Intellectual Property – May 23, 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

by Heenan Blaikie LLP on 5/23/2012

The good folks at the Lawyers Weekly have published a short commentary of mine on the imminent introduction into Canadian copyright law of a parody and satire defence: Parody defence not far far away. The opening paragraphs...more

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

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

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 5/10/2012

Table of Contents - L.A. Printex Industries, Inc. v. Aeropostale, Inc. Ninth Circuit reverses district court’s grant of summary judgment in copyright action alleging that Aeropostale infringed upon registered...more

by Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 5/3/2012

Tomorrow begins what is possibly the most anticipated drinking, hat-wearing, and horse-racing event of the year – the Kentucky Derby. Though I’ve never been much of a horse-racing aficionado, I have always been charmed by...more

by Lewis and Roca LLP on 4/30/2012

Let me first say that I love football and I went to Stanford. But not when Stanford had good football teams, no, no. I went to Stanford when we were lucky to win 4 games in the season. So the recent, phenomenal success of...more

by Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 4/27/2012

Congratulation to new Colts quarterback Andrew Luck, who I imagine accomplished a lifelong dream last night when he was selected as the first pick in the NFL Draft. Unfortunately for him, however, it looks he’s already taken...more