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Time is Relative: California Court Determines that Einstein’s Right of Publicity Expired in 2005
"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once," Albert Einstein once quipped. But Einstein was not commenting on law, where the passage of time has a…
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The Material Girl May Have to Pay Up for Use of Brando’s Name and Likeness
Marlon Brando appears to be getting expensive. Licensing agency and intellectual property rights clearinghouse, CMG Worldwide Inc., has accused Brando’s estate of reneging on a deal allowing use of the…
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Second Circuit to Rule on Whether Oprah Owns Her Power to Use Phrase
The October 2010 issue of O Magazine graced stands bearing a host of motivational commands: “Tap Into Your Strength,” “Unlock Your Inner Superstar,” “Focus Your Energy,” “Let Your Best Self…
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NLRB Finds Termination of a BMW Employee Lawful Based Upon a Facebook Posting
In Karl Knauz Motors, Inc. d/b/a/ Knauz BMW and Robert Becker, case number 13-CA-046452, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) adopted Administrative Law Judge Joel P. Biblowitz’s findings that BMW…
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NLRB Decision Finds Social Media Provisions Unlawful
Editor's Note: This post is a joint submission to BakerHostetler's Data Privacy Mointor blog. Since June 2011, the Acting General Counsel (GC) of the National Labor Relations Board has issued three reports…
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Louboutin’s Soles are Red, Tiffany Boxes are Blue . . .
Single color trademarks are registerable, protectable, and enforceable. So held the Second Circuit in its long awaited decision in the Christian Louboutin SA v. Yves Saint Laurent America Holding Inc.…
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Whoa Nelly: Furtado and Timbaland Defeat Copyright Claim as Plaintiff Fails to Show Evidence
In what might have otherwise been a legitimate case of copyright infringement, Kernel Records--the plaintiff in Kernel Records Oy v. Timothy Mosley et al., had its case tossed out because of…
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Illegal Music Downloaders Beware
For the second time in under a month, a court has confirmed a large statutory damages award against an illegal music downloader. In the latest development in a six-year long…
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An Expensive Lesson: 30 Illegal Song Downloads Cost $675,000.00.
In 2005 the parents of Joel Tenenbaum, then a college student, received a notice directing them to call the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to arrange payment of $5,250 for…
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Nominations Open for ABA Journal’s Top 100 Legal Blogs
The American Bar Association Journal announced that it is compiling its annual list of the 100 best legal blogs and invites readers to submit a nomination at this link: http://www.abajournal.com/blawgs/blawg100_submit/ . The…