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We continue to request preservation of all electronic evidence of your source of our client's image, the date that they were uploaded to your web pages along with viewership data, and revenue related to your website.  As soon as a potential claim is identified, a litigant is under a duty to prese...

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Attorney Steve® Privacy Torts - False Light jury instructions   Introduction In Arizona, the Restatement of Torts includes four separate torts in the classification of the Right to Privacy: (1) intrusion on the plaintiff's seclusion or private affairs, (2) public disclosure of private fact...

Attorney Steve® Trademark College® - International Trademark Law Trademark rule requires foreign-domiciled applicants and registrants to have a U.S.-licensed attorney According to the USPTO website: "Foreign-domiciled trademark applicants, registrants, and parties to Trademark Trial and Appe...

Attorney Steve® Information Age Essentials - Data Privacy, Security and Consumer Trust   Introduction The Washingon D.C. based "Business Software Alliance" has announced a new project designed to facilitate the cross-border transfer of information (ex. personal information of consumers of vari...

Introduction             In today's modern age many media sources are changing from their older now archaic systems to newer, faster, and cheaper systems. Television has been on the same progress track as the rest of technology, originally starting with only a handful of channels in black and wh...

Attorney Steve® - Copyright Essentials - [Public Domain] Introduction Many people believe that CSPAN is a governmental entity and that all of its videos and still photos can be freely used without permission.  NPR radio is also not well understood.  While these political videos and clips ma...

Attorney Steve® Defamation and Media Law Essentials - Does calling someone a racist put you at risk of a defamation lawsuit? Introduction This week's legal research comes from the case of a Covington Catholic Nick Sandmann suing CNN for defamation.  Here are excerpts from CNN's brief opposing...

Attorney Steve® Copyright Law Essentials - International Copyright Law Introduction Included in Bryne Convention Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Antigua Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Barbuda Belarus Belgium Beliz...

California Right of Publicity Essentials - Heirs can capitalize on the deceased publicity rights?     Introduction If you have a famous deceased aunt, uncle, mom, dad, or other family member who is deceased, they can will all of their personal and intellectual property to you (meaning the rig...

Attorney Steve® Software Compliance Essentials - Autodesk Maintenance Fees Introduction Autodesk EULA and information regarding maintenance fees Per their https://knowledge.autodesk.com/customer-service/account-management/billing-orders/maintenance-plan-renewal: "Maintenance plans and s...

Attorney Steve® Personal Injury - AB 218 Plaintiff litigation.   Introduction Our firm does not do a lot of personal injury law, but we are very experienced in both state and federal court litigation.  When I saw this new law pop up on my legal radar, I knew it was time to see if I could help ...

How to file a DMCA "unmasking" subpoena in California to stop facebook infringers!     General process - (may vary by Court) 1.  Send a DMCA takedown notice to put the alleged infringement claim in writing 2.  File with the Clerk of the Court a DMCA 512 unmasking subpoena 3.  Provide a decl...

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION MICROSOFT CORPORATION,                           ) a Washington corporation,                                      )                                                                                     )     ...

 Reverse Domain Name Hijacking sounds more complicated than it really is. In its purest essence Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, abbreviated to RDNH, is the reverse form of cybersquatting. Believe it or not RDNH is a fairly common practice across the internet. This blog will help the rea...

HELLO YELPERS!! We understand we are living in a point and click world where many people want instant gratification and to discuss their case with a qualified attorney.  We are very proud of the business we have created and due to our tremendous success since 2004 and our vast social media prese...

Case 2:15-cv-03504-JFB-SIL MALIBU MEDIA, LLC, Plaintiff, against JOHN DOE, subscriber assigned IP address 98.116.160.61, Defendant Relying on Next Phase Distribution, Inc. v. John Does 1-27, 284 F.R.D. 165 (S.D.N.Y. 2012), Defendant argues in opposition that “judges in [the] S.D.N.Y. are serio...

Attorney Steve® Copyright Infringement Essentials Can the First Amendment Provide Safe Harbor against claims of infringement? Probably not.  Here is one case from New York federal court which discussed this issue in the context of a Motion to Quash a Subpoena in a Malibu Media case (Case 2:15-c...

But I wanted to address one thing you said. You want to pitch the idea. Ideas cannot be protected. So yes, pitching is a risky business. The more detailed your “idea” is, the more it lands into being a completed work and subject to copyright protection. And, in fact, a completed script for a pil...