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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Takeaways from the Hermès Litigation over MetaBirkins NFTs

The highly anticipated jury verdict in the Hermès litigation over MetaBirkins NFTs has some important takeaways for both artists and sellers of NFTs as well as brand owners....more

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Lizzo Grabs 100% of That Trademark

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An interesting and precedent-setting ruling came down from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Trial and Appeal Board on February 2, 2023 in favor of Lizzo and her class #25 trademark filing for the clothing brand...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

The Pitch - January 2023

The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Celebrity-Backed Cannabis Brands Show Varying Degrees of Success, and the NFL and St. Louis,...

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Welcome back to the “Spotlight”! After taking a week long hiatus for Thanksgiving, I feel like a modern day Rip Van Winkle awaking from a tryptophan-induced coma to find myself in a world in which “All I Want for Christmas”...more

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With Cryptocurrencies and NFTs Continuing to Boom, Financial Regulators Are Clamping Down

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- With crypto investment frauds on the rise, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sent a warning to investors and published an investor alert listing out possible signs of a scam. Along similar lines, a Bloomberg...more

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Sponsorship Empire Such as Roger Federer’s Sparks an Interesting Debate: Do Celebrities Make the Brand or Do the Brand Make the...

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- With celebrities continuing to pad their bank accounts through endorsement deals, some questions remain: What makes them an icon? Is it their initial rise to fame or their brand? (See the Roger Federer story below) -...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: The Steady Evolution of Athlete Endorsement and Sponsorship Markets and the Latest Household...

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Some of this week's highlights include: - Emerging trends are showing signs of change in the sponsorships and endorsement markets. A segment once largely overlooked, athletes in the LGBTQ+ community are finally ringing in...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - July 2021: Bombing Atomically – Futura and the Future of Fluid Trademarks

This month, Google has celebrated July 4th, the start of the 2020 summer Olympics, and Ángela Peralta's 175th birthday, to name a few, through its iconic Google Doodles found atop the Google search page. Google is one of many...more

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MarkIt to Market® - July 2021

[co-author: Richa Patel, Summer Associate] The July 2021 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses fluid trademarks and the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act. Plus, check out the answer key...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: The Dawn of the NIL Era in College Sports

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Well, today is the big day. If you’re reading this week’s installment of the Spotlight, it means that you survived the long and arduous journey of the name, image and likeness (NIL) era in college sports. Indeed, with the...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: What the Recent Senate Hearing Might Mean for a Federal NIL Law as State Laws Go Into Effect on...

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As we inch closer to the summer solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere (the first day of summer for those of you who were asleep in science class), the heat is not rising only on the thermometer, but also in the halls of...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight - May 2021 #3

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As readers from last week will recall, we spent some time examining the notion of credibility. One week later, we’re witnessing what credibility (or lack thereof) hath wrought on our subjects. Bob Baffert? Banned from New...more

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Sports & Entertainment Spotlight - March 2021

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Greetings, and welcome to the inaugural edition of the Sports & Entertainment Spotlight series! The product of my unrequited desire for human interaction nearly one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, this weekly feature will...more

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Graffiti Artists Tag Camuto Fashion House for Copyright Infringement

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Earlier this month, four Los Angeles-based graffiti artists, “Rime,” “Host18,” “Taboo” and “Reme” filed suit against the Vince Camuto fashion house and related entities alleging copyright infringement for “inexplicably...more

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