Welcome to our monthly recap of stories relating to intellectual property (including copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, etc.) and entertainment law – art, animation, television, film, digital games, etc. This month’s stories cover many issues including: how TV won the Internet; Salcedo’s political art at the Guggenheim; PBS & Ben Affleck trouble; YouTube no longer the only online stage for new stars; silent discos let you dance to your own beat; judge rejects “new Girl” idea theft claim; EU judges says kit-kat shape cannot be trademarked; Belushi sues for defamation; and more.
These are some of the articles, reports, posts, etc. that caught our attention this month. We originally send them out through our twitter account @dg_iplaw, so follow us to get them as we find them. But many of them are such great resources we don’t want you to miss them, so we’ve decided to put them as a weekly recap. The links will take you to their original sources, whether Mashable, Lexology, and/or others. Enjoy and let us know some of the stories you’ve found interesting this week. Just share in the comments below. Have a great week!
- How Television Won the Internet – The New York Times http://ow.ly/OVCPG
- Gay Marriage Upheld by Supreme Court in Close Ruling – The New York Times http://ow.ly/OQ5i9
- Good source of information: SCOTUSblog http://ow.ly/OQ4r7
- Review: Doris Salcedo’s Forceful Political Art in Guggenheim Retrospective http://ow.ly/OPIL3
- Looking at the Birth of Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice,’ 150 Years Old http://ow.ly/OPIBw
- A PBS Show, a Frustrated Ben Affleck, and a Loss of Face http://ow.ly/OPIru
- For Online Video Stars, YouTube Is No Longer The Only Stage NPR http://ow.ly/OO6LV
- EU law to ban landmark photography over copyright, infringing freedom of panorama http://ow.ly/OKUEE
- Record Labels Win One in Flight Copyright Battle http://ow.ly/OKU4s
- Hall and Oates sue food company over Haulin’ Oats granola http://ow.ly/OJk93
- Jury sides with ‘the cop’ in copyright question over a Village People hit http://ow.ly/OJk0p
- Taylor Swift Criticism Spurs Apple to Change Royalties Policy – The New York Times http://ow.ly/ODXaP
- Interesting Read for Reflection on Our Current Tech World/Work: The Technology of Us http://ow.ly/ODSyM
- Silent Discos Let You Dance to Your Own Beat – The New York Times http://ow.ly/OtUZV
- Moving Wikipedia From Computer to Many, Many Bookshelves – The New York Times http://ow.ly/OslOc
- “Social Media Trademark and Copyright Laws: Do You Play By the Rules?” – VC-Star http://ow.ly/OsjAU
- Facebook’s facial recognition means privacy loss in social media age – Fortune http://ow.ly/OseRf
- Judge Rejects ‘New Girl’ Idea-Theft Claim http://ow.ly/OsdNc
- 5Pointz Artists Sue Over Defacement of Work http://ow.ly/OnK63
- EU judge rules that Kit Kat shape cannot be trademarked http://ow.ly/Ol30b
- 5 of the strangest lawsuits making headlines http://ow.ly/Ol1HL
- South Wales school threatens legal action after Jamie Oliver’s TV company secretly films pupils http://ow.ly/Okckn
- Review: ‘Flaming June’ Arrives in New York, Preceded by Its Reputation http://ow.ly/OdSUD
- RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s top court strikes down restrictive biography law http://ow.ly/Och9A
- The Human Rights Watch Film Festival Explores Social Justice – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/OaKH7
- Music Publishers Fight Over ‘Foolish Things’ http://ow.ly/O83Wf
- Technology Is Driving Change in Media & Entertainment | MPA http://ow.ly/O7At4
- Jim Belushi Wants Damages for Defamation http://ow.ly/O2Aob
- View translation Jimi Hendrix Estate Demands a Guitar http://ow.ly/O2Ahe
- Sharing Data, but Not Happily – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/NUQ2p
- Huffington Post in Limbo at Verizon – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/NOyvC
- Managing Online Risk’s Monthly Recap (May 2015) – Stories Relating to Online Security & Risk http://ow.ly/NMTcH
- S. top court throws out man’s conviction for Facebook threats | Reuters http://ow.ly/NMOD6
- DG Esq’s Monthly Recap 6/01/15 – Stories Relating to IP & Entertainment Law http://ow.ly/NMN9c
- Law2sm Monthly Recap: Social Media & the Law 6/01/15 http://ow.ly/NMnZM
- The Court and Online Threats – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/NLp0B