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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - May 2025 #4

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The former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. has pushed back against efforts to force him to hand over documents relating to his alleged sexual misconduct and hush money payments in a class action over the company’s...more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - May 2025 #3

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French cinema icon Gérard Depardieu was convicted of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in Paris in 2021 and handed an 18-month suspended sentence....more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - June 2024 #3

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The U.S. Twirling Association and a coach must pay nearly $4.2 million to a baton twirler who was sexually assaulted as a minor during a sponsored international trip, a New York federal jury has found, saying the organization...more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - May 2024 #3

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The parents of a Gainesville, Georgia high school baseball player who died after he was hit in the head at baseball practice have filed a lawsuit against the school system and his coaches....more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - March 2024

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One day, Name, Image and Likeness may pivot away from collectives and pivot toward university-based funding. At least one prominent athletic department is preparing for the possibility....more

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Counterfeiting Under Section 2318

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Counterfeit and Illicit Labels Under Section 2318 - Much like the Copyright Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2318 is a criminal statute designed to protect creative works. It prohibits knowingly trafficking in counterfeit or illicit...more

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China IP litigation and prosecution statistics: taking a step back to see the bigger picture.

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According to several recent publications by Chinese governmental authorities, both IP litigation and IP prosecution numbers in China continue to increase significantly. ...more

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Covering up doesn’t get you off the hook – criminal liability for the import of counterfeit branded clothing

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German Federal Court of Justice, ref. no. 5 StR 554/17 - Counterfeiters typically make tremendous efforts to cover up their identity and the details of their actions. ...more

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Landlords Beware

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Courts from California to New York have long held landlords accountable for contributory trademark infringement in knowingly leasing real property for unlawful trades, manufacture or business, when those landlords rent space...more

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500,000 Lines of Source Code: The New “Intangible Property”

Sergey Aleynikov’s six-year trade secret odyssey through all possible configurations of litigation, civil and criminal, federal and state, may at long last have come to an end after the New York Supreme Court recently...more

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The Fight against Counterfeit Products in Canada Just Got Easier

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Canada’s new Combating Counterfeit Products Act officially took effect on January 1, 2015. As part of the ongoing overhaul of Canada’s much neglected intellectual property regime, this new tool for content and brand...more

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