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... Read more
Category: Entertainment Law
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. &... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more
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)... Read more
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... Read more
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?... Read more
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,... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more