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Model suing Lions Gate over opening credits of Mad Men

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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March 7 2013

The next time you watch Mad Men, you may find yourself paying a little closer attention to the opening credits. Last week, Lions Gate Entertainment

California post-mortem rights of publicity for soldiers and more

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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June 22 2010

California legislature recently passed a California bill (ABA 585) that extends California's post-mortem right of publicity to people who became famous because of their deaths

Supreme Court reaffirms conspiracy risks of joint ventures

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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May 28 2010

On May 24, 2010, the United States Supreme Court held, in American Needle, Inc v National Football League, et al, that the NFL, its teams and intra-league ventures are not a single enterprise for the purposes of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, and therefore the NFL's collective licensing of its teams' individually owned intellectual property could constitute concerted action "a contract, combination . . ., or conspiracy."

The study that never was - a lesson in comparative advertising

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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January 21 2010

On Jan. 19, 2010, Weight Watchers International Inc. of New York sued its rival, Jenny Craig, Inc., in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Vindication for Veoh: business is protected by Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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December 17 2009

Veoh Networks makes both professionally created programming content and entertainment, as well as user-generated content, available through its website

Rights of publicity: wake up and smell the coffee

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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December 10 2009

In 2002 Russell Christoff was told by a stranger that he looked just like an image that the stranger had seen on a jar of coffee

Google amends its U.S. trademark policy: creates 'special advertiser' status to allow use of another trademark in ad copy

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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May 28 2009

Using another’s trademark as a keyword for online search marketing purposes is a murky area of law

Naked Cowboy’s suit against Mars strums along

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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July 18 2008

A federal judge has ruled that the New York street performer known as The Naked Cowboy can move ahead with his $6 million lawsuit against M&M maker Mars Inc. over a billboard that depicted M&M characters dressed in all-white get-ups just like hiscowboy hat, boots and skivvies

Magazine publishers catch a break

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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July 18 2008

Freelance writers, photographers and illustrators often sell only one-time publication rights in their works to magazine publishers

U.S. federal court adjudicates on ASCAP licensing fees

Reed Smith LLP
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USA
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May 15 2008

After hearing extensive arguments between the American Society of Composers, Artists and Performers (“ASCAP”) on behalf of music publishers, and America Online, RealNetworks and Yahoo! (the “Applicants”) on behalf of music users, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently published its decision concerning online music licensing rates