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O'Melveny Firm Sues Bratz Doll Maker for Unpaid Fees Image

O'Melveny Firm Sues Bratz Doll Maker for Unpaid Fees

Brian Baxter

O'Melveny & Myers has filed suit against MGA Entertainment seeking payment of $10.2 million in unpaid legal fees related to the company's long-running legal dispute with Mattel over ownership of the popular Bratz line of fashion dolls.

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Judge Dismisses Most Claims over 'Final' Jackson Tour

Victor Li

A federal judge in Manhattan said "Beat It" to most counts in a $300 million suit filed against Michael Jackson's estate, Jackson's ex-manager, Frank Dileo, and Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) over promotional rights to the comeback tour the King of Pop was planning prior to his death last summer.

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<b><i>Commentary:</b></i> Comparing Collective Licensing Proposals For Internet Licensing of Copyrighted Content Image

<b><i>Commentary:</b></i> Comparing Collective Licensing Proposals For Internet Licensing of Copyrighted Content

Steven Masur

Advances in digital distribution technologies and widespread use of the Internet have moved media distribution technology out of the control of rights holders and distributors, and directly into the hands of consumers or creative members of the general public. To address how U.S. copyright law should apply to new business models that take advantage of these technologies, some have proposed collective rights licensing at the Internet service provider (ISP) level.

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Txt2Win and Mobile Promos

Alan L. Friel & Jesse M. Brody

Sweepstakes and contests have become popular in mobile promotion. However, because sweepstakes and contests are highly regulated, a marketer using a mobile device must comply not only with mobile-messaging laws and regulations, but also with those governing sweepstakes and contests. Indeed, text messaging as a sweepstakes-entry method has brought much consumer litigation in recent years.

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Stop in the Name of ' the IP Police?

Stanley P. Jaskiewicz

When it comes to infringement of intellectual property, there are no "IP police" hiding in the obscure nooks and crannies of cyberspace to chase down those who misuse property online. Instead, the e-commerce firm itself often must become its own IP cop, when it discovers ' as it inevitably will in the online free-for-all ' that its marks, copyrighted content or knockoffs of its unique products appear on the Web site or in the e-catalog of a competitor.

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Curbside Consults

Linda S. Crawford

In today's climate of increasing concern about medical malpractice liability, is it safe for a doctor to give advice when asked by a treating physician?

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Psychological Experts and Trial Tactics

David A. Martindale

Retained testifying experts who assert that neither their findings nor their opinions might be affected by biases are either fools, liars, or lying fools.

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The Toyota Recall Crisis: More Than a Re-TREAD Image

The Toyota Recall Crisis: More Than a Re-TREAD

Nicholas J. Wittner

If this were an article about Toyota's actions and inactions, it could stop here. But it is really about the proposed "Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010." This legislation, engendered by the Toyota recalls, makes TREAD (Transportation Recall Enhancement Accountability and Documentation Act)sem minor by comparison.

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A Madness to the Method? The Impact of Bilski on Method Patents Image

A Madness to the Method? The Impact of Bilski on Method Patents

Brian Mudge

For more than a year, the software/information technology, financial, and even biotech industries, along with the patent bar, waited for the Supreme Court to weigh in on the issue of business methods and patent-eligible subject matter under ' 101 of the Patent Act. In its recent decision in <i>Bilski v. Kappos</i>, the Supreme Court provided an answer for the business method claimed by Bilski, but not a lot of detailed guidance for future cases.

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