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DLA Piper
over 9 years ago
Public Policy
Public Policy Law Blog
The Right Of Publicity In College Sports
The sports-media industry has recently experienced a proliferation of litigation involving right-of-publicity claims asserted by student-athletes for the unauthorized use of their names, images and likenesses. The most highly publicized cases have been...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 10 years ago
Litigation
Verdicts and Settlements
Nintendo Must Pay More Than $30 Million For 3DS Video Game's Infringement Of Patent
Tomita Technologies International, Inc. owns U.S. Patent No. 7,417,664 issued in 2008 relating to stereoscopic 3-D images on-screen for viewing with the naked eye. Tomita International granted an exclusive license to the patent to Tomita Technologies...
David Brunori
over 10 years ago
Tax Law
Federal Taxation
More Nanny Taxes
I keep hearing more and more state legislators talk about imposing taxes on "violent video games." It reminded me of an article I wrote earlier this year about such proposals. Back in February, bored Oklahoma lawmakers took a break from playing...
David Brunori
over 10 years ago
Tax Law
Tax Policy Blog
More Nanny Taxes
I keep hearing more and more state legislators talk about imposing taxes on "violent video games." It reminded me of an article I wrote earlier this year about such proposals. Back in February, bored Oklahoma lawmakers took a break from playing...
Norman Clark
over 11 years ago
Legal Business
People
Lawyer with a video game addiction
I just received the monthly newsletter of the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board. Not Fun and Games: Lawyer with Video Game Addiction Suspended This month's most interesting disciplinary decision is the case of Office of Disciplinary Counsel...
Williams Mullen
over 11 years ago
Intellectual Property
Patent Law Blog
Williams Mullen: Walker Digital Enters the Game: Recent Trend of Patent Infringement Suits Against Activision, Blizzard, Microsoft, Electronic Arts and other Video Game Companies
By: Neil Magnuson and Robert Van Arnam Over the last few months, Walker Digital, a patent holding company formed by Priceline.com founder Jay Walker, has filed infringement suits against over 100 companies, particularly targeting the video game...
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
over 11 years ago
Intellectual Property
Patent Law Blog
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP: Federal Circuit Narrows Claim Construction Options in Game Controller Suit
By Ryan Lindsey and Nick Setty In Thorner v. Sony Computer Entertainment America , LLC (Case No. 2011-1114, Feb. 1, 2012) (Moore*, Rader & Aiken (D. Or. sitting by designation)) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], the Federal...
Travis Burchart
over 12 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
What Do Peter Pan And The NCAA Have In Common? A Primer On Student-Athlete Images, The NCAA And Video Games
In the story Peter Pan , Peter loses his shadow and is forced to chase it down in order to reattach it. A shadow isn't very substantive, but like any person, Peter wants his back because it is his shadow and his property. We take our shadows for granted...
Travis Burchart
over 12 years ago
Lexis® Hub
Practice Area Commentary
What do Peter Pan and the NCAA have in Common? A Primer on Student-Athlete Images, the NCAA, and Video Games
In the story Peter Pan , Peter loses his shadow and is forced to chase it down in order to reattach it. A shadow isn't very substantive, but like any person, Peter wants his back because it is his shadow and his property. We take our shadows for granted...
Anne Gilson LaLonde
over 11 years ago
Lexis® Hub
Practice Area Commentary
First Amendment Protection for Video Game Virtual Weapon
Although the First Amendment does not play a role in the majority of trademark infringement cases, video games are considered to be a form of artistic expression. Thus, a defendant was able to argue successfully that the First Amendment allows it to use...
Anne Gilson LaLonde
over 11 years ago
Intellectual Property
Copyright and Trademark Commentary
Use of DILLINGER for Virtual Weapons in Video Games Protected by First Amendment
Although the First Amendment does not play a role in the majority of trademark infringement cases, video games are considered to be a form of artistic expression. Thus, a defendant was able to argue successfully that the First Amendment allows it...
Thomas Carey
over 12 years ago
Intellectual Property
Copyright and Trademark Commentary
The DMCA Re-Fanged: Copyright Protection for Software Security Devices
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) makes it unlawful to circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected by copyright and to traffic in devices designed to accomplish that end. Previously, wonderment...
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
over 11 years ago
Intellectual Property
Copyright and Trademark Law Blog
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz: The 100 Years After Death Right of Publicity Statute Does Not Apply To Personalities Who Died Before Its Enactment
An Indiana federal court has ruled that the Indiana right of publicity statute, which has the longest post-mortem period of continuing the right of publicity, does not apply to personalities who died before 1994, the year the statute was enacted...
Thomas Carey
over 12 years ago
Intellectual Property
Copyright and Trademark Law Blog
The DMCA Re-Fanged: Copyright Protection for Software Security Devices
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) makes it unlawful to circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected by copyright and to traffic in devices designed to accomplish that end. Previously, wonderment was...
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over 11 years ago
Intellectual Property
Copyright and Trademark Law Blog
EA’s Video Game "Battlefield 3" Turning into "Battlefield Trademark" as Video Game Manufacturer Sues to Adjudicate Non-Infringement of Military Helicopters
Shots have been fired between Battlefield 3's manufacturer, Electronic Arts (EA), and Textron Inc., the owner of the trademark and trade dress for Bell-manufactured AH-1Z, U1-1-1Y and V-22 helicopters. Textron has demanded that EA immediately cease...
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