars

Q&A: What false advertising and trademark plaintiffs need to know following landmark eBay decision

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 5 2012

The Supreme Court’s 2006 landmark decision in eBay changed the landscape regarding injunctive relief in patent cases, where injunctive relief had long been the norm

Gilbert Arenas loses his appeal

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 20 2012

In holiday litigation news, the Ninth Circuit handed Gilbert Arenas a lump of coal, affirming the federal court’s decision to deny his trademark dilution and violation of publicity rights suit

Facebook “likes” two legal victories

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 14 2011

Facebook won two legal victories recently, with a California federal judge dismissing a class action suit against the company and an Illinois judge denying a motion to dismiss a trademark suit brought by Facebook against site Teachbook

“Mundane” tweets limit publicity right claims

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 12 2011

Gilbert Arenas failed in his attempt to obtain an injunction to stop the airing of reality TV show Basketball Wives: Los Angeles featuring his ex-fiancée and mother of his four children

Controversy over Basketball Wives

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 18 2011

NBA star Gilbert Arenas filed suit against the production company behind the VH1 reality show Basketball Wives, arguing that the show which features his ex-fiancée, Laura Govan, the mother of his four children violates his right of publicity and dilutes his trademark

Twitter issues new guidelines on using its mark

  • Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP
  • -
  • Global, USA
  • -
  • December 2 2010

Tweet this: Twitter has issued new guidelines for those who use the company's name, trademark, and other intellectual property