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Attorney Steve® Entertainment Law - The Talent Agency Contract in California Introduction I just got done reviewing a California talent agency agreement.  This is an agreement whereby a talent agent (a company in the business of procuring employment opportunities for artists in the entertai...

Attorney Steve® Copyright Essentials - U.S. Copyright Circulars

Attorney Steve® - Copyright Essentials - Attorney Fee Awards to the "Prevailing Party" Introduction A person or entity that wins a case in copyright court can seek to recover their reasonable attorney fees expended in the litigation.  This is built into the law.  In one case, Starbuzz Tobacco...

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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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The NCAA is known to be very aggressive enforcing their trademarks.  They have many different trademarks for example: March Madness® The Big Dance® Women's Final Four® The Road to the Final Four® Final Four® Sweet Sixteen® NCAA Fast Break® NCAA Sweet 16® (note, they do not own Sweet Six...

2020 BitTorrent Litigation Updates - Strike 3 Holdings files STATE COURT bill of discovery actions. Here are the new cases.  Make sure to DISCUSS filing a motion to quash with copyright counsel in your jurisdiction.  We are currently battling cases in California where Strike 3 is suing alleged...

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® Photo Infringement Essentials - Photo Registration Companies Enforcing Intellectual Property for a Fee Introduction Photo infringement law firms like Santa Ana-based Higbee & Associates (who refer to themselves as a "National Law Firm") have been in the photo infringement game f...

The Copyright Alliance represents the copyright interests of over 1.8 million individual creators and over 13,000 organizations in the United States, and is dedicated to advocating policies that promote and preserve the value of copyright and to protecting the rights of creators and innovators. ...

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...

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...

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® 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...

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 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...