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In re Pacific Pictures Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
In a suit by the company that owns intellectual property rights to the Superman character against a movie producer-attorney, claiming that he...

Minorty Television Project, Inc. v. Federal Communications Comm'n

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
In a challenge to federal statutory restrictions on certain types of advertising by public broadcast TV stations, the district court's grant of...

Viacom Int’l, Inc. v. YouTube, Inc.

Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
In a copyright infringement suit against YouTube, the district court's judgment in favor of YouTube is: 1) affirmed in part, where the district court...

Bagdasarian Productions, LLC v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Entertainment Law
In a contract dispute between a movie studio and the owners of Alvin and the Chipmunks, the plaintiffs' interlocutory appeal of a district court order...

Range Road Music, Inc. v. East Coast Foods, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In a suit by music companies that owned song copyrights against the corporate owner of a restaurant at which the songs were played without license and...

Golan v. Holder

Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
In a suit by orchestra conductors, musicians, publishers, and others who formerly enjoyed free access to literary and artistic works removed from the...

US v. Havelock

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Entertainment Law
Conviction and sentencing of defendant for mailing threatening communications in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 876(c) are vacated because Section...

UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Shelter Capital Partners LLC

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Remedies
In an appeal from an order of the district court granting defendant's motion for summary judgment on plaintiff's complaint for direct and secondary...

Mercado-Salinas v. Bart Enterprises International, Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Remedies
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court denying plaintiff's petition for injunctive relief in a dispute over rights to a trademark for...

Lluberes v. Uncommon Productions, LLC

Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the district court granting defendants' motion for summary judgment in plaintiffs' action for defamation arising in...