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Spotlight or Lawsuit? Strategic Brand Use in Film and Media

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/28/2025

When The White Lotus returned to HBO for its third season, it came with the usual dose of dramatic tension, along with one unexpected intellectual property wrinkle. [WARNING – Potential Plot Spoiler Ahead!] In a particularly...more

Up, Up, and Litigated: Superman’s 87-Year Copyright War

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/15/2025

Superman has soared back onto the big screen, and unless you’ve been locked in the Fortress of Solitude, you already know his origin story: Rocketed from the doomed planet Krypton. Raised in Kansas. Secretly, a mild-mannered...more

(Podcast) The Briefing: The Ninth Circuit Puts the Brakes on Eleanor’s Copyright Claim

Weintraub Tobin on 6/20/2025

Can a car be a copyrightable character? In Carroll Shelby Licensing v. Halicki, the Ninth Circuit said no — ruling that “Eleanor,” the iconic Mustang from ‘Gone in 60 Seconds,’ lacks the distinctiveness and consistency...more

AI in the Movies: FP Reviews the Best Movies About Artificial Intelligence

Fisher Phillips on 7/26/2024

Artificial intelligence might just be making major inroads into your workday and personal lives over the last few years, but it has long been a key plot point in some of your favorite movies. In fact, some would say that AI...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Jack Daniel’s and McLaren Racing Toast to an F1 Sponsorship Deal, Because Nothing Goes Together...

Foster Garvey PC on 9/16/2022

Welcome back to the "Spotlight!" One of the many peculiarities of the English language is the phrase, “family business.” The phrase can refer to a business that is owned and/or operated by several family members. It can also...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: A Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Entitling the Bearer to a Beer With Bill Murray Fetched the...

Foster Garvey PC on 9/2/2022

Welcome back to the "Spotlight!" After over two and a half years, COVID-19 has finally made its way past my doorstep and throughout my home. It’s Wednesday night and I am physically and emotionally drained, I feel like I...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Los Angeles Rams Pass Rusher Aaron Donald's Restructured Deal Makes Him $95 Million by 2024; and...

Foster Garvey PC on 6/10/2022

Welcome back to the "Spotlight!" This may come as a shock to exactly none of you, but people can be really good as casting aside morality in the face of heaps of money. That statement came into sharp focus this week with the...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: 'Top Gun: Maverick' Appears to Be Another Sequel Holding its Own; and Justin Timberlake Becomes...

Foster Garvey PC on 6/3/2022

Welcome back to the "Spotlight!" Perhaps you hadn’t heard, or you avoid news that lacks dep-th, but the verdict in the weeks-long, voyeuristically-watched Amber Heard/Johnny Depp defamation trial was announced Wednesday, with...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Ye Is the Latest Musician to Forge a Collaboration With a Fast Food Restaurant, and Kim...

Foster Garvey PC on 5/27/2022

I did not want to write this week. What more can I say other than what has already been said after yet another callous, atrocious, evil, and (perhaps worst of all) familiar mass shooting in this country? Since this is a...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Nickelodeon is Set to Broadcast a National Football League Game on Christmas Day, and Formula 1...

Foster Garvey PC on 5/13/2022

Welcome back to the "Sports & Entertainment Spotlight," your 30,000 foot view of the various goings-on in the sports and entertainment industries. This week, I am writing from, well, 30,000 feet flying cross country to soak...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: College Athletes Use NIL Opportunities to Create Bidding War, and Power Couple Jay-Z and Beyoncé...

Foster Garvey PC on 5/6/2022

Live from New York it’s…wait, that’s not right. Two weeks off, and I’ve forgotten how I open these…ah, yes… Welcome back (both to me and to you) to the “Spotlight.” I would love to be able to say that my batteries are fully...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Tennis Mogul Serena Williams’ New Tech Investment Firm Breaks Into the World of Sports...

Foster Garvey PC on 4/22/2022

Endorsement Deals, Sponsorships & Investments - Second NIL collective supporting Ohio State football launches - April 20, 2022 via Chillicothe Gazette - Gary Marcinick has spent decades around Ohio State football. He was...more

NFTs: U.S., EU, and UK Key Copyright Considerations

Jones Day on 4/21/2022

NFTs are verifiable cryptographic tokens, which can act as a form of digital receipt. NFTs can also be used to evidence the authenticity, ownership, and provenance of real-world items, such as artwork and real property, or...more

Universal Music Group’s Blockbuster IPO on European Stock Exchange Signals Music Biz Resurgence

Foster Garvey PC on 9/24/2021

- There is that sweet sound of music as Universal Music Group’s IPO debuted as the largest in the history of the music business, with the listing on Euronext Amsterdam valuing the company at more than $53 billion. The stock’s...more

Ongoing Strife Between Studios and Talent Continues as Christopher Nolan Ends Nearly Two-Decade-Long Relationship With Warner...

Foster Garvey PC on 9/17/2021

- Esteemed filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s decision to leave his 19-year-long relationship with Warner Bros. for Universal to make his next film (about Robert Oppenheimer and the creation of an atomic bomb) continues to...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: Can Celebrity Endorsements Influence Perceptions Around the COVID-19 Vaccine?

Foster Garvey PC on 8/13/2021

- As the pandemic continues, the question arises: Could celebrities be the key to getting the country vaccinated? - Seemingly everyone is coming up a winner in the music business with the top three major companies bringing...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: The Steady Evolution of Athlete Endorsement and Sponsorship Markets and the Latest Household...

Foster Garvey PC on 8/6/2021

Some of this week's highlights include: - Emerging trends are showing signs of change in the sponsorships and endorsement markets. A segment once largely overlooked, athletes in the LGBTQ+ community are finally ringing in...more

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