Matal v. Tam and Disparaging Trademarks
Simon Tam, “I’d be happy to send some legal bills.” Simon Tam, the front man of a Portland based dance-rock band named “The Slants”, filed suit against the Patent and…
Interview: Professor Fromer and the Star Athletica case
In this interview, Jeanne Fromer, professor at NYU School of Law, discusses her experience filing an amicus brief in the Star Athletica, L.L.C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc. case decided this…
Speaking About Politics: A Fireable Offense?
President Trump’s remarks that NFL owners should fire players who chose to kneel during the national anthem and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ statement that Jemele Hill’s tweets…
Will Allergan’s Questionable New Licensing Tactic Kill Inter Partes Review?
In 2015, Allergan, a powerhouse pharmaceutical company, filed suit against generic companies for patent infringement. Allergan, Inc. v. TEVA Pharms. USA, Inc., No. 2:15-cv-1455-WCB (E.D. Tex. Oct. 16, 2017) hosted…
Descriptive There, Trademarked Here: An “Ugg”-ly Dispute
It is widely accepted in the United States that generic and descriptive terms cannot be trademarked. So what happens when a descriptive word from a foreign country makes its way…
Theatrical Parody in an Age of Uncertain Fair Use in the Second Circuit
Fair use doctrine has been challenged and stretched by the technological leaps and bounds of recent years. In the recent Second Circuit case, Author’s Guild v. Google, the court grappled…
Video Games: A Growing Market and its Intellectual Property Needs
The video game industry is a rapidly growing market. The rising prize pools of video game tournaments and the popularity of streaming personalities are just a couple of the signs…
The Implications of Van Zant v. Pyle on the First Amendment
In August 2017, the District Court for the Southern District of New York enjoined Cleopatra Films from producing and distributing Street Survivor: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane…
JIPEL Vol. 7, No. 1 – Fall 2017
The NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law is proud to present Volume 7 Issue 1 of the Journal. While PDFs of the individual articles may be found accompanying…
From Mailroom to Courtroom: The Legality of Unpaid Internships In Entertainment After Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Inc.
In Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures Inc., the Second Circuit established a new test — the “primary beneficiary&r dquo; test — for determining when unpaid internships may be provided by…