Three Point Shot - May 2012 by Proskauer Rose LLP on 5/23/2012 In This Issue: - Selling the Shirt off Tim Tebow’s Back Requires a License...1 - I See Your True Colors Shining Through ...2 - Pretty Boy’s Right of Publicity Lawsuit Ain’t Pretty, Says World Wrestling...more
Patents County Court: Case Management Directions by Jane Lambert on 5/20/2012 Case management conferences are very important in Patents County Court litigation. They present the only opportunity to stay an action or transfer it to another court. They are the occasion when the court decides the...more
IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks - May 16, 2012 by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 5/16/2012 Table of Contents: - Greenspan v. Random House, Inc. - Scorpio Music S.A. v. Willis - Dash v. Mayweather...more
Florida Supreme Court Denies Review in Gambling Expansion Case by K&L Gates LLP on 5/14/2012 The Florida Supreme Court recently denied a request for it to review the Florida Court of Appeal’s determination that a Florida statute is valid even though it authorizes slot machines at entities other than those that are...more
I Know What You Watched Last Summer by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 5/11/2012 The Northern District of California continues the series begun by the Seventh Circuit in Sterk v. Redbox Automated Retail LLC, against class actions brought under the federal Video Privacy Protection Act and seeking lucrative...more
Gaming Legal News - May 1, 2012 • Volume 5, Number 11 by Dickinson Wright on 5/2/2012 In This Issue: - TORONTO CASINO UPDATE A couple of weeks ago, we reported that changes might be made to Ontario Regulation 347/00 under the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Act, 1999 that would affect the need...more
Record Labels Losing Sight of the Purpose Behind Copyright Termination Rights by Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 5/2/2012 As we approach the mid point of 2012, I can’t help but look forward to 2013 and the copyright issues yet to surface. Of course, I speak of the right-that-shall-not-be-named: termination. Briefly, termination (also called...more
A Stern Warning: Words Do Matter by Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger... on 4/23/2012 I think it’s pretty clear that the legal world does not always jibe with the real world (and especially not The Real World: Cancun). Take capitalization for instance. In the real world, it doesn’t mean much. In fact, based...more
Around the Virtual World - April 20, 2012 by Pillsbury Social Media, Entertainment &... on 4/23/2012 A weekly wrap up of interesting news about virtual worlds, virtual goods and other social media. Bicycle card game owner to launch Zeniz mobile social casino games platform Online casino games are hot. So much so...more
Gaming Legal News - April 18, 2012 • Volume 5, Number 9 by Dickinson Wright on 4/20/2012 In This Issue: TORONTO CASINO UPDATE by Michael D. Lipton, Q.C., Kevin J. Weber, and Jack Tadman As we first reported in January, the movement towards a Toronto casino continues apace. As we anticipated in our...more
Sports Arbitration Presentation, SLA Annual Meeting by Jeffrey Benz on 4/15/2012 Outline of sports arbitration in Olympic cases....more
Dunking Billboards — Are NBA Game Jerseys for Sale? by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 4/11/2012 Originally published in Sport Litigation Alert, Volume 9, Issue 6, April 6, 2012. Recent rumors that the NBA is considering the possibility of allowing advertisers’ logos on players’ game jerseys – and may take up...more
Mark Burnett Settles $70 Million Entertainment Lawsuit by Anthony Caruso on 4/10/2012 Mark Burnett Settles $70 Million Entertainment Lawsuit Producer Mark Burnet, who is behind several popular television programs including Survivor and the Apprentice, recently settled an entertainment lawsuit brought by his...more
The National Football League Decides to "Just Do It" by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/10/2012 Though the news of Nike's exclusive deal with the NFL broke some time ago, the agreement will officially go into full effect this month and the look of Monday Night Football is about to change. Replacing Adidas, this will be...more
Could Social Media Put Your New York or New Jersey Business Lawsuit at Risk? by Robert Levy on 4/9/2012 Could Social Media Put Your New York or New Jersey Business Lawsuit at Risk? by Robert Levy on April 9, 2012 There is growing concern in the legal community that social media use by jurors could influence the way...more