March 6th, 2010
With apologies to the Coen brothers, Columbia Pictures is learning the hard way not to f— with the Jesus.
A lawyer for Brazil’s Catholic Church has gone public with a dispute over the destruction of Rio de Janeiro’s famous Christ the Redeemer statue in November’s global hit “2012.” Seems the church didn’t enjoy the scene as much as we did, prompting archdiocese attorney Claudine Dutra to tell the AFP that Columbia didn’t get a proper copyright license to depict the country’s most famous statue. MORE
Posted in Intellectual Property
March 6th, 2010
Hulu announced yesterday that Comedy Central was pulling “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” from the popular video website. The decision will impact the many downstream websites that have relied on Hulu’s embedded player to gain access to these shows.
“Yes, we intend to do so,” says… MORE
Posted in Intellectual Property
March 6th, 2010
The good people at Xerox don’t want trademark genericide to happen to their copiers, so for years they’ve waged a campaign to remind people that Xerox is a brand, not a synonym for a photocopy. And they’re enlisting Hollywood in that fight. MORE
Posted in Intellectual Property
March 1st, 2010
“I’m going to clean his clock!” That’s “Susan” and she is relishing the prospect of “getting even” with her philandering #husband.
As her #attorney, I have the often thankless task of helping Susan adjust her expectations. Like many clients, she is convinced that once a judge hears of her husband’s illicit affair and how he spent untold sums MORE
Posted in Divorce