LJN Newsletters

Band Names/Federal Trademark Dilution Act
Digital Royalties Suit/Motion to Dismiss Denied
Personal Manager/No Personal Jurisdiction
Public Performance Right/Vicarious Liability

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

Copyright Preemption/Accounting Claims
Right of Publicity/Copyright Preemption
Right of Publicity/News Exception
Trademark Disputes/Infringement Defenses

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

Recent rulings of importance to you and your practice.

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?

Recent happenings of importance.

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.