Welcome to our weekly 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: 50 Shades of Licensing; IP monetization; Trademark & Hobbits; Elmo’s Puppeteer; Mobile game rivals clash in CA court; Guerilla Fashion; MoMA garage sale; Suit against Elton John dismissed; Pandora copyright royalties; and more.
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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_edge, 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!
- PBS Kids Sprout Expands Its Reach – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/fzuAC
- 50 Shades of Licensing http://ow.ly/fzurw
- ABC Files Motion to Dismiss BPI’s Defamation Lawsuit : Food Liability Law Blog http://ow.ly/fzuoZ
- Lance Armstrong’s Legal War http://ow.ly/fzulr
- All About Advertising Law – Venable LLP: What Does “Win a Lifetime Supply” Really Mean? (And Other Existential Quandaries)…
- IP: Why Monetization Needs a Whole Business Strategy http://ow.ly/fzuf5
- IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks — November 16, 2012 | Loeb & Loeb LLP -…
- For Web Images, Creating New Technology to Seek and Find – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/fztwc
- Colleges Turn to Crowd-Sourcing Courses – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/fztrh
- To Sell or to License your IP Portfolio http://ow.ly/fzthk
- SORT OF THE RINGS: Will Trademark Fair Use Protect Age of the Hobbits? – Trademark and Copyright Law http://ow.ly/fztc7
- I got 99 problems and the Patent and Trademark Office is one: Branding your baby | News | Baldwins http://ow.ly/fzs40
- Using War as Cover to Target Journalists – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/fzrN0
- Elmo Puppeteer’s Absence Leaves Void in Close-Knit ‘Sesame Street’ – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/fzrKk
- Grace Coddington Gives Inside Look at Vogue in Memoir – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/fzrIJ
- ‘Sinister Pop’ at the Whitney – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/fzrHw
- Oprah Winfrey Seeks a Younger Audience to Bolster a Flagging Empire – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/fzrE0
- Legality of Warrantless Cellphone Searches Goes to Courts and Legislatures – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/fzryO
- Is That a Valid Use of Ferpa? The Student Press Law Center Is Watching – Government – The Chronicle of Higher Education http://ow.ly/fzru8
- Mobile Game Rivals Clash In California Trade Secret and Unfair Competition Suit | Trading Secrets http://ow.ly/fyKTQ
- Venable LLP | News & Insights | Publications | Articles | Rosetta Stone and Google Settle Trademark Case Over Sponsored Ads…
- The Top Ten Legal Mistakes in Promotion Design, Execution, Fulfillment and Contracts : Adlaw By Request http://ow.ly/fyKQI
- Watch Your Assets Part Three: Why and When to Seek Injunctions and Temporary Restraining Orders | Ogletree Deakins http://ow.ly/fyKPC
- Courthouse News Service Entertainment Law http://ow.ly/fyKFP
- Guerrilla Fashion – The Story of Supreme – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/fyKBQ
- Podcast: Steve Peterson on Design Patents in Fashion: Protecting Your IP | Podcasts | Finnegan http://ow.ly/fyKvS
- Carol Burnett Sued; Hulk Hogan Sex Tape; and Other Entertainment Law News – Hollywood Reporter http://ow.ly/fyKkK
- ‘Life of Pi,’ Directed by Ang Lee – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/fyKht
- Venable LLP | News & Insights | Publications | @Twitter Revises Copyright and DCMA Takedown Policy #Transparency http://ow.ly/fyKdf
- Videogame Maker Sued Over Optional Two-Factor Authentication Service : Security, Privacy and The Law http://ow.ly/fyKci
- Fifty Shades of Gray Market Artwork | Media Law Bytes & Pieces http://ow.ly/fyK9J
- New Zealand Wants a Hollywood Put on Its Map – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/fyJWK
- Films Dispense With Storytelling Conventions – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/fyJMO
- Nintendo’s Wii U Takes Aim at a Changed Video Game World – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/fyJKF
- Martha Rosler’s ‘Meta-Monumental Garage Sale,’ at MoMA – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/fo1wu
- How Much Is the Internet’s Electric Bill? [INFOGRAPHIC] http://ow.ly/fo1s8
- The 12 Online Scams of Christmas [INFOGRAPHIC] http://ow.ly/fluAj
- ‘Anna Karenina,’ From Joe Wright, With Keira Knightley – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/flsDX
- 100 Years of Seeing Red the Red Soles TM Decision http://ow.ly/flrUY
- Law2sm’s Recap: Cyberbullying Stories 11/16/12 http://ow.ly/flfzv
- Advertising Law Recap Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP http://ow.ly/fjeC8
- Hulkamania is Running Wild: Let the Battle Begin (in Court) | Media Law Bytes & Pieces http://ow.ly/fjext
- Can you actually own the Sword of Azeroth? | Mallesons IP Whiteboard – Latest news in copyright, trade mark and patents law from…
- Sotheby’s Accused of Deceit in Sale of Khmer Statue – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/fisdP
- Art Sale Transactions: Consign Your Design | Media Law Bytes & Pieces http://ow.ly/fir5U
- Mexico, U.S. Sign Pact to Combat Stolen Phone Trade http://ow.ly/fiqU6
- 7 Landmark Tech Laws Passed in 2012 http://ow.ly/fiqIh
- Oliver Luckett of theAudience, Building Online Fan Bases – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/fgya7
- Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP – IP Industry Summary: Nikita, Natasha: Judge Dismisses Copyright Suit Against Elton John…
- Artist Resale Royalties: U.S. Copyright Office Seeking Comments | Media Law Bytes & Pieces http://ow.ly/fgxYG
- Apple and HTC End Their Global Patent Battle http://ow.ly/fgxVv
- Cyberattack Reveals Middle Eastern Spy Network http://ow.ly/fgxoI
- Should Live Tweeting Be Protected Like Broadcast Rights? http://ow.ly/fgxkV
- This is a project I am supporting bc I think its cool not just bc they are my client. Colors Greetings:Multicultural Greeting Cards |…
- Stone Tools Point to Creative Work by Early Humans in Africa – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/ffeVj
- Herman Wouk on his New Book, ‘The Lawgiver’ – http://NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/ffeQQ
- Georgia IP Litigation: Georgia is a New Battleground for the Self-Proclaimed “Original Copyright Troll” http://ow.ly/ffeHQ
- Georgia IP Litigation: October Copyright Cases Filed in the Northern and Middle Districts http://ow.ly/ffeEs
- 2nd Circuit Clears Fiesta Gown for the Prom | MSK Fashion Blog http://ow.ly/ffevh
- Copyright Protection of Fabric Designs | MSK Fashion Blog http://ow.ly/ffest
- Pandora and US Copyright Royalties : Entertainment & Media Law Signal http://ow.ly/ffepF
- Protecting Companies’ Intellectual Property From Cyber Crime | Fox Rothschild LLP http://ow.ly/ffeoq
- DG Esq’s Weekly Recap 11/12/12 – Stories Relating to IP and Entertainment Law http://ow.ly/fdlKv