This transcript comes from an interview conducted by Saeed Ahmad—a board member for the Harvard Association for Law & Business (HALB) and former President of the Pre-Law Transfer Society at UCLA. The interview was conducted on May 6, 2020, with the Founder & CEO of … [Read more...] about Interview with Audie Attar, Founder & CEO of Paradigm Sports Management
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Free Speech is a Funny Thing: Jack Daniel’s Properties v. VIP Products Narrows First Amendment Protections for Trademark Usage
Image Courtesy of Foodie Factor/Pixabay By Alec Winshel In Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, the Supreme Court held that the First Amendment does not protect use of another’s trademark as a signifier of one’s own product. Trademarks are words or symbols that … [Read more...] about Free Speech is a Funny Thing: Jack Daniel’s Properties v. VIP Products Narrows First Amendment Protections for Trademark Usage
Authors File Complaint Against OpenAI for Copyright Infringement
By: Alec Winshel Last month, Mona Awad and Paul Tremblay filed a lawsuit against OpenAI for infringement of their works. The complaint is another in a series of cases filed by Matthew Butterick and the Joseph Saveri Law Firm that mount legal challenges against companies … [Read more...] about Authors File Complaint Against OpenAI for Copyright Infringement
All I Want for Christmas is Full Damages for Copyright Infringement
By: Daniel Imakyure Introduction In June 2022, Andy Stone, a.k.a. Vince Vance, brought a copyright infringement action in the US District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana against singer Mariah Carey, producer Walter Afanasieff, and Sony Music Entertainment.[1] Stone … [Read more...] about All I Want for Christmas is Full Damages for Copyright Infringement
States Can Use Advertising and Consumer Protection Law to Avoid Rolling the Dice with Online Sports Betting
By: Brandon McCoy Prior to Super Bowl Sunday, one of the most popular gambling days of the year, Massachusetts opened sportsbooks in its three brick-and-mortar casinos: Encore Boston Harbor, MGM Springfield, and Plainridge Park Casino. The state joined 32 others and … [Read more...] about States Can Use Advertising and Consumer Protection Law to Avoid Rolling the Dice with Online Sports Betting