30 Dec, 2020 The Covid Relief Bill Includes a Felony Streaming Act Aimed at Closing a “Streaming Loophole” By Frances Jensen As we previously reported, the Protecting Lawful Streaming Act of 2020 was signed into law Sunday as part of the omnibus Consolidated...
29 Dec, 2020 Holy Moly! A Whole Mess of Trouble Over a Photo of a Sinkhole By Brian Murphy Shortly after construction began on a new high school in Sullivan County, Tennessee, a controversy erupted over whether the proposed site...
29 Dec, 2020 Some Tips for 2021 From the Frankfurt Kurnit Advertising Group By Jeff Greenbaum As we finish up 2020, here are some tips from members of the Frankfurt Kurnit advertising group about some of the important issues that...
23 Dec, 2020 The Man With The Tiger Tattoo Prances Forward* By Vish Mohan Cardi B's sexually-explicit album art lawsuit is headed for trial. As my colleague Brian Murphy excellently reported here and here,...
22 Dec, 2020 Blizzard Sued for "Wiretapping" World of Warcraft Website Visitors By Rick Zou A $5,000,000 legal raid is underway against Blizzard Entertainment Inc. (“Blizzard”) and its World of Warcraft website, over Blizzard’s...
22 Dec, 2020 Congress Passes 3 New IP Laws In Midnight Deal By Craig Whitney Around midnight last evening, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which notably included another COVID-19 relief...
20 Dec, 2020 Dr. Seuss/Star Trek Mash-Up Not Fair Use, Ninth Circuit Rules By Jeremy Goldman Oh, the Places You’ll Boldly Go! Or not. On December 18, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that an unpublished...
19 Dec, 2020 Pretty in Pink: Millennial Makeup Brand Gets Trademark Registration for Color Pink By Dorna Mohaghegh Glossier, the cult-favorite minimalist makeup brand, is the proud new owner of a federal trademark registration for the color pink as...
16 Dec, 2020 Update: Fifth Circuit Upholds Denial Of BRIZZY Preliminary Injunction And District Court Refuses To Dismiss By Kimberly Maynard After losing its bid for an order enjoining Molson Coors from using VIZZY for hard seltzer, Future Proof—owner of the trademark BRIZZY...
14 Dec, 2020 Dishonest Abe? Trademark Battle erupts over THE LINCOLN PROJECT By Dorna Mohaghegh The Lincoln Project is no stranger to controversy. The group rose to prominence this year through its pointed and often-viral television...
08 Dec, 2020 Can a Company Own 'Enby'? Sex Toy Company Sues Black/Trans-Owned Company for Trademark Infringement By Christina Campbell On November 17, 2020, Wild Flower, a LGBTQ-owned sex toy company, sued a new Black/trans-owned sex toy company called Shop Enby for...
01 Dec, 2020 Breaking News: Liebowitz Suspended in the SDNY By Edward H. Rosenthal This just in: The Committee on Grievances for the Southern District to New York issued an order today suspending Richard Liebowitz from...
28 Nov, 2020 Court Holds Lanham Act Defendant Liable for Manipulated Product Reviews By Terri Seligman The US district court in Utah recently issued interesting Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law in a Lanham Act case addressing, among...
20 Nov, 2020 The Winner of the Console Wars is…Light Beer? By Frances Jensen Bud Light has entered the chat. Anheuser-Busch’s popular brand of light beer, Bud Light, announced its own video game console named the...
11 Nov, 2020 Freedom of Speech Gets a Big Boost With New York’s Passage of Widely Expanded Anti-SLAPP Law By Jeremy Goldman Freedom of Speech Gets a Big Boost With New York’s Passage of Widely Expanded Anti-SLAPP Law Media companies and publishers may finally...
10 Nov, 2020 High Scores and High Stakes: How a Defamation Suit Emerged from Donkey Kong By Jennifer Batista In April 2018, Twin Galaxies, an organization whose video game leaderboard records have been historically recognized as official records...