2021 Year end roundup

EntertainmentLawUpdateEpisode140 – (view transcript)

COMEDY REMOVED FROM SPOTIFY IS NO LAUGHING MATTER

https://copyrightlately.com/spotify-removes-comedy-tracks/

MIRAMAX WINS OVER PULP FICTION POSTER

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/miramax-wins-lawsuit-over-pulp-fiction-movie-poster/ar-AARgaxN

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21119224-zahedi-opinion

MEGAN MARKLE WINS AGAINST BRITISH TABLOID ON RIGHT TO PRIVACY

https://www.eonline.com/news/1266103/meghan-markle-wins-another-legal-victory-against-british-tabloid-over-letter-to-dad

Johannsongs-Publishing, Ltd. v. Lovland

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ninth-circuit-refuses-to-adopt-ordinary-4919728/

FOX (NOW DISNEY) WINS AGAINST NETFLIX ON POACHING SUIT 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/appeals-court-netflix-poaching-1235056525/

TAYLOR SWIFT CASE FOR THE NEW YEAR RE: PLAYAS GONNA PLAY 

https://completemusicupdate.com/article/judge-again-refuses-to-dismiss-shake-it-off-song-theft-lawsuit-against-taylor-swift/

https://www.marketplace.org/2021/12/16/taylor-swift-unable-to-shake-off-copyright-lawsuit/

INTRO: 

ASSOCIATION SUES MARYLAND FOR ENCROACHMENT INTO COPYRIGHTS.

https://publishers.org/news/the-association-of-american-publishers-files-suit-against-the-state-of-maryland-over-unprecedented-encroachment-into-federally-protected-copyrights/

(related) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/supreme-court-copyright-infringement-1235049171/ 

YEAR IN REVIEW

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tmJo-9pVbxOI5VINWdLiUnLvaJYixGhR8YDMils7uKs/edit?usp=sharing

WARHOL THWARTED IN APPEALS COURT (and GOOGLE V. ORACLE) Episode 132

https://entertainmentlawupdate.com/2021/04/googles-fair-use-warhols-isnt-or-is-it/

NFTs 132 /133

THB added: NFT and Block Chain – If we haven’t already covered in this episode.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/16/nfts-market-hits-22bn-as-craze-turns-digital-images-into-assets

SERVER TEST Episode 139

NIRVANA LAWSUIT Episode 137

FRIDAY THE 13TH LITIGATION Episode 138.

Horror v. Miller (United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit)

What to watch for in 2022

CASE ACT

https://www.copyright.gov/about/small-claims/

Trademark Office Modernization Act implementation

https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/laws/2020-modernization-act

https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/identity-verification

https://www.uspto.gov/subscription-center/2021/uspto-begin-issuing-electronic-trademark-registration-certificates

NFT and Block Chain – If we haven’t already covered in this episode.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/16/nfts-market-hits-22bn-as-craze-turns-digital-images-into-assets