29 Jul, 2020 Little Consolation for Hyperkin as Atari Litigation Games Continue By Matthew Samet In a 46-page opinion issued this week, U.S. District Court Judge Christina A. Snyder of the Central District of California denied a...
14 Jul, 2020 Lady Antebellum Changes Name to “Lady A” and Files Trademark Lawsuit By Matthew Samet In June 2020, with systemic racism at the forefront of America’s mind, country music group Lady Antebellum announced it would change its...
11 Jul, 2020 That's Not My Employment Law Group! A Trademark Battle Between Two Law Firms. By Kimberly Maynard When times get tough, law firms get tougher and… sue each other? Recently, there has been a spate of trademark infringement suits filed...
09 Jul, 2020 Your Vineyard Tenants Made Porn Movies in Your House? Sue them for Copyright Infringement! By Edward H. Rosenthal Imagine you own a nice house on Martha's Vineyard, you decorate it with your own art and furniture, and you decide to rent it out for a...
08 Jul, 2020 Betting Against the House? House of Lords Gambling Committee Calls for "Immediate" Regulation of Loot Boxes as Gambling. By Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz In its recently released report, "Gambling Harm - Time for Action," the UK Parliament's House of Lords gave an urgent recommendation to...
06 Jul, 2020 Forever(ly) Brothers, Forever(ly) Rivals: The Everly Brothers' Epic Battle Over Authorship of "Cathy's Clown" By Brian Murphy Cain and Abel. Romulus and Remus. Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Mary I. Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland. J.R. and Bobby Ewing. Liam...
06 Jul, 2020 SCOTUS Alert: Adding ".com" To A Generic Term Can Be A Trademark By Craig Whitney The U.S. Supreme Court decided last week that adding ".com" to a generic name can indeed create a protectable trademark. The 8-1...
02 Jul, 2020 Court Reconsiders and Changes Course in Instagram Embedding Case By Brian Murphy Another post about embedding photos using Instagram’s API! As we have written about here and here, in April and June of this year, two...