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RUFFIN-STEINBACK v. DEPASSE

United States Sixth Circuit
Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law
Use of plaintiffs' fictionalized likenesses in a work protected by the First Amendment and the advertising incidental to such uses did not give rise...
09/28/2001 00-1260

CUSANO v. KLEIN

United States Ninth Circuit
Bankruptcy Law, Entertainment Law
Under 11 USC 1141(b), listing of "songrights" written for a band in a Chapter 11 schedule of assets is sufficient to designate copyrights and song...
09/06/2001 99-56131

DANJAQ LLC v. SONY CORP.

United States Ninth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Releasing identical content on new media does not start a new time period for purposes of determining laches in the copyright context.
08/27/2001 0055781

CLARK v. CITY OF LAKEWOOD

United States Ninth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law
The owner of an adult nude dancing business has standing to challenge a city ordinance requiring nude dancers and cabaret managers to apply for...
08/06/2001 99-35453

STYNE v. STEVENS

Supreme Court of California
Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law
Under Labor Code section 1700.44(c), the one-year limitations period contained in the Talent Agencies Act does not prevent an entertainer from...
07/12/2001 S086787

HOFFMAN v. CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.

United States Ninth Circuit
Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Altered photo of famous actor used to promote fashion article entitled to First Amendment protection, as non-commercial speech, from right of...
07/06/2001 99-55563

MAYS v. TRUMP INDIANA, INC.

United States Seventh Circuit
Contracts, Entertainment Law
A complex, multi-million dollar deal to create a new business in a highly regulated industry requires specific agreement on material terms, or it is...
06/18/2001 00-1083, 00-1138

NAT'L SATELLITE SPORTS, INC. v. ELIADIS, INC.

United States Sixth Circuit
Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Entertainment Law
Under the Federal Communications Act of 1934, the definition of a "person aggrieved" in 47 USC 605(d)(6) is not limited to those who have proprietary...
06/11/2001 00-3013, 00-3437

OLIVEIRA v. FRITO-LAY, INC.

United States Second Circuit
Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
Singers of popular songs do not acquire secondary meaning trademark rights in song titles, even if the song is the "signature performance" that a...
05/22/2001 00-7492

COMEDY III PROD, INC. v. GARY SADERUP, INC.

Supreme Court of California
Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property
Reproductions of lithographs and silkscreened T-shirts are equally entitled to First Amendment protection as original works of art but the work in...
04/30/2001 S076061

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