Jan 31, 2022 When Copying Isn't Infringement: Filtering Out Facts By Brian Murphy Another day, another copyright lawsuit involving car advertising. Last week's case - our first nominee for "Silliest Copyright Case of...
Jan 29, 2022 Lil Yachty hits music NFT platform Opulous with trademark and right of publicity suit By Jeremy Goldman On January 27, 2022, rapper Lil Yachty filed a complaint against Opulous and its founder in the U.S. District Court for the Central...
Jan 27, 2022 Federal Court Bars YouTuber from Playing Roblox By Emma Smizer Sean Kane On January 20, 2022, a California federal court granted a joint order to permanently ban American YouTuber Benjamin Robert Simon (known...
Jan 21, 2022 Do You Own the Copyright in the Artwork Used to Create Your Trademark? A $31 Million Question! By Kimberly Maynard SweetWater Brewing makes an excellent pale ale. And while I admit that that I’m a little curious (skeptical?) about their almond milk...
Jan 20, 2022 Photographs: Thick or Thin Copyright Protection? (And Our First Nominee for the "Silliest Copyright Case" of 2022) By Brian Murphy A case filed in the Northern District of Ohio has earned my first nomination for the "Silliest Copyright Case" of 2022. Yes, I know that...
Jan 18, 2022 Two Loot Box Class Action Lawsuits Against Distributors Dismissed By Emma Smizer Sean Kane On June 12, 2020, two putative class action lawsuits were filed in the Northern District of California against Apple (Taylor, et al., v....
Jan 18, 2022 If Richard Liebowitz is Suspended from Practice, Why is There Still a Liebowitz Law Firm?: A Discussion With Expert Tyler Maulsby By Edward H. Rosenthal Tyler Maulsby In my recent end-of-year update, available here, I began a conversation with my partner Tyler Maulsby, an expert in professional...
Jan 18, 2022 Court Finds Implied License Allowed Cannabis Brand to Use Advertising Materials Created by Freelancer By Brian Murphy Defendant Pure Spectrum CBD is a cannabis company that (according to its website) was "born in the mountains of Evergreen, Colorado" and...
Jan 17, 2022 Rapper Fat Joe Lost the Signed Contract ... But Still Wins Case Over Ownership of "All the Way Up" By Brian Murphy Lawyers often tell clients: put it in writing. A corollary, which often goes unsaid (but perhaps shouldn't), is: save a copy. This case...
Jan 13, 2022 Hungry Hungry HIPAAs By Maria Nava For anyone who has taken even a cursory glance through social media, it seems that suddenly everything just might be a HIPAA violation....
Jan 12, 2022 “A Not So Little Trademark Dispute, ft. The Rascals” By Khasim Lockhart In 1994, Spanky and Alfalfa’s friendship experienced tumultuous times when Alfalfa ditched the “boys only” club in favor of spending time...
Jan 09, 2022 Send In the Clowns: Sponsor Sues Jacksonville Jaguars Due to "Toxic Environment" Around Team's Brand By Brian Murphy Isn’t it rich? Roofclaim.com – a website that, as the name suggests, specializes in roof replacements – entered into a four-year...
Jan 07, 2022 Shocking Lawsuit: Did You Know That The Giants and Jets Play Their Home Games in New Jersey?! By Edward H. Rosenthal When I first heard that a putative class action had been filed in federal court in New York against the NFL, Giants and Jets, I assumed...