Entertainment Law on a Global Stage
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AFL Philadelphia LLC, and Jon Bongiovi, Jr. v. Joseph E. Krause, Jr.
639 F. Supp. 2d 512 (2009)Ahbez v. Edwin H. Morris Co.
548 F. Supp. 664 (1982)Arista Records, LLC v. Launch Media, Inc.
578 F.3d 148 (2009), cert denied, 559 U.S. 929 (2010)Arnstein v. PorterThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
154 F.2d 464 (1946)
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Bauer Media Pty Ltd. v. Wilson [No. 2]
[2018] VSCA 154 (2018)Beckingham v. Hodgens
[2003] EWCA Civ 143 (2003)Bell v. Streetwise Records, Ltd.
640 F. Supp. 575 (1986)Berisha v. Lawson
141 S. Ct. 2424 (2021)Bi-Rite Enterprises, Inc. v. Bruce Miner Co.
757 F.2d 440 (1985)Blackmer v. Commissioner
70 F.2d 255 (1934)Bob Dylan
18 IIC 418 (1985)Bong v. Alfred S. Campbell Art Company
214 U.S. 236 (1909)Boosey & Hawkes Music Publisher, Ltd. v. The Walt Disney CompanyThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
145 F.3d 481 (1998)Boulez v. Commissioner
83 T.C. No. 31, 83 T.C. 584 (1984)Brown v. Entertainment Merchants AssociationThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
564 U.S. 786 (2011)Buchwald v. Paramount Pictures, Corp.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
13 U.S.P.Q.2D (BNA) 1497 (1990)Buffalo Broadcasting Co., Inc. v. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
744 F.2d 917 (1984)
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Cagle v. Hybner
2008 WL 2649643 (2008)Cairns v. Franklin Mint Co.
292 F.3d 1139 (2002)Campbell Connelly & Co. v. Noble
[1963] 1 All E.R. 237 (1963)Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
510 U.S. 569 (1994)Campbell v. Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd.This case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
[2004] UKHL 22; [2004] 2 A.C. 457; [2004] 2 W.L.R. 1232; [2004] 2 All. E.R. 995, 2004 WL 852411Cardtoons v. Major League Baseball Players AssociationThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
95 F.3d 959 (1996)Caterpillar, Inc. v. Walt Disney Co.
287 F.Supp.2d 913 (2003)Cheek and Her Majesty the Queen
Case No. 1999-1113(IT)G (2002)Christina McCabe v. The Village Voice, Inc.
550 F. Supp. 525, 8 Media L. Rep. 2580 (1982)Coditel v. Cine Vog Films
Case No. 62/79 (1980)Collins v. Imtrat Handelsgesellschaft GmbHThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
[1993] 3 CMLR 773 (1993)Comedy III Productions, Inc. v. Gary Saderup, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
21 P.3d 797 (2001)Community for Creative Non-violence v. ReidThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
490 U.S. 730, 109 S.Ct. 2166, 104 L.Ed.2d 811 (1989)Corcovado Music Corp. v. Hollis Music, Inc.
981 F.2d 679 (1993)Croce v. KurnitThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
565 F. Supp. 884 (1982)Cuccioli v. Jekyll & Hyde Neue Metropol Bremen Theater Produktion GMBH & Co.
150 F. Supp. 2d 566 (2001)Curb v. MCA Records, Inc.
898 F. Supp. 586 (1995)
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Danjaq LLC v. Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
Case T-435/05 (2009)DC Comics v. Kryptonite Corporation
336 F. Supp. 2d 324 (2004)DeAngelo Bailey v. Marshall Bruce Mathers, III a/k/a Eminem Slim Shady
2003 WL 22410088, 31 Media L. Rep. 2575 (2003)Densmore v. Manzarek
2008 WL 2209993 (2008)Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft GMBH v. Metro-SB-Grossmarkte GMBH & Co. Ltd.
[1971] ECR 487, [1971] CMLR 631, 2 IIC 429 (1971)Don Lark v. Post-Newsweek Stations, Connecticut, Inc.This case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
1994 Conn. Super. LEXIS 3055; 10 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 360; 23 Media L. Rep. 1329 (1994)Douglas v. Hello! Ltd
EWCA Civ 595, QB 125 (2000)
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Ehrlich v. Diggs
169 F. Supp. 2d 124, 98 CV 7497 (2001)Eight Mile Style v. New Zealand National Party
[2017] NZHC 2603 (2017)EMI Latin v. Bautista
2003 WL 470333 (2003)Eriksson v. TV4
Case No. T2117-06 (2008)Estate of Presley v. Russen
513 F. Supp. 1339 (1981)
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Faris v. Enberg
97 Cal. App. 3d 309 (1979)Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
567 U.S. 239 (2012)Fernando Torres-Negron v. J & N Records
504 F.3d 151 (2007)Fifty-Six Hope Road Music Ltd. v. UMG Recordings, Inc.
2010 WL 3564258 (2010)Foxworthy v. Custom Tees, Inc.
879 F.Supp. 1200 (1995)
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Galella v. Onassis
353 F. Supp. 196 (1972)Gaste v. KaisermanThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
683 F.Supp. 63 (1988), aff'd, 863 F.2d 1061 (1988)Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
418 U.S. 323, 94 S. Ct. 2997, 41 L. Ed. 2D 789 (1974)Gilliam v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
538 F.2d 14 (1976)Gloucester Place Music Limited v. Le Bon
[2016] EWHC 3091 (Ch) (2016)Golan v. HolderThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
565 U.S. 302, 132 S.Ct. 873, 181 L.Ed.2d 835 (2012)Goosen v. Commissioner
136 T.C. 547 (2011)
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Haelan Laboratories, Inc. v. Topps Chewing Gum, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
202 F.2d 866, 346 U.S. 816 (1953)Home Box Office, Inc. v. Directors Guild of America, Inc.
531 F. Supp. 578 (1982)Hosking v. Runting
[2004] NZCA 34, CA101/03 (2004)
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Ingram v. Bowers
47 F.2d 925 (1931)In re AEG Acquisition Corp.
127 Bankr. 34 (1991)In re California Music Theatre Inc. and American Federation of Musicians Local 47
94 Lab. Arb. (BNA) 92 (1989)In re J. Ned, Inc. and American Federation of Musicians Local 47
105 Lab. Arb. Rep. (BNA) 631 (1995)In re NCAA Student-Athlete Name and Likeness Licensing Litigation (Keller v. Electronic Arts Inc.)This case brief has an associated case brief video.
724 F. 3d 1268 (2013)In re Peregrine Entertainment, Ltd.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
116 B.R. 194 (1990)In re World Auxiliary Power Co.
303 F. 3d 1120 (2002)International Film Exchange v. Corinth Films
621 F. Supp. 631 (1985)In the Matter of Arbitration Between Writers Guild of America West, Inc. and Universal City Studios, Inc. – Relating to “Kentucky Derby”
Case No. 87-CO-264 (1988)In the Matter of the Arbitration between Directors Guild of America, Inc. and Cannon Group, Inc. Relating to “America 3000”
Case No. 2608 (1989)In the Matter of the Arbitration between Directors Guild of America, Inc. and Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. Relating to “Deceptions”
Case No. 01799 (1986)In the Matter of the Arbitration between Directors Guild of America, Inc. and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. Relating to “Bad Medicine”
Case No. 01776 (1986)In the Matter of the Arbitration between Directors Guild of America, Inc. and Warner Brothers, Inc. Relating to “Club Paradise”
Case No. 01882 (1986)Irvine and Another v. Talksport, Ltd.
[2002] EWHC 367 (2002)Itar-Tass Russian News Agency v. Russian Kurier, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
153 F.3d 82 (1998)
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Jambetta Music Inc. v. Nugent
2008 NY Slip Op 30363U, 2008 WL 412618 (2008)Johannsongs-Publishing Ltd. v. Lovland
2020 WL 2315805 (2020)John v. MGN Ltd.
[1997] Q.B. 586 (1997)Jones v. Tsige
2012 CarswellOnt 274, 2012 ONCA 32, 108 O.R. 3d 241 (2012)
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Kerby v. Hal Roach Studios
53 Cal.App.2d 207 (1942)King v. Innovation BooksThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
976 F.2d 824 (1992)Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
568 U.S. 519 (2013)
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Larrikin Music Publishing Pty Ltd v. EMI Songs Australia Pty
[2010] FCA 29 (2010)Leadsinger, Inc. v. BMG Music Publishing
512 F.3d 522 (2008)Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Inc. v. Trevino
945 F.Supp. 563 (1996)Liu Xiang v. LifeStyleThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
Beijing No. 1. Intermediate People's Court (2005)London Film Productions Limited v. Intercontinental Communications, Inc.
580 F. Supp. 47 (1984)Love v. Associated Newspapers, Ltd.
611 F.3d 601 (2010)Lucasfilm Limited v. Ainsworth
[2011] UKSC 39 (2011)Lutz v. De Laurentiis
211 Cal.App.3d 1317, 260 Cal.Rptr. 106 (1989)
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Madame Valerie Trierweiler v. VSD Company
Tribunal de Grande Instance Paris (2012)Main Line Pictures v. Basinger
No. B077509, 1994 WL 814244 (1994)Mardas v. New York Times Co.
[2008] EWHC 3135 (QB), [2009] E.M.L.R. 8 (2009)Marinos v. Commissioner
T.C. Memo 1989-492 (1989)Marino v. Writers Guild of America
992 F.2d 1480 (1993)Mattel, Inc. v. MCA RecordsThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
296 F.3d 894 (2002)MCA Records, Inc. v. Newton-John
90 Cal. App. 3D 18 (1979)McKee v. CosbyThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
139 S.Ct. 675 (2019)Morrill v. Stefani
338 F. Supp. 3d 1051 (2018)Morrill v. The Smashing Pumpkins
157 F. Supp. 2d 1120 (2001)Murray v. Big Pictures (UK) Limited
[2008] EWCA Civ 446 (2008)Mzamane v. Winfrey
693 F. Supp. 2d 442 (2010)
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National Labor Relations Board v. Actors' Equity Association
644 F.2d 939 (1981)Newton-John v. Scholl-Plough (Australia) Ltd.
11 FCR 233, [1986] ATPR 47,631 (P40-697), 1986 WL 590370 (1986)
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Olson v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
855 F.2d 1446 (1988)Orion Pictures Co., Inc. v. Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
471 F.Supp. 392 (1979)
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Pacific Dunlop Ltd. v. HoganThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
87 ALR 14, 14 IPR 398, [1989] AIPC 39,044 (90-578), [1989] ATPR 50,323 (40-948), 1989 WL 928623 (1989)P&D International v. Halsey Publishing Co.
672 F.Supp. 1429 (1987)Project Blue Sky v. Australian Broadcasting Authority
[1998] HCA 28 (1998)
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Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commn.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
395 U.S. 367 (1969)Regina (on the application of British Board of Film Classification) v. Video Appeals Committee
Case No. CO/11296/2007 (2008)Reno v. American Civil Liberties UnionThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
521 U.S. 844 (1997)Reynolds v. Times Newspapers Ltd.
[2001] 2 AC 127, [1999] 4 All ER 609, [1999] 3 WLR 1010 (1999)Right to Use a Photograph or Image
Case Number 2003 (Ju) No. 281, Reporter Minshu vol. 59, No. 9 (2005)Robi v. Reed
173 F.3d 736 (1999)Robyn Rihanna Fenty v. Arcadia Group Brands, Ltd. (T/A Topshop)
[2013] EWHC 2310, 2013 WL 387813 (2013)Roth v. United StatesThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
354 U.S. 476 (1957)
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Sarl Louis Feraud International v. Viewfinder, Inc.
489 F.3d 474 (2007)Selle v. GibbThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
741 F.2d 896 (1984)Shady Records, Inc. v. Source Enterprises, Inc.
2005 WL 14920, No. 03 Civ. 9944 (GEL) (2005)Shaw v. Lindheim
919 F.2d 1353 (1990)Sid & Marty Krofft Television Productions, Inc. v. McDonald's Corp.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
562 F.2d 1157 (1977)Skidmore v. Led ZeppelinThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
952 F.3d 1051 (2020)Smith v. Dryden
[2021] EWHC 2277 (IPEC), 2021 WL 03566586 (2021)Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Canadian Association of Internet Providers
2004 CarswellNat 1919, 2004 SCC 45, [2004] 2 S.C.R. 427 (2004)Solano v. Playgirl, Inc.
292 F.3d 1078 (2002)Spanski Enterprises, Inc. v. Telewizja Polska, S.A.
883 F.3d 904 (2018)Stemkowski v. Commissioner
690 F.2d 40 (1982)Subafilms, Ltd. V. MGM-Pathe Communications Co.
24 F.3d 1088 (1994) (en banc)Swirsky v. CareyThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
376 F.3d 841 (2004)
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Technology from Heaven Unlimited v. Mattel, Inc.
2021 WL 753343 (2021)Telnikoff v. Matsuevitch
347 Md. 561, 702 A.2d 230 (1997)The Pink Lady Case
2009 (Ju) No. 2056, Minshu Vol. 66 No. 2 (2012)Three Boys Music Corp. v. BoltonThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
212 F.3d 477 (2000), cert. denied, 121 S.Ct. 881 (2001)Toffoloni v. LFP Publishing Group, LLC
572 F.3d 1201 (2009)Tristar Pictures v. Directors Guild of America
160 F.3d 537 (1998)Turner Entertainment Co. v. HustonThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
Decision No. 68 Roll No. 615/92 December 19 1994, 16 Ent. L. Rptr. 10:3 (1995), Ent. L. Rep. Mar. 1995 (1994)Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. v. The South Australian Bewery Co. Ltd.This case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
[1996] FCA 1484; 1996 WL 1745933 (1996)Twentieth Century Fox Television v. Empire Distribution, Inc.
875 F.3d 1192 (2017)
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United States v. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (In re Fox Broadcasting)
870 F. Supp. 1211 (1995)Universal-MCA Music Publishing v. Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc.
2003 WL 21497318, 2003 N.Y. Slip Op. 51037(U) (2003)Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd v. Palmer (No. 2)
2021 FCA 434, BC202103305 (2021)
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VMG Salsoul, LLC v. CicconeThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
824 F.3d 871 (2016)Von Hannover v. Germany (no. 3)
[2013] ECHR 835 (2013)
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Walz v. Commissioner
T.C. Summary Opinion 2005-1 (2005)Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. v. Brodel
31 Cal. 2d 766, 192 P.2d 949 (1948)Warren v. Fox Family Worldwide, Inc.
328 F.3d 1136, 66 U.S.P.Q.2d (BNA) 1682; Copy L. Rep. (CCH) P28,618; 2003 Daily Journal DAR 5093 (2003)Welch v. Carson Productions Group, Ltd.
791 F.2d 13 (1986)Welles v. Turner Entertainment Co.
503 F.3d 728 (2007)William M. Joel, Professionally Known as Billy Joel v. Francis X. Weber (Action No. 1) Frank Management, Inc. v. Christie B. Joel (Action No. 2)
153 Misc. 2d 549, 581 N.Y.S.2d 579 (1992)Williams v. Gaye
895 F.3d 1106 (2018)Williams v. UMG Recordings, Inc.
281 F. Supp. 2d 1177 (2003)Woodhill Ventures, LLC v. Yang
68 Cal. App. 5th 624 (2021)
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Yahoo!, Inc. v. La Ligue Contre Le Racisme et L'AntisemitismeThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
169 F.Supp.2d 1181 (2001)Yessup Touring II, LLC F/S/O Van Halen v. Baltimore Orioles, Inc.
2005 WL 6124309 (2005)
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Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
433 U.S. 562, 573 (1977)Zomba Recording, LLC v. Williams
15 Misc. 3d 1118A, 839 N.Y.S.2d 438, 2007 NY Slip Op 50752U (2007)
