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FINKE v. THE WALT DISNEY CO.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
A defendant may move to strike a cause of action under the SLAPP statute if at least one of the predicate acts was an act in furtherance of the...

IN RE: AIMSTER COPYRIGHT LITIG.

Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Remedies
A broad preliminary injunction, shutting down operation of an online service that facilitates file-sharing until resolution of the merits of a...

PARKER v. TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT CO.

Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law, Entertainment Law, Media Law
Because the district court decided defendant's motion on the basis of a legal standard later rejected by this Court, and has not yet applied the...

U.S. v. Schultz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Entertainment Law, International Law
The fact that the stolen property?s rightful owner is foreign has no impact on prosecution under the United State?s National Stolen Property Act...

INTERACTIVE DIGITAL SOFTWARE ASS'N v. ST. LOUIS COUNTY

Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law
A county ordinance making it unlawful to sell, rent, or make available graphically violent video games to minors, or permitting the free play of...

WINTER v. DC COMICS

Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law
Comic books at issue contain significant creative elements that transform them into something more than mere celebrity likenesses, thus the comic...

DASTAR CORP. v. TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP.

Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
The phrase "origin of goods" refers to the producer of tangible goods that are offered for sale, and not to the author of any idea, concept, or...

ALAMEDA FILMS S A DE C V v. AUTHORS RIGHTS RESTORATION CORP. INC;

Attorney's Fees, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, Media Law
The district court's ruling (1) determining that production companies, such as the plaintiffs, can hold copyrights under Mexican law, (2)permitting...

PARKS v. LAFACE RECORDS

Entertainment Law, False Advertising, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Summary judgment was improper in Lanham Act and common law right of publicity claims, arising from use of a civil rights icon's name in the title of a...

MUZIKOWSKI v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORP.

Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a defamation action under Illinois substantive law arising from a purported film portrayal of plaintiff, allegations entitle plaintiff to the...