all - Opinion Summaries

Sinibaldi v. Redbox Automated Retail, LLC

Entertainment Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
Dismissal of a putative class action alleging that defendant violated California's Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971 is affirmed, where: 1) alleged...

Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In an copyright infringement action brought by plaintiff-copyright owner, who inherited the rights to her father's screenplay, which he had assigned...

Keiler v. Harlequin Enterprises LTD

Class Actions, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law
Dismissal of a complaint alleging that defendants breached publishing agreements by paying plaintiff-authors artificially low royalties on the sales...

NBC Universal v. Superior Court (Montz)

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Media Law
In an action in which plaintiffs allege breach of implied contract, and breach of confidence arising out of defendants' development of the "Ghost...

Garcia v. Google, Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
The district court's denial of a preliminary injunction requiring the removal from YouTube.com of an anti-Islamic film that used a performance that...

Experience Hendrix, LLC v. HendrixLicensing.com

Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Judgment for plaintiff, which owns trademarks that it uses to sell and license products related to deceased rock legend Jimi Hendrix, in an action...

Rock River Communications, Inc. v. Universal Music Group, Inc.

Contracts, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment in favor of defendants in an action involving the licensing rights for several musical recordings by Bob Marley and the Wailers is: 1)...

Graham-Sult v. Clainos

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Probate, Trusts & Estates
Judgment in an action brought by the sons of the late concert promoter Bill Graham, alleging that they were entitled to pro rata distributions of...

Ross v. Roberts

Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, False Advertising, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in an action in which plaintiff alleges that they misappropriated plaintiff's name and identity for their own...

Herb Reed Enterprises, LLC v. Florida Entertainment Management, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Trademark, Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law
The district court's grant of a preliminary injunction against defendants' use of the mark "The Platters" in connection with any vocal group, is...