Trademarks, Music, Copyright

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - October 2024 #2

Kaufman & Canoles on 10/8/2024

Surinamese sprinter Issamade Asinga sued the Gatorade Company on Wednesday, alleging his recent doping ban was the result of eating contaminated “recovery gummies” that the brand manufactured and provided....more

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - September 2024 #2

Kaufman & Canoles on 9/17/2024

A woman in Texas filed a new lawsuit last Monday accusing Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual assault and battery in 2020....more

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - September 2024

Kaufman & Canoles on 9/11/2024

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced that Illinois has joined an $82.5 million proposed antitrust settlement with Varsity Brands (Varsity). As a result, Illinois consumers who paid to participate in Varsity Brands’...more

The Pitch - April 2024

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 5/6/2024

The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more

The Pitch - March 2024

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 3/29/2024

The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more

MarkIt to Market® - February 2024

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 3/1/2024

Thank you for reading the February 2024 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss the advertising rights of luxury resellers and important updates to the Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy...more

The Pitch - September 2023

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 9/29/2023

The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more

The Pitch - April 2023

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP on 4/20/2023

The Pitch newsletter is a monthly update of legal issues and news affecting or related to the music, film and television, fine arts, media, professional athletics, eSports, and gaming industries. The Pitch features a diverse...more

AD-ttorneys@law - December 2022

BakerHostetler on 12/12/2022

TTAB Emancipates “Queen of Christmas” from Mimi - Mariah Carey lets mark registration go unchallenged - Breakdown - Mariah Carey takes a lot of guff for...strange behavior. We won’t review the stories here; poring...more

Just Because It’s On the Internet Doesn’t Mean It’s In the Public Domain

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC on 8/8/2022

Just Because it’s Published Doesn’t Mean it’s in the Public Domain - Some people think that if something is on the Internet, it’s in the public domain and is fair game to be copied. Not true! Giving the public access to an...more

Electronic Gaming Podcast | Copyright and Trademark - Aaron Hendelman and Gary Greenstein

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/14/2022

Join Wilson Sonsini Partners Aaron Hendelman and Gary Greenstein as they dig into how copyrights and trademarks can implicate games and gaming companies. With conversation on topics such as: whether you could put Starbucks in...more

Nonfungible Tokens and the Music Industry: Legal Considerations

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/30/2021

Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have, in recent weeks, gone from a relatively obscure form of digital collectible stored on a blockchain to a virtual “gold rush” for artists, labels and other music rights owners looking for ways to...more

“Running Man” Case Trips, Falls, and Is Dismissed

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 6/16/2020

Just two months ago, we published a post about an Eastern District of Pennsylvania decision in the Pellegrino v. Epic Games case regarding Epic’s online battle royale video game, Fortnite. In that case, saxophonist Leo...more

Epic Dance Moves Win Legal Dance-Off (Mostly)

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/13/2020

In a recent decision, Judge John R. Padova of the federal court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed seven out of eight of the claims brought by musician Leo Pellegrino alleging that Epic Games unlawfully copied...more

Epic Games Battles for Victory Dances in Fortnite Copyright Lawsuits

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 2/28/2019

If you know how to Floss and Milly Rock, then you are way more hip than most, including the author of this post. Both are popular dance moves, along with the Shoot, Running Man, and the Carlton, the latter made famous by...more

Are You a Pirate or a Promoter?

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley on 11/28/2018

Copyright and Trademark Protection for a Reason - Protecting Creative Speech in Practice - Let’s talk intellectual property. Not patents and trade secrets, not that “hard stuff.” I’m talking creative intellectual property....more

Music Law 101: What Every Band Needs to Know

Brooks Pierce on 9/4/2018

Last week, Brooks Pierce participated in CD Baby’s DIY Musician Conference in Nashville. We hosted legal clinics, served as mentors, gave out free copies of our Musician’s Legal Handbook, and presented a legal workshop on...more

Aretha Franklin Is Looking For A Little Respect From Telluride And Toronto Film Festivals

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 9/23/2015

On September 4, 2015, a long running legal battle over the right to use footage from a 1972 concert by Aretha Franklin took a twist right out of a Hollywood movie when the Queen of Soul sought, and was granted, a temporary...more

Slep-Tone and Karaoke Redux: Under Dastar, Bar Must Face the Music For Trademark Infringement

Akerman LLP - Marks, Works & Secrets on 4/8/2015

The Northern District of Illinois recently held that the Supreme Court’s decision in Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., 539 U.S. 23 (2003), did not protect a karaoke bar from claims of trademark infringement...more

Status Updates - January 2015 #4

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 1/19/2015

Social drinkers. The founder of the Lagunitas Brewing Company decided to drop a lawsuit that he’d filed against Sierra Nevada for trademark infringement after beer drinkers expressed their disapproval of the suit on Twitter. ...more

When Judges Met Jazz: The First Decade Of Jazz Law

In honor of African American Music Appreciation Month, sometimes known as Black Music Month, we recall the first judicial decisions in which jazz music was the subject of a legal dispute. Although jazz originated in the late...more

Rhymin’ & Stealin’ & Filin’ Lawsuits

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 12/20/2013

Last month, I wrote about the preemptive lawsuit filed by GoldieBlox, a toy retailer, against the Beastie Boys. GoldieBlox sought declaratory relief that their use of the Beastie Boys’ song “Girls” in a GoldieBlox...more

And The Band Played On - Disputes Over Musical Group Names Were a Familiar Tune in 2013

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 9/11/2013

On August 28, 2013, the founder of the classic rock band BOSTON and the owner of all of its trademarks lost a bid to prevent the band’s former lead singer from using the name BOSTON in connection with his ongoing musical...more

Happy Birthday…You’re Being Sued!

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 6/20/2013

Have you ever noticed how people rarely sing “Happy Birthday to You” in movies and television? Instead, people usually sing “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow,” even though no one actually sings that song in real life. ...more

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