DG Esq’s Monthly Recap 7/23/14 – Stories Relating to IP and Entertainment Law

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 week’s stories cover many issues including: Comics sales rise; cable networks plan their survival; Hollywood docket; net neutrality; Ebook resale website faces legal trouble; Aereo loses Supreme Court case; and more.

These are some of the articles, reports, posts, etc. that caught our attention this week.  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!

  • Roomba’s Lawyers See IP as Key to Success | Law Technology News http://ow.ly/zujOh
  • Cinecittà World Theme Park Opens Thursday in Italy – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/zrvok
  • Comics Sales Rise, in Paper and Pixels – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/zokY6
  • Smaller Cable Networks Plan Their Survival Under the Feet of Giants – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/zokQk
  • Websites Like Thought Catalog and Upworthy Aim to Uplift – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/zghNb
  • Sands Casino Plays Texas Hold’em in Protecting Online Trademark  http://ow.ly/zggxM
  • On Kawara, Conceptual Artist Who Found Elegance in Every Day, Dies at 81 – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/zdE0K
  • To Some Dismay, Italy Enlists Donors to Repair Monuments – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/zdDsJ
  • How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Talent – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/zaWan
  • Hollywood Docket: ‘Blurred Lines’; Bob Marley; TV Stunt Accident – Hollywood Reporter http://ow.ly/z837G
  • SAG-AFTRA Board Approves TV-Theatrical Deal http://ow.ly/z82QK
  • Ganzeer Takes Protest Art Beyond Egypt – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/z82EU
  • Amazon, a Friendly Giant as Long as It’s Fed – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/z7ION
  • USA Today Goes Viral – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/z7IKo
  • A Warhol With Your Moose Head? Sotheby’s Teams With EBay – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/z7IGy
  • ‘South Park’ Marches On in New Places – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/z7IvM
  • Eileen Ford, Doyenne and Disciplinarian of Modeling Industry, Dies at 92 http://ow.ly/z2OL7
  • 11 University and Library Groups Release Net-Neutrality Principles http://ow.ly/z2Msl
  • Milton, Locke, and Net Neutrality – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://ow.ly/yU1yx
  • Sirius XM Radio Fires a Host of ‘Opie & Anthony’ Over Racist Twitter Posts http://ow.ly/yR1Pi
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Pushes Boundaries of Collecting – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/yR1JP
  • Participant Index Seeks to Determine Why One Film Spurs Activism, While Others Falter  http://ow.ly/yR1qz
  • E-Book Resale Website Faces Legal Troubles | Law Technology News http://ow.ly/yQXm2
  • Are Copyrights and Patents Intellectual Privileges Not Property | Law Technology News http://ow.ly/yJNtg
  • Lindsay Lohan sues makers of Grand Theft Auto V http://ow.ly/yIiZd
  • The relationship between copyright and social media: “it’s complicated” – Lexology http://ow.ly/yHa7F
  • Academy Sues Oscar Winner’s Heirs for Auctioning His Award – Hollywood Reporter http://ow.ly/yH8K0
  • Why the Research on Viewing Is Best Ignored – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/yH6KF
  • Robert Gardner Dies at 88; Filmed Cultural Practices – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/yB9Tx
  • Roger Ebert Is Remembered in the Documentary ‘Life Itself’ – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/yB9OO
  • Stung by Supreme Court, Aereo Suspends Service – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/yB9AT
  • Tribune Company Hopes to Turn WGN America Into Cable Network – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/yB8Ck
  • New NPR Chief, Jarl Mohn, Vows to Foster Diversity – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/yB8ox
  • Broadcast Networks Win Big Over Aereo | Law Technology News http://ow.ly/yB7Ed
  • ‘Jeff Koons: A Retrospective’ Opens at the Whitney – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/yxf8S
  • Do English laws sufficiently protect sports stars from social media abuse? http://ow.ly/yxdTw
  • Supreme Court rules against Aereo – Entertainment Law Update Podcast – special edition http://ow.ly/yuOoD
  • The Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Cellphone Privacy – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/ytnGJ
  • The Supreme Court Saves Cellphone Privacy – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/ytnCP
  • The New York Asian Film Festival Returns – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/ytnwJ
  • College Libraries Push Back as Publishers Raise Some E-Book Prices  http://ow.ly/ytmkk
  • George Lucas Shifts Museum Plan to Chicago – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/yqIwm
  • Small Music Labels See YouTube Battle as Part of War for Revenue – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/yqIqE
  • Legal Workshop Series | Film Legal 101 — Atlanta Film Festival http://ow.ly/yp6O3
  • 2nd Circuit OKs searchable book database, calls copying entire volumes for this purpose fair use http://ow.ly/yo4VG
  • Sketching Superman’s Power – Video – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/yo4iU
  • Yahoo Hires Michael Isikoff as Chief Investigative Correspondent  http://ow.ly/ymjej
  • Vice Has Many Media Giants Salivating, but Its Terms Will Be Rich http://ow.ly/ymj73
  • Best Airports for a Long Layover Travel + Leisure http://ow.ly/yeGII
  • High-End Hermès Handbags at Center of Suit Against Christie’s http://ow.ly/y4Xju
  • Worries Over Access to Free Public TV – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/y4TK6
  • Anger Over Plan for Electronic Music in Staging Wagner’s ‘Ring’ Cycle – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/xVaxt
  • Narrow Internet Personal Jurisdiction Leads to Trademark Infringement Case Dismissed  http://ow.ly/xPrVL
  • Performing Without Net: Stars of YouTube Take to the Stage – http://NYTimes.com  http://ow.ly/xMp5V
  • Law2sm Recap: Cyber-bullying 6/6/14 http://ow.ly/xIUQO
  • DG Esq’s Monthly Recap: Stories of IP & Entertainment Law 6/06/14 http://ow.ly/xISrx

 

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