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Technology has entered the jury box. While the press has long reported on pending trials, bloggers ' or so-called "citizen journalists," some sitting in juries ' have increasingly posted commentary about judicial proceedings. Yet recent events suggest that blog posts and other electronic communications by jurors about ongoing trials can potentially disrupt the integrity of the proceedings.
Concert Financing/Loan Guaranty<br>File-Sharing Suit/Abuse of Process Counterclaim<br>Song Infringement/Substantial Similarity Test<br>TV Program Pitches/Independent Creation Defense
The Court of Appeals of Wisconsin agreed with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue that concerts by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO) were "entertainment events" subject to a 5% state sales tax under Wis. Stat. '77.52(2)(a)(2).
BOOK PUBLISHING/PERSONAL JURISDICTION<br>COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT/SUBSTANTIAL SIMILARITY TEST<br>RIGHT OF PUBLICITY/UNLICENSED USES
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Malpractice Suit Continues over Manilow Musical<br>Malpractice Suit/Lack of Specificity
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A roundup of noteworthy entertainment law firm and attorney movement and news.
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Valuation of a sponsorship opportunity is much more art than science and it is important that a lawyer involved in the negotiation of a sponsorship agreement understand how the various factors interrelate. While this article focuses on the factors affecting the valuation of a sponsorship opportunity with a NASCAR race team, most of the factors can be applied to sponsorship opportunities in other sports as well.
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Recent decisions have assaulted continuations on several fronts. Because of a new requirement to rescind claim scope disclaimers, it will be easier to avoid infringement of continuations, and because of strengthening enablement and written description requirements, more continuations will be invalidated on those grounds and on prior art grounds when priority claims are more easily broken. Consequently, care should be taken in the preparation and prosecution of any patent application claiming priority to another application.
<i>In re TS Tech</i> and, to a lesser extent for patent cases, <i>In re Volkswagen of Am., Inc.</i>, have changed the landscape of ' 1404(a) cases in the Fifth Circuit. Patent cases that once would not have been transferred out of the Fifth Circuit may now be transferred based on <i>TS Tech.</i>
