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IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks -- May 23, 2013

by Meg Charendoff, Tal Dickstein, W. Allan Edmiston, David Grossman, Jonathan Neil Strauss, Jonathan Zavin | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 5/24/2013

Capitol Records, Inc. v. MP3tunes, LLC, USDC, S.D. New York, May 14, 2013 - District court grants in part motions for reconsideration of order granting summary judgment in defendants' favor based on DMCA safe harbor...more

Louboutin International Trademark Dispute

by Anjali Shankar | Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 5/24/2013

Those of us who love fashion and have closets overflowing with more pairs of shoes than we probably need are likely familiar with Louboutin pumps. These sky-high heels have a very distinctive look and design. Louboutin heels...more

Laches, Acquiescence, and Trademark Injunctions - Who Should Be Upstream Without a (Greek) Paddle?

by Susan Neuberger Weller | Mintz Levin - Intellectual Property on 5/22/2013

On May 8, a long time manufacturer of ceremonial paddles marketed to fraternities and sororities filed a petition for certiorari with the US Supreme Court seeking relief from an injunction barring him from using Greek...more

YouTube (Part III) Notice-and-Take-Down Safe Harbour Under the DMCA

by Martin P.J. Kratz Q.C. | Bennett Jones LLP on 5/22/2013

A driving force for the development of the Internet was to provide certainty for Internet service organizations on the liability exposure they may have for acts of third parties on their Internet sites....more

Pro Te Solutio - Vol. 6 No. 1 February 2013

by Hemant Gupta, Keishunna Randall, Travis Swearingen | Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens and Cannada,... on 5/22/2013

In This Issue: - Can Experts Testify as to the Ethics or State of Mind of Corporate Defendants? - Patent Reform for Biotech Companies - United States v. Caronia and its Implications for Off-Label...more

The Second Circuit’s Aereo Math: One Copy + One Subscriber ≠ Public Performance

by Jessica Lehrman | Morrison Foerster - Social Media on 5/21/2013

Last week—the week of May 12, 2013—proved to be an eventful week for Aereo. On May 14, 2013, the controversial broadcast television streaming service filed a motion for summary judgment in the Southern District of...more

IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks -- May 17, 2013

by Meg Charendoff, Tal Dickstein, W. Allan Edmiston, David Grossman, Jonathan Neil Strauss, Jonathan Zavin | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 5/17/2013

Righthaven LLC v. Hoehn, USCA, Ninth Circuit, May 9, 2013 - Ninth Circuit affirms district courts’ dismissals of copyright infringement actions holding that entity created solely for purpose of pursuing copyright...more

Advertising News & Analysis - May 9, 2013

by Allyson Baker, Edward Boyle, Suzanne Fay Garwood, Jeffrey D. Knowles, Randall Miller, Amy Ralph Mudge, Jonathan L. Pompan, Michael Rivera | Venable LLP on 5/13/2013

In this issue: - Product Demonstrations Deliver Reward…and Risk - Sometimes the Claim is in the Eye of the Beholder - Viacom v. YouTube Decision Maintains DMCA Safe Harbor for Video Site - TCPA...more

Viacom’s Copyright Suit against YouTube Again Faces DMCA Roadblocks in the District Court

by Jenevieve Maerker | Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright &... on 4/26/2013

Following the Second Circuit’s remand order last year on appeal of an initial grant of summary judgment for YouTube, the Southern District of New York has revisited the issues in Viacom’s copyright infringement suit and again...more

DMCA Safe Harbor Upheld for YouTube Once Again in Viacom v. YouTube

by Meaghan Hemmings Kent, Martin Saad | Venable LLP on 4/26/2013

On April 18, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York again held that YouTube is subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act as an internet service provider despite...more

Viacom v. YouTube Update: What Does It Mean For Me?

by Travis Crabtree | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 4/22/2013

The district court in New York dismissed Viacom’s lawsuit against YouTube yesterday. Yes, this case has been on appeal and remanded several times. Viacom may appeal the Second Circuit Court of Appeals once again, so it may...more

Google AdWords Trade Mark Policy – Important Changes

by Caroline Cossio, Jonathan Feder | K&L Gates LLP on 4/19/2013

Google has revised its AdWords trade mark policy which is currently in place in Australia, Hong Kong, China, Macau, Taiwan, New Zealand, South Korea and Brazil and these changes will come into effect on 23 April 2013. From...more

DMCA Saves YouTube...Again

by James G. Gatto | Pillsbury Social Media, Entertainment &... on 4/19/2013

Yesterday a NY court again dismissed Viacom's $1 billion suit against Google/YouTube for copyright infringement. The court found that the DMCA shielded YouTube from liability after an appelate court vacated the prior...more

IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks -- April 11, 2013

by Meg Charendoff, Tal Dickstein, W. Allan Edmiston, David Grossman, Jonathan Neil Strauss, Jonathan Zavin | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 4/12/2013

- American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc., USCA Second Circuit, April 1, 2013: Second Circuit affirms district court’s denial of plaintiffs’ request for preliminary injunction prohibiting defendant, Aereo,...more

The Aereo and ReDigi Decisions: Courts Continue to Wrestle With the Application of Copyright Law to the Redistribution of Digital...

by Eric Feder, James Rosenfeld | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 4/10/2013

A series of recent decisions in the Second and Ninth Circuits—including Viacom v. YouTube and UMG v. Veoh (both dealing with the distribution of user-posted copyrighted content by video hosting services) and AP v. Meltwater...more

Trademark Review - Volume 3 | Issue 3 March 2013

by Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP on 3/25/2013

In This Issue: • NY Yankees Establish Rights to a Mark Despite Never Using It • Walgreen Is Denied Registration of WAL-ZYR for its Product Equivalent to ZYRTEC • The Batmobile Escapes a Motion to Dismiss -...more

How Much "Competition", If Any, Is Required to Establish Standing in Lanham Act False Advertising Cases—the Supreme Court May Be...

by Brendan O'Rourke, Erika Stallings, Lawrence Weinstein | Proskauer Rose LLP on 3/18/2013

Lanham Act false advertising law is largely consistent among the various federal circuit courts. However, one area of Lanham Act jurisprudence where the federal appellate courts do not see eye-to-eye concerns who has standing...more

CJEU protects the UK broadcasters from unauthorised live streaming in its recent decision in relation to TV Catchup service

by Stephen Edwards, Nick Swimer | Reed Smith on 3/14/2013

On 7 March 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered a surprisingly short and succinct judgment following a reference from the UK High Court regarding the legality of an internet live streaming site...more

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IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks -- May 23, 2013

Louboutin International Trademark Dispute

Laches, Acquiescence, and Trademark Injunctions - Who Should Be Upstream Without a (Greek) Paddle?

YouTube (Part III) Notice-and-Take-Down Safe Harbour Under the DMCA

Pro Te Solutio - Vol. 6 No. 1 February 2013

The Second Circuit’s Aereo Math: One Copy + One Subscriber ≠ Public Performance

IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks -- May 17, 2013

Advertising News & Analysis - May 9, 2013

Viacom’s Copyright Suit against YouTube Again Faces DMCA Roadblocks in the District Court

DMCA Safe Harbor Upheld for YouTube Once Again in Viacom v. YouTube

Viacom v. YouTube Update: What Does It Mean For Me?

Google AdWords Trade Mark Policy – Important Changes

DMCA Saves YouTube...Again

IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks -- April 11, 2013

The Aereo and ReDigi Decisions: Courts Continue to Wrestle With the Application of Copyright Law to the Redistribution of Digital...

Trademark Review - Volume 3 | Issue 3 March 2013

How Much "Competition", If Any, Is Required to Establish Standing in Lanham Act False Advertising Cases—the Supreme Court May Be...

CJEU protects the UK broadcasters from unauthorised live streaming in its recent decision in relation to TV Catchup service

IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks -- March 14, 2013

Recent Developments In Information Technology Law - First Quarter 2013

Advanced Copyright Issues on the Internet - Updated March 2013

IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks -- February 22, 2013

Filing Objections to Applications for the Registration of New gTLDs

Mobile banking and the Federal Circuit's "divided infringement" decisions

ICANN Deadline Fast Approaching for Objections to New Top-Level Domains

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