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