According to the lawsuit referenced above filed against Twitter in 2022:
Backgrid is the world's premier celebrity-related photograph agency and provides highly sought-after images of celebrities around the world to top news…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Intellectual Property
We have talked about this in other blogs; ASCAP is getting aggressive in enforcing their legal rights when restaurants, bars, fitness centers and other establishments play copyrighted music without having the proper BMI, ASCAP…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
With the formation of the new College Sports Commission, things are starting to get intriguing. There is a new commission headed up by Bryan Seeley, a former United States Federal Prosecutor whose job, among other things, is to…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Intellectual Property
Legal Issue: Some people think you can just sell a trademark for profit. Sometimes these are called trademark farms where people will register a trademark only to sell it. Another situation arises where a company is…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property, Mergers & Acquisitions
Sometimes you want to know the identity of an infringer but you don't know it due to the use of a fake handle name or social media account name. In these circumstances, you may need to serve a "DMCA subpoena" on a social media…
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/ Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Intellectual Property
After years of handling hundreds of Strike 3 Holdings (S3) copyright defense cases, there is one question I get seemingly more than any other. The question is this:
"should I contact my ISP to call off the subpoena?"…
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/ Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Intellectual Property
Who is the International Intellectual Property Alliance? Here is some general information…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade
You may have recently received a letter from a Texas law firm of Daniels and Trednick. This company has a strong presence in handling software piracy cases. GibbsCam is one of the products they enforce as far as intellectual…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Trade secret litigation can be brutal. Many times you have a company going after an ex-employee (and sometimes their new employer) for alleged theft of sales leads, confidential documents, and other proprietary information. For…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
There are times when Strike 3 cannot prove its case and may be forced to dismiss the case. In these instances, the defendant may well be deemed the "prevailing party" in the case, which can support an award of costs and attorney…
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/ Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
Many new business owners in the restaurant, bar, nightclub, and karaoke business fail to understand that if live music is played in their establishment (called a public performance), the establishment must have the proper music…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property
If your handle is on this list, give us a call to discuss. Do not panic; Vondran Legal® can defend you and help you achieve an early settlement without expensive litigation to follow. We have helped many in your situation…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Communications & Media Law, Intellectual Property
It's never fun to see years and years of hard work go to waste. In particular, when you build an eCommerce site on a site like Etsy, Shopify, Amazon, or eBay, and get an email message or a letter informing you that you have…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Intellectual Property, Science, Computers, & Technology
Here is a case from the opposite coast of the United States. This case may be looked at as persuasive authority in cases filed in the 9th circuit..…
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/ Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Intellectual Property
Having handled copyright photo infringement cases for years now, one common defense I hear raised by business owners who are found to have infringed my client's copyrighted images is "I am not to blame, I hired a webmaster or…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Communications & Media Law, Intellectual Property
