Starting next Tuesday, I'll be leading a theater financing workshop at the Academy For New Musical Theater. If you're interested, it's not too late to sign up! Just Visit ANMT.org, by clicking the ...
Starting next Tuesday, I'll be leading a theater financing workshop at the Academy For New Musical Theater. If you're interested, it's not too late to sign up! Just Visit ANMT.org, by clicking the ...
In this Episode: Follow up on Hot News Viacom loses suit against YouTube. Hurt Locker Suit(s) Idea Theft Tribute Band Names Celebrity Rights of publicity GET CLE CREDIT for this episode. Go to Entertainment Law Update podcast page
In this Episode: Ethics and the non-practicing attorney... a long tail Zorro draws its sword against M&M candies "Free Scooter!" cries Justin Bieber. Dramatic vs. Non-Dramatic rights in musical works Ride-along producer : Ride-along defendant? Bryant v. Media Right, Orchard Arista v. Lime Group Hot News Misappropriation
Legislation presented by U.S. Senate Banking Committee chairman, Chris Dodd is working its way through the legislative process. The proposed “Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009” could make it significantly harder for film producers to utilize some of the most common investor-financing models to fund the budgets of their films. The bill is viewed by ...
Replicas, trademark, copyright, etc. Star Wars: the Court of Appeal strikes back - International Law Office Stormtrooper Replicas: Final Strike By British Court of Appeal Stormtroopers In The Courtroom -- earlier post by Tamera: http://ipandentertainmentlaw.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/storm-troopers-in-the-courtroom/ LucasFilms won a $20 million judgement in a U.S. court in 2006 ...
Q: What are the mechanics of a copyright infringement law suit? How does it all work? As an example, let us say a non-U.S. based writer believes his work has been infringed by a person or entity in the U.S. Could a non-U.S. lawyer ...
The latest episode of my podcast, Entertainment Law Update is now available.
Topics covered:
# IP and the Olympics
# Sculptural works, photographs and subsequent uses
# Album Integrity in the age of digital downloads
Here's an informative, inspriring and entertaining TED talk about leadership from my friend, Dave Logan. The information here is useful for everyone. Worth the 16 minutes.
According to Anthony Verna, who blogs at Trademark, Copyright, and Entertainment Law Forum, the Copyright office now reports that its backlog for registration of copyrights is now as long as two years. Given that copyright registration is a prerequisite to pursuing a copyright infringement lawsuit, it is very important that copyrights be ...
Q: I have written a multi-award-winning screenplay and feel, after many rewrites, it's getting close to being pretty good. My question is about ownership: The screenplay was based on my novel, partly coauthored by a friend, who did about 10% of the work and storyline creation. ...