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Entertainment Law in Review, July 30, Washington, DC.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

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

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Lawyers Evolve with Industry Changes in Video Games

Drew Combs

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

Stan Soocher

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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Movers & Shakers

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Who's doing what; who's going where.

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Verdicts

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Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.

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CA Supreme Court Considers Publicity Publication Rule

Mike McKee

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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Drug & Device News

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Recent happenings of importance.

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Lawyers for Former Reznor Manager Must Hand over Client Documents

Stan Soocher

The Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, affirmed an order to compel the production of documents from trademark lawyers for John Malm, former manager of musician Trent Reznor, for use in litigation between Malm and his counsel from an earlier suit that Reznor had filed against Malm.

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