Gasper, an adult movie actor, was the president and sole shareholder of Jules Jordan Video (JJV), the creator of the videos in which Gasper appeared. Gasper and JJV filed a copyright action against defendants, alleging that they had copied and sold... Read More
The Ninth Circuit today [May 17] issued its long-awaited opinion in Pom Wonderful LLC v. The Coca Cola Co [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ].* BACKGROUND Pom marketed a pomegranate-blueberry juice blend. Coca Cola marketed a... Read More
On July 27th, Judge Paul G. Gardephe of the Southern District of New York granted White House/Black Market, Inc.'s motion to remand its suit against Cache, Inc., Rabia Farhang and Christine Broad [also referred to as Christine Board] to the New... Read More
The Southern District of New York recently refused to dismiss a breach of contract counterclaim asserted by the Estate of Mario Puzo against Paramount Pictures. Paramount Pictures Corp. v. Puzo, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 139827 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 26, 2012... Read More
Recently, the Ninth Circuit upheld breach of implied contract (a/k/a a Desny claim) and breach of confidence claims that were filed by plaintiffs, who had unsuccessfully pitched a ghost tracking series to defendant NBC. NBC, despite passing on plaintiffs'... Read More
In May, the Ninth Circuit upheld breach of implied contract (a/k/a a Desny claim) and breach of confidence claims filed by plaintiffs, who had unsuccessfully pitched a ghost tracking series to defendant NBC. NBC, despite passing on plaintiffs'... Read More