Winter 2014
Trademark, Copyright & False Advertising Newsletter
In This Issue:
- Ninth Circuit Curtails Cybersquatting Remedies
- The NFL and the Baltimore Ravens Win Another Round in Their Fight Over the Application of the Fair Use Doctrine to the Ravens’ Old “Flying B” Logo
- Financial Research Service’s Distribution of Copyrighted Recording of Earnings Call Was Fair Use, Says Second Circuit
- First Amendment Bars “Freeway” Ricky Ross’ Right of Publicity Claim
- Seventh Circuit Holds that “Brand Marketing” Ad Constitutes Commercial Speech and that Michael Jordan Can Pursue Right of Publicity and Lanham Act Claims
- Ninth Circuit Holds that Washington’s Publicity Rights Statute Applies to Sale of Goods in Washington, Even If Decedent Was Domiciled in New York
- Cases of Interest Pending in the US Supreme Court