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G&G Closed Circuit Events litigation overview

Vondran Legal on 8/28/2024

Restaurant, bar, club and tavern owners around the United States need to make sure they are properly licensing boxing fights for commercial usage before broadcasting the fight in their establishments. There are several...more

Preemption of State-Law Tort Claims by the Copyright Act - Ray v. ESPN

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/8/2015

Addressing the issue of the preemption of state-law claims by the Copyright Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld the district court’s dismissal of several state-law tort claims because the claims are...more

Intellectual Property 2014 Year in Review

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/20/2015

The year 2014 saw some important developments in the area of intellectual property law. A number of intellectual property-related issues even made national headlines. Who can forget the public debate over the rightful...more

The Supreme Court's Aereo Ruling: Is the Sky Falling for Cloud Computing?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/10/2014

With the Supreme Court’s Aereo decision finally out, the digital industry is struggling with its impact, if any, on various products and services, particularly with regard to cloud computing. However, the Supreme Court...more

Copyright Alert: ABC v. Aereo: What the Supreme Court Decided - And What It Did Not

Fenwick & West LLP on 6/26/2014

On June 25, 2014, a 6-3 majority of the Supreme Court held that Aereo’s service that allows customers to view over-the-air TV broadcasts via the internet violated the public performance right under the Copyright Act. Applying...more

"Supreme Court Rules Aereo’s Streaming Service Violates Copyright Law"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/26/2014

In a case closely watched by the television, cable and online content industries, the Supreme Court ruled today that online start-up Aereo Inc. violates copyright law by redistributing over-the-air broadcast content without...more

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