Entertainment Law Update Podcast – Episode 21 – Tough Cookies and Heart Attacks
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In this Episode:
- Bogart and Brando vs. Product Manufacturers
- Tennessee Neftlix Law
- Copyright Office rules on Gap Grants
- Disney and Dish Network duke it out
- One Tough Cookie sues Tough Cookies
- Point Break Parody lawsuit
- “Heart Attack” as a brand?
- and more…
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Show Notes
Follow Ups
Copyrights and Wrongs on Tyson tattoo zernerlaw.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/the-hangover-2-tyson-tattoo-lawsuit-and-the-p…
In re NCAA Student-Athlete Name & Likeness Litigation www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=bd157fb1-657b-4ce9-89c2-39dc86f80668&utm_…
Link to Opinion: http://tinyurl.com/3np2l7t
District Court Judge Puts Righthaven Cases on Hold feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechnicallyLegal/~3/3DaWCxr9kcE/
Copyright Preemption: A Royal Pain For Idea Submission Plaintiffs in New York
www.entertainmentlawmatters.com/?p=1739
Also reported at : Hayden Christensen's Lawsuit Against USA Tossed Out by Judge – Hollywood Reporter
HUMPHREY BOGART Furniture Settlement
BRANDO SUES HARLEY-DAVIDSON
Link to the Brando boots on Amazon.
(Looks like Harley Davidson has changed the name of the boot to “Smith”… but when you type “Brando boot” into Amazon… it still shows up, along with three other boots using that name….
Legislation and Regulatory
Tennessee Netflix Law: Password Sharing a Crime – Legislation & Policymaking – FindLaw Blotter
Copyright Office Rules on Termination “Gap Grants.”
http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2011/76fr32316.pdf
www.copyright.gov
Rulings & Opinions
Judge Denies Disney's Motion to Stop Dish From Distributing Movies for Free – Hollywood Reporter www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/judge-denies-disneys-motion-stop-194695
Disney Surrenders to Navy on ‘SEAL Team 6' Trademark – Celebrity Intellectual Property – Celebrity Justice blogs.findlaw.com/celebrity_justice/2011/05/disney-surrenders-to-navy-on-seal-te…
NY Bakery Owner Sues Scripps Network Over Food Network Show – Hollywood Reporter www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/ny-bakery-owner-sues-scripps-194704
Who Has the Right to Parody Keanu Reeves' Work In ‘Point Break'? – Hollywood Reporter www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/who-has-right-parody-keanu-190657
The case is Keeling v. New Rock Theatre Productions Opinion is here.
Movie Rights To 30-Year-Old Book at Center of Lawsuit .
Personal Names can be Protected as Trademarks: Just Ask John Elway tcattorney.typepad.com/ip/2011/06/personal-names-can-be-protected-as-trademarks-…
Trademark rights to “heart attack” designation on food menus contested
Related articles
- Nothing Like a Brando: Harley-Davidson Sued Over Name of New Line of Boots (jonathanturley.org)
- Harley Davidson Ironhead 1979 to 1983 Laced Rear Wheel Figure (athingforcars.com)
- Harley Davidson Ironhead 1979 to 1983 Cast Rear Wheel Figure (athingforcars.com)
- Harley-Davidson gains big after UBS report (marketwatch.com)
- Shoe Cravings: Motorcycle Boots (beso.com)
- Going Wild: The Motorcycle Diaries (onlineshoes.com)
- Shoe Cravings: Men's Boots for Spring (beso.com)
- How to sell a Harley-Davidson (hellforleathermagazine.com)
- The Harley-Davidson Scooter (neatorama.com)
- Harley Davidson receives short-term buy from UBS (marketwatch.com)
- American Icons: Willie Nelson, Harley Davidson, and Country Music Throwdown (stillisstillmoving.com)
- The Mouse Takes Bin Laden: Disney Moves To Claim Trademark to “Seal Team Six” (jonathanturley.org)
- Disney abandons plan to trademark “Seal Team 6” (shortformblog.tumblr.com)
- Disney backs away from ‘SEAL Team 6′ trademark (insidemovies.ew.com)
- Follow Up of the Day: Disney Withdraws SEAL Team 6 Trademark Applications (thedailywh.at)
- UPDATE: Disney Withdraws Application To Trademark “Seal Team 6″ (videogum.com)
- Disney trademarks “Seal Team 6” (cbsnews.com)
- Disney Retreats… (online.wsj.com)
- “Disney Drops Its Trademark Application For SEAL Team Six” and related posts (warnewsupdates.blogspot.com)
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