SCREENWRITER WINS VICTORY FOR CREATORS IN COPYRIGHT WARS

It’s not unusual for the villains in slasher films to claw their way back from the dead. But in a rare legal victory handed down recently, the screenwriter who brought one of Hollywood’s most famous killers to life clawed back the rights to his creation. More than 40 years after “Friday the 13th” shocked audiences […]

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SEC ASKS FOR PUBLIC INPUT ON ‘GAMIFICATION’ OF TRADING PLATFORMS, CONSIDERS NEW REGULATIONS TO PROTECT INVESTORS

Can dressing up a digital trading platform like a video game lure retail investors into excessive or ill-advised trades with rewards as fleeting as a puff of virtual confetti or a simulated slot machine spitting out cartoon coins? That’s just one of the questions the Securities and Exchange Commission is trying to answer by inviting […]

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GERMAN BANKS COMPLETE FIRST OTC INTEREST RATE DERIVATIVE TRADE USING A DIGITAL SMART CONTRACT

Last month, German banks completed the first over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate derivative trade using a digital smart contract. DZ Bank and BayernLB were the trading counterparties, while Deutsche Börse’s Eurex Clearing was the central counterparty (CCP) for exposures from the non-settled OTC transaction. 

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IT’S A NEW DAY IN THE NCAA

Since the early 1900s, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) has regulated the collegiate sports world in the United States and the student-athletes within it.  Momentum for changes to that regime has increased in recent years, and in the past few weeks the NCAA, various states, and the U.S. Supreme Court have all acted to […]

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I HAVE AN IDEA. NOW HOW DO I PROTECT IT?

“If you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door.”  Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Top Legal Issues Affecting Entertainers and Athletes

From choosing the right business structure and filing for intellectual property protection to handling contract issues and resolving disputes, the legal issues affecting entertainers and athletes can be similar to those of any new or growing company. However, there are also some legal concerns that are specific and custom to sports and entertainment law. Below […]

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TTAB Finds Applicant’s Effort to Register gTLD as a Trademark .SUCKS

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s “Booking.com” decision, the US Trademark Office continues to grapple with the protectability of domain names as registered trademarks.  Earlier this year, the Supreme Court held that under certain circumstances a domain name containing a generic word may be a protectible trademark, rejecting the per se rule that had […]

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Generic.com marks must be shown distinctive to be deemed registrable

Our blog entry earlier this year discussed the “Booking.com” decision, in which the US Supreme Court struck down the per se rule that a generic mark followed by .com was not registrable under any circumstances.  That blog entry cautioned that the news may not be as good as may first appear. Recent interpretation of the Booking.com […]

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Control Over Creation Is the Hallmark of Copyright Ownership in a Sound Recording

A common issue among musical artists and others involved in the recording process is identifying who owns the copyright in a sound recording that is the result of contributions from many individuals, including headline artists, instrumentalists, background singers, producers, recording engineers, and others.  Typically, such issues will be governed by contracts signed by the participants […]

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SEC Adopts Amendments to “Accredited Investor” Definition

On August 26, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved amendments to the “accredited investor” definition1, thereby increasing the number of persons that can participate in private offerings of securities2.  Previously, individuals that wanted to participate in private offerings generally had to be high earning or high net-worth individuals to qualify as “accredited […]

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