This is an update on my blog post regarding the face-off between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the major talent agencies, through the Association of Talent Agencies (ATA).
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O’Brien Roasts Plaintiff in Copyright Dispute Alleging Jokes Too Stale to be Stolen
The drama is building in the comic clash between TBS late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien and comedy writer Alex Kaseberg over
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TVEyes Closed at Last
The TVEyes v. Fox saga has reached its conclusion. Following the Supreme Court’s denial of TVEyes’ petition for certiorari, the video clipping service had little choice but to settle Fox
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Lawsuit Over McGyver Series Illustrates Dizzying Distinction Between “Spin-Off” and “Remake”
Readers over 40 will remember the TV series MacGyver, which ran on ABC from 1985 through 1992. The show starred Richard Dean Anderson as a mild-mannered secret agent with an
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Decades-Long Fight Over $30 Million Pissarro Painting Stolen By Nazis is on Full Display as Court Wraps Trial
The oil painting by renowned impressionist Camille Pissarro titled “Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon,
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Supremes Shut TVEyes
The Supreme Court turned down the petition of TVEyes for reconsideration of the ruling of the Second Circuit that TVEyes infringed Fox News copyrights. TVEyes is a media monitoring
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Fox News Takes a Swing at TVEyes
The battle of the briefs continued as Fox News urged the Supreme Court to take a pass on a petition for certiorari from TVEyes in a copyright case that has
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District Court Serves “Dual Survival” Star a Reality Check in Dismissing Claims for Defamation and False Light
Cody Lundin’s lawsuit against Discovery for allegedly defaming Lundin in its reality series “Dual Survival” was voted off the island earlier this month when a
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Does LeBron James Have the Right to License His Own Tattoos?
One copyright lawsuit says the answer is “no.”
In a case against Take Two Interactive, the maker of the popular “NBA 2K” video game franchise, Solid Oak Sketches LLC argues
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San Diego Smackdown Chapter V: The Empire Strikes Back
Our story so far:
Comic-Con is a registered trademark of SDCC, the organizers of the
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