Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 14 Apr 2010
The inclusion of a character in a videogame that corresponded to a student athlete is actionable under the California right of publicity statute, a district court held.
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 14 Apr 2010
The California single publication rule bars an individual's common law and California statutory right of publicity and Lanham Act false endorsement claims for the sale of merchandise on a Web site, a district court ruled.
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 14 Apr 2010
The operator of a file-sharing network that utilized the BitTorrent file-sharing technology is secondarily liable for inducing copyright infringement by users of the network, a district court ruled.
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 14 Apr 2010
A trademark owner's reports of infringing goods to an online auction's anti-infringement program were privileged under California law, a district court ruled.
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 14 Apr 2010
Although DMCA 512(f) allows an award of "any damages" for wrongful removal of alleged infringing material as a result of misrepresentations to a service provider, such damages "must be proximately caused by the misrepresentation to the service provider and the service provider's reliance on the misrepresentation," a district court ruled.