by Emmanuella Saforo | Nov 23, 2021 | Copyright, Entertainment, Entertainment Law
Imagine spending several months engaging in extensive rehearsal, perfecting your craft, and memorizing lyrics to perform a new song given to you by a songwriter. The song is eventually played on all major radio platforms, becomes a number one hit, and you and the...
by Jane Honerlaw | Mar 25, 2021 | All, Copyright, Entertainment, Entertainment Law, Music Law
If the rumors are true, singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman is on a “do not sample” list, an unofficial warning to fellow musicians not to mess with her copyrighted works.1 That may change after a recent ruling deemed Nicki Minaj’s leaked song a fair use of Chapman’s...
by Kavya Rallabhandi | Jan 8, 2021 | Copyright, Entertainment, Entertainment Law
Netflix popularized the cultural phenomenon of “binge-watching,” where viewers can choose from a wide variety of content to watch as many movies or shows as they want.1 To meet the “binge-watching” demand of over 86 million subscribers in 190 countries, Netflix...
by Ethan Barr | Nov 21, 2020 | All, Entertainment Law, Trademark, Trademark Law, Unfair Competition
MillerCoors, LLC v. Anheuser-Busch Cos., LLC, 385 F. Supp. 3d 730, 739 (W.D. Wis. 2019). While many people treat television commercials as a bathroom break or an opportunity to glance at their phones, one weekend in February diverges this practice from the norm. The...
by Hisham El Mawan | Apr 17, 2017 | Copyright, Entertainment Law
Turns out that some funny business can occur in, well, the business of being funny. Conan O’Brien – host of his own talk show on TBS, former writer and producer for The Simpsons, and more famous than Andy Richter – was sued for copyright infringement back in July of...
by J.R. LoMonaco | Apr 7, 2017 | Copyright, Entertainment Law, Patent Law, Trade Secrets, Trademark Law
At the apex of current intellectual property crossroads exists The Vision of Infinite Dimensions – or, THE VOID™. Self-characterized as a world leader “in a new form of immersive entertainment,”[1] but critically-acclaimed enough to back it up,[2] THE VOID takes...
