Is that THE big “O”?

 

 Welcome to this episode of Entertainment Law Update.

SHOW NOTES

 

Olivia DeHaviland Update – California Supreme Court refuses to revive, so she’s takin’ it to the USSC

https://www.lowelaw.com/california-supreme-court-puts-de-havilland-case-to-rest

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/actress-olivia-de-havilland-now-102-will-take-feud-supreme-court-1137142

 

JOHNNY DEPP WINS (AKA TERROR FROM THE DEPP)

https://pmcdeadline2.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/depp-jacob-bloom-suit-wm.pdf (Depp’s complaint)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/johnny-depp-scores-big-win-lawsuit-lawyer-jake-bloom-1137977

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/johnny-depps-court-win-lawyers-question-handshake-contracts-1139459 (DECISION EMBEDDED, SCROLL DOWN)

 

… AND A FLIP FROM GAME OF THRONES

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/game-thrones-star-ordered-pay-2m-manager-breaching-contract-1139978?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=THR%27s%20Today%20in%20Entertainment_now_2018-09-06%2007:17:27_wrobinson&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_tie

 

ABS Entertainment Inc. v. CBS Corp. – Remasters of Pre-’72 Recordings may not be original enough…

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/16-55917/16-55917-2018-08-20.html

https://www.law.com/therecorder/2018/08/20/ninth-circuit-says-remastered-songs-not-original-in-win-for-pre-1972-artists/?slreturn=20180726234212

 

FOLLOW UP: COMIC-CON INJUNCTION AGAINST SALT LAKE

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/judge-issues-comic-con-injunction-1137235

 

OKLAHOMA AND OHIO GET INTO A TRADEMARK BATTLE

http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=91243311&pty=OPP&eno=1

https://youtu.be/ZthOR6htLlM

LeBron James: “I Always Thought That I Had the Right to License What I Look Like” (Tattoo Copyright revisited)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/lebron-james-i-thought-i-had-right-license-what-i-look-like-1137315

https://www.forbes.com/sites/legalentertainment/2018/08/27/lebron-james-testifies-n-tattoo-case-that-could-establish-precedent/#26711b3a7d3d

 

Survey shows  gamers don’t recognize former NFL Players…  Judge doesn’t care…

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/judge-shrugs-survey-showing-very-few-gameplayers-can-identify-madden-nfl-avatars-1136060

Summary Judgment Denial: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4777866-Davis-Sjo.html

 

Katy Perry/Dr. Luke  to stand trial on alleged copying from Christian Hip Hop Artist

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/katy-perry-dr-luke-facing-copyright-trial-dark-horse-1135670?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=THR%27s%20Today%20in%20Entertainment_now_2018-08-18%2007:42:25_wrobinson&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_tie

SONGS (from YouTube)

Flame’s Joyful Noise: https://youtu.be/QCcW-guAs_s

Katy Perry’s Dark Horse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KSOMA3QBU0

 

Steven Tyler Demands Trump Stop Playing Aerosmith Songs at Rallies

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/steven-tyler-demands-trump-stop-102242245.html

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/aerosmith-music-at-trump-rallies-prompts-cease-desist-letter-1136751

http://www.tbennettlaw.com/createprotect/2015/10/28/music-in-political-campaigns-what-licenses-do-i-need

 

Designers are mourning the new, painfully generic Library of Congress logo

https://qz.com/1369753/us-library-of-congress-unveils-new-logo-designed-by-pentagram-partner-paula-scher/