Recently, the Australian Federal Court decided that the ISP iiNet was not liable to a group of the largest Hollywood studios including Village Roadshow, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures,...
Recently, Sam Raimi, Kirsten Dunst, and Tobey Maguire pulled out of the upcoming Spiderman 4 movie. The movie, to begin shooting in February, was scrapped when the director, Raimi, pulled out, citing scheduling...
On January 5, 2010, a company called CYBERsitter LLC, a Santa Barbara software company, sued the People’s Republic of China, two Chinese software makers – Zhendzhou Jinhui Computer System Engineering...
In 1968, George Romero finished his film “Night of the Living Dead.” While first theatrical distribution of the movie was taking place, the title of the movie was changed from “Night...
On December 4, 2008, Philadelphia Wine School sought to register the trademark SOMMELIER SMACKDOWN with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). On June 2, 2009, the mark was published by the USPTO...
The ELI Essay Competition invites law students focusing on the entertainment practice to write a 3,000-word paper on a compelling legal topic facing the music industry today. The contest culminates with...
My very first post on EAB back in May dealt with ICC Design suing NBC Universal, Universal Studios, Warner Brothers and New Line Cinema over its concept of Halloween-themed attractions. While there...
Harvard recently announced that it has launched an online sports and entertainment law journal. The students received approval from the school in August and hope to have the inaugural issued published...
I am making a resolution. I will no longer listen to a CD, or even a song, twice in a row. I think the reason that I listen to music on repeat is because it costs so much money – it is too much...
I was literally just about to post about the current state of litigation between Eminem’s Eight Mile Style (his music publisher) when I got an email from Darren informing me that the case was settled. ...
