LJN Newsletters

  • In The Spotlight: Strategies in Tenant Office Lease Renewal Negotiations

    As tenants reconsider and update office space needs, it is imperative that they proactively develop a strong renewal/relocation negotiation strategy to maximize their future rights and benefits. Unfortunately, many tenants wait too long to focus on space needs and assume their lease will be renewed on reasonable terms. If a tenant waits until its notice period is upon it before it assesses its needs and develops a strategy or looks at the renewal rights in its current lease, it may become a 'captive tenant' forced to negotiate from a weakened position in the market.

    July 30, 2008Doug Damron and Elizabeth Cooper

  • Bit Parts

    Copyright Renewal Rights/Unpublished Treatment
    Right-of-Publicity/Newsworthiness and Incidental-Use Exceptions
    Right-of-Publicity/Press Releases

    July 30, 2008Stan Soocher

  • Cameo Clips

    COPYRIGHT PREEMPTION/MISAPPROPRIATION CLAIM
    COPYRIGHT TERMINATION/SUBSEQUENT ASSIGNMENT

    July 30, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Virtual Worlds Attract Lawyers

    'Virtual Law,' as specialists call it, is not your father's law. And according to some aspiring lawyers, it is the next big thing. Of the 50 or so tech-savvy lawyers around the country conversant in the language of orcs, avatars and toons.

    July 30, 2008Thomas Adcock

  • Decision of Note: Artists Bid for Half Of Digital Income Is Dismissed

    The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a breach-of-contract, class-action suit by recording artists seeking 50% of net income from the licensing of their recordings for digital uses like downloads and ringtones.

    July 30, 2008ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

  • Legislation to Fight Global IP Piracy

    To paraphrase a line from a favorite song, you don't always get what you want, but sometimes, you get what you need. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) almost certainly did not get all that it wanted when the House of Representatives passed the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act (Pro IP Act), H.R. 4279, in May. What remains to be seen is whether the RIAA and other proponents of the legislation will get what they claim to need ' or anything at all.

    July 30, 2008Douglas W. Kenyon and R. Dennis Fairbanks

  • NY Court Defines Test for Obtaining Identities Behind Online Posts

    The authors of anonymous online posts that accused a former congressman of paying $25,000 to the mayor of Mamaroneck, NY, in connection with a home renovation project may soon find themselves the named defendants in a defamation action.

    July 30, 2008Noleen G. Walder

  • Commentary: Should the Music Stop for iTunes?

    Debates over intellectual property rights often heat up around confrontations between those wanting more protection and those wanting less. But perhaps more attention should be paid to the detailed structure of legal rules governing these assets as they are actually used in real-world transactions.

    July 30, 2008F. Scott Kieff

  • Tiffany v. eBay

    The recent decision in Tiffany v. eBay represents a thorough and well-considered exploration of the basis for finding secondary liability in the electronic marketplace for those who facilitate the sale of infringing goods without even selling a product and, conversely, the way for the maker of the marketplace to avoid liability for infringements by those who sell on its site.

    July 30, 2008Roberta Jacobs-Meadway