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How Love Is Directed Behind Closed Doors: Contested Litigation And The Lack Of Employment Distinction Within Reality TV

by Kamila Ramos | January 18, 2024 | Celebrity, Entertainment, Entertainment Law, Labor and Employment | 0 Comments

In the Netflix series titled Love is Blind, contestants are put together in separate “pods” in search of love in an unorthodox manner. Without ever meeting and talking through a wall, couples get engaged to see if love is truly blind and can withstand the testament of...

Better Than Revenge: Taylor’s Version and the Modernization of Musical Copyright

by Punit Motiwala | January 18, 2024 | Celebrity, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Music Law | 0 Comments

Copyright Background of Taylor Swift’s Masters Dispute In 2013, Taylor Swift signed a thirteen-year recording contract with Big Machine Records. [1] In that time, Swift recorded 6 Studio Albums: Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, and Reputation. [2] After...

Famous Faces and Legal Cases: The Precautions for Co-Branding and Licensing Endorsement’s with Brands and Celebrities

by Anthony Hayek | January 18, 2024 | Celebrity, Entertainment, Entertainment Law, Trademark Law | 0 Comments

According to Harvard Business School professor Anita Elberse, a celebrity endorsing or co-branding with a consumer product, on average, will increase the revenue of the products sales by 4%, correlating with a $10 million in further sales each year. Some major recent...

Forever 21 copies yet another designer, will likely escape liability

by Alison Sikes | Feb 3, 2017 | Copyright, Fashion Law

There is an unspoken rule when it comes to purchasing clothing: Forever 21 will always have the knockoff.[1] While most stores would take measures to avoid such a veputation, Forever 21 embraces it. In fact, America’s 5th largest specialty retailer incorporates this...

Caped Crusader Copyright Complications

by jburns | Nov 7, 2016 | Copyright, Entertainment Law

If you are anything like me (and hopefully not), you spend an unacceptable amount of time trying to discover the “truth” behind every superhero you see on screen. Considering the current state of the entertainment industry, that leaves a lot of truth to uncover. In so...

The Indian Judiciary’s take on the New WhatsApp Privacy Policy

by Ayushi Harsh | Oct 28, 2016 | Uncategorized

October 18th, 2016 By Ayushi Harsh In August, 2016, WhatsApp Inc., a famous internet based social chatting application, announced that it would change its policy and begin sharing names and phone numbers of its users with its parent company Facebook Inc. to allow its...

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