Strange times we live in
I, for one, am losing track of all the things I’m losing track of. Can anyone explain this? #productplacement https://t.co/xUIBDehfwR — Likelihood ®© Blog (@likely2confuse) […]
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Ron Coleman
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Disneyfried
This is somewhat off topic, but if, like me, you’d be happy to live off the interest on Mike Ovitz’s obscene payout from his brief […]
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Ron Coleman
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Let the games begin
Yahoo! News reports: Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. sued Google Inc. and its Internet video-sharing site YouTube for more than $1 billion on Tuesday in the […]
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Grumpy cat. This is huge.
Can Grumpy Cat be protected? Hollywood attorney Marty Singer is trying https://t.co/A34HKRiLPh pic.twitter.com/RIRCkWTEYp — Eriq Gardner (@eriqgardner) December 14, 2015 You need me for this? […]
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Reality is stranger than… something
Larry Zerner does it again with his uniquely unique (if too infrequent — that’s a free tip, Larry) content. This time it’s an article called, […]
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Caveat Animator (guest post by Brozik)
[A woman] has filed a lawsuit claiming that Disney’s animated film about [a princess, her magical sister, and their talking snowman] took elements from her […]
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Matthew David Brozik
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Heck of a trademark suit
Chunky rocker Meat Loaf is suing his one-time collaborator, Jim Steinman, over the latter’s recycling of the title of his one good album. UPDATE: I […]
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The Future of “Happy Birthday” Might Be a Present to Us All, Because of Its Past.
As a rule—specifically Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 8(a)(2)—a pleading that states a claim for relief must contain… a short and plain statement of […]
Written by: Matthew David Brozik
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Looking for “Peace of Mind” (BOSTON 2)
You might recall this previous post, addressing the nascent lawsuit brought by a corporate music publisher/exploiter and its principal (plaintiffs Next Decade Entertainment, Inc. & […]
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Barney, Barney, is your mother from Killarney?
Speaking of ugly fights implicating extinct species, Joseph Scott Miller reports on his Fire of Genius blog — no, he’s not the only one, but […]
Written by: Ron Coleman
Continue reading » The Potential Hazzards of Putting up Yer Dukes
So many strands of America in our time converge in this story, regarding which I predict some sort of IP dustup: “Cooter” was evidently the […]
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