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  • 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

    June 29, 2009Drew Combs
  • Copyright Preemption/Accounting Claims
    Right of Publicity/Copyright Preemption
    Right of Publicity/News Exception
    Trademark Disputes/Infringement Defenses

    June 29, 2009Stan Soocher
  • Who's doing what; who's going where.

    June 29, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
  • Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.

    June 29, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
  • Recent happenings of importance.

    June 29, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
  • 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.

    June 29, 2009Stan Soocher
  • The latest news you need to know.

    June 29, 2009ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
  • When the cash-strapped recording industry announced at the end of 2008 that it would largely drop its aggressive litigation campaign against unauthorized file sharers, some observers saw this as a defeat for record labels. But numerous court rulings have been issued over the past few years that debate and/or establish legal guidelines that will be referenced in file-sharer cases that are either still in the pipeline or may later crop up. This article examines some of the most recent of these cases and decisions.

    June 29, 2009Stan Soocher
  • President Barack Obama executed The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the "Stimulus Act") on Feb. 17, 2009. The new legislation, while aimed at stimulating the economy and increasing patient safety, has another side that health law attorneys need to be aware of.

    June 29, 2009Lee. S. Atckinson