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ONEOK, Inc. v. Twitter

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 08/20/2010 - 11:36

Barbie v. Bratz Part Two: When Does a Company Own an Employee’s Ideas?

Submitted by New Media Rights on Fri, 08/13/2010 - 18:27

In my last post, I discussed the implications of Mattel v. MGA Entertainment on the idea-expression dichotomy in copyright law. Even before getting to the issue of what was copyrighted and whether there was infringement in the case, however, the Ninth Circuit first had to address who owned the copyrights, trademarks, and other concepts underlying the Bratz doll line.

Let the Wookie Win: A Short History of Star Wars Litigation

Submitted by Shaun Spalding on Tue, 07/20/2010 - 11:34

San Diego Comic Con has arrived again! Although New Media Rights provides assistance to creators and internet users nationally, we are firmly rooted in San Diego and supporting local San Diego arts and culture.

Every year, Comic Con brings Storm Troopers fraternizing with Bounty Hunters back to downtown San Diego, and grown women huddled up in Tauntaun sleeping bags back to the Convention Center’s hallways.

To celebrate Star Wars Day and Comic Con returning to San Diego, and to prove learning about the law can be fun (sometimes), we present to you a short history of Star Wars trademark litigation: two cases in which Lucasfilm took people to court over Star Wars and lost.

Lost in Translation: Rosetta Stone sues Google for Trademark infringement

Submitted by michael donahue on Mon, 07/13/2009 - 11:02

Rosetta Stone, a foreign language education provider, filed suit against Google in federal court last week for allegedly infringing on the company's trademark. The conflict arose over Google's AdWords program which allows third parties to purchase keywords for advertising purposes. The result is that when a consumer runs a Google search for "Rosetta Stone", their search results will display paid advertisements of competitors as "sponsored links". What do you thingk, trademark infringement or fair competition?

New Media Rights defends consumer website UCAN.org from overreaching trademark enforcement by AskHal.com

Submitted by art neill on Tue, 03/17/2009 - 12:05

New Media Rights defended UCAN.org when it was recently asked to cease and desist from using the term "Ask Hal" for its free Q&A dear abby style auto fraud service.

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