Last month we reported on the unusual "right of publicity" case involving Harris Faulkner and Hasbro ("A plastic hamster by any other name..."). You may recall that Hasbro, a toy manufacturer, released a line of plastic toy animals with real sounding names, including...
M.A.S.H., the popular television sitcom of the 1970's, was on the air for 12 ½ years, 9 ½ years longer than the actual Korean War (June 1950 to July 1953) which served as the setting for the series. Oddly enough, a battle over the copyrights in a U.S. Postal Service...
When you're out shopping at your favorite big box store and you come across a pair of blue jeans prominently displaying the label "MADE IN THE USA," does it affect your decision to purchase and, equally important, just what does that label mean to you? Does it mean...
Do you ever forward memes to your coworkers and social media friends? It might be a picture of a kitten hanging from a branch and being told to just "hang in there" or it might be a grumpy cat who "hates Mondays" or it might not even feature a picture of a cat. It...
Just in time for the fall football season, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a ruling on the question of what makes a cheerleading uniform a cheerleading uniform. If you have a favorite football team, professional or college, then you probably also...
Whether it's Yelp, Facebook, or Twitter, positive online reviews can make or break a new product or service. No one knows that better than the savvy folks over at Microsoft. So, when Microsoft released the XBoxOne back in 2013 the marketing department tried to make...
If a major toy manufacturer named a plastic toy hamster after you, would you be upset? Flattered? Angry enough to file a lawsuit in federal court seeking a permanent injunction and monetary damages of more than $5 million? Well, if you're FOX News personality Harris...
At the most recent MHI Convention in Las Vegas, one of the educational seminars addressed the potential impacts of the new revised Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. In the intervening time after the MHI Convention, the Uniform Law Commission has continued...
As we've previously reported (and with apologies to the author), the grapes of copyright wrath have been trampled by the U.S. court system over the past ten years in a series of lawsuits filed by the descendants of John Steinbeck against one another. With books like...
If you're a fan of the NFL, then you remember last year's Super Bowl. With time running out, the Seattle Seahawks were a play away from scoring the game-winning touchdown when a controversial play call led to an interception by New England and the championship...
