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Nevada Gaming Commission NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR COMMENTS AND/OR LANGUAGE ON REGULATIONS CONCERNING INTERSTATE AGREEMENTS FOR...

Nevada Gaming Commission NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR COMMENTS AND/OR LANGUAGE ON REGULATIONS CONCERNING INTERSTATE AGREEMENTS FOR INTERACTIVE GAMING. --- Section 6 of Assembly Bill 114 from the 2013 Legislative Session...more

Rogers et al v SOCAN: W(h)ither the "Making Available" Right?

Among the unanswered questions arising in the wake of the massive changes to the Canadian copyright landscape in 2012 is the issue of precisely how the two seismic forces at work (i.e., The Copyright Modernization Act and the...more

IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update For Motion Picture Studios And Television Networks - June 29, 2011

Table of Contents: •Cabell v. Sony Pictures Entertainment •Glen E. Friedman v. Thierry Guetta Cabell v. Sony Pictures Entertainment, USCA Second Circuit, June 24, 2011 •Circuit court affirms summary judgment in...more

9th Circuit: California Idea-Submission Claims Not Preempted by Copyright Act

The 9th Circuit giveth and the 9th Circuit taketh away. Last year, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit breathed life into copyright preemption as a defense to idea-submission claims under...more

IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update For Motion Picture Studios And Television Networks - May 18, 2011

Table of Contents •Harney v. Sony Pictures Television, Inc. •Forest Park Pictures v. Universal Television Network, Inc. Harney v. Sony Pictures Television, Inc., USDC D. Massachusetts, May 12, 2011 •District...more

IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update For Motion Picture Studios And Television Networks - February 16, 2011

Table of Contents • Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. v. Hendrixlicensing.com, LTD • Zamoyski v. Fifty-Six Hope Road Music Limited, Inc. Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. v. Hendrixlicensing.com, LTD, USDC W.D. Washington,...more

The Empire Strikes Back: Recent UK Decision Highlights Uncertainties in Protecting and Enforcing IP Rights Abroad

A recent UK decision highlights the difficulties in protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights outside the United States....more

Bakalar v Vavra - Second Circuit September 2, 2010

Nazi Art Looting - Jewish Property Declaration Law of April 26 1938

Bakalar v. Vavra was the first Holocaust-Era art case ever tried in a US federal court. The Second Circuit determined that New York, rather than Swiss law, should apply to a case where Fritz Grunbaum, a prisoner who was...more

Ninth Circuit Distinguishes Grosso v. Miramax Film Corp. and Holds That Certain Claims for Breach of Implied Contract and...

Montz v. Pilgrim Films & Television, Inc., et al. The Ninth Circuit last week issued its first published opinion regarding the scope of copyright preemption of implied contract and confidence claims since its controversial...more

The Federalism Case Against a Federal Right to Publicity

The goal of this paper is to (i) discuss the tensions between the right to publicity, Intellectual Property law and the First Amendment, while also providing a brief background on the development and evolution of the right to...more

Newsletter of the Advertising, Marketing & Media Practice Group of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

IN THIS ISSUE: *France Approves Pulling Plug on Online Pirates *Google to Permit Trademark Terms in Search Ads *California Courts Shut Out Spam Suits *American Apparel to Pay Woody Allen $5 Million Over Ad Spat...more