A Touch of Gray
No one enjoys clearing rights. Checking that you may use content (whether on your Web site, in a publication, or for a performance) and won't be sued over it takes time and effort. And, for e-commerce counsel clients, that means more money.
Getting Stimulus Funds for Electronic Medical Record Systems
Technology has afforded increased productivity and improved accuracy in the medical industry. The single greatest inhibitor to taking advantage of technology in health care, however, is the requirement for an initial investment and, in the medical-records technology area, this investment can be significant.
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Virgin Advantage from a New, Near-Shore Corporate Frontier
With bona fides now suitably established, is it possible to actively leverage the USVI's fiber and bandwidth assets to deliver greater competitive and stakeholder advantage to the enterprise? Yes it is; an economic development program chartered in law by the USVI government, sanctioned under U.S. Treasury regulations and managed by the University of the Virgin Islands Research and Technology Park ("RTPark"), may be of particular interest to e-commerce and other knowledge-based businesses.
Upcoming Event
Entertainment Law in Review, July 30, Washington, DC.
Bit Parts
Band Names/Federal Trademark Dilution Act<br>Digital Royalties Suit/Motion to Dismiss Denied<br>Personal Manager/No Personal Jurisdiction<br>Public Performance Right/Vicarious Liability
Lawyers Evolve with Industry Changes in Video Games
As the video game industry gathered recently in Los Angeles for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), there was a great deal for those in the business to be optimistic about. Last year, video game software unit sales increased 15% in the United States, according to market research companies. And one report released in May 2009 revealed that nearly two out of every three Americans played a video game of some kind within the past six months, compared to only about half of U.S. consumers who went to a movie over the same period. All this activity hasn't been lost on the lawyers whose practices are focused on the video game industry
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Cameo Clips
Copyright Preemption/Accounting Claims<br>Right of Publicity/Copyright Preemption<br>Right of Publicity/News Exception<br>Trademark Disputes/Infringement Defenses
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CA Supreme Court Considers Publicity Publication Rule
Are labels on commercial products, which can be seen worldwide, synonymous to the pages of print publications, which can linger in public sight for days or years?
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