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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
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT/SUBSTANTIAL SIMILARITY TEST
RIGHT OF PUBLICITY/UNLICENSED USES

Malpractice Suit Continues over Manilow Musical
Malpractice Suit/Lack of Specificity

A roundup of noteworthy entertainment law firm and attorney movement and news.

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.

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

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.

In re TS Tech and, to a lesser extent for patent cases, In re Volkswagen of Am., Inc., 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 TS Tech.