A five-year-long cyberpiracy case filed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences against GoDaddy is coming close to an end. The GoDaddy cyberpiracy case went to trial last week in a federal courtroom in California. In an upcoming proceeding, the Central District of California will hear closing arguments in which the Academy will reiterate allegations that…
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On July 8, 2015, a United States district court in Alexandra, Virginia upheld a decision by the United States Patent & Trademark Office that the “Redskins” trademarks were too disparaging to be protected by federal registration. The case is Pro-Football, Inc. v. Blackhorse. Appellee Amanda Blackhorse is a member of the Navajo people. In 2006, she…
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As you may have already heard, Tamaroff & Tamaroff, attorneys who used to represent BitTorrent defendants in the federal courts in Florida, switched sides earlier this year. They put the brakes on representing Defendants and began representing various Plaintiffs: Good Man Productions, Poplar Oaks Inc., Manny Film LLC, and Plastic the Movie Limited. I hadn’t checked PACER in a…
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