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Features
New Decisions In Disputes Over Titles Reinforce ‘High Bar’ In Proving Public Was ‘Explicitly Misled’
Stan Soocher
When it comes to expressive content, disputes over trademark rights in titles of creative works are commonly fought under the federal Lanham Act. Many of these battles play out in courts in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which has well-developed legal guidelines on the subject — many of them from lawsuits that have arisen in the entertainment industry.
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Features
Conn. Fed. Court Distinguishes Funny Girl Lyrics Royalty Rights from Copyright
Allison Dunn
A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut sided with the family of a production company executive in finding that the wife of late Broadway lyricist Bob Merrill had no right, under §304(c) of the U.S. Copyright Act, to cancel a more than 50-year-old royalty agreement between the executive and Merrill.
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Features
Texas App. Court’s Ruling in Suit By Band Member’s Lawyer
Adolfo Pesquera
A.B. Quintanilla III, founding member and leader of the Latin music group Kumbia Kings, prevailed on appeal in a dispute with a Texas attorney who claimed Quintanilla conspired to cut the lawyer out of his alleged share of a settlement.
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Features
Legal Malpractice Suit Involving Celebrity Memorabilia Can Proceed
Jason Grant
A New York appeals court rejected a Manhattan boutique law firm’s attempt to dismiss a malpractice action against it, finding that questions remained as to whether the statute of limitations for the claim was tolled and if the firm received sufficient notice about a bankruptcy that prevented its client from collecting a judgment.
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Features
Questions About Fox Corp. CLO Bar Licensing
Greg Andrews
The chief legal officer of Fox Corp. since 2018 didn’t become licensed in California until this summer, a delay one law professor described as a “big screw up” that might expose his communications with fellow Fox executives to public disclosure in the multibillion-dollar defamation litigation brought by two voting companies.
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Columns & Departments
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.
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Columns & Departments
Stan Soocher
Court Doesn’t Buy Pandora’s Antitrust Argument Against Comedy Content Licensor
Lawyer Sanctioned Under Rule 11 for Submitting Judicial Notice Request in Artist’s Infringement Suit -
Columns & Departments
Copyright Year in Review. Dec. 9, 2022
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