Come on Get Happy! Publicity Rights in the Online Context
But it's Sad, Sad News for Momma Partridge Even when I was a little kid, I didn’t like the Partridge Family. It came on late in the afternoon (in syndication, of course), after some Looney Tunes-type cartoons. It always seemed to start promisingly, with a little...
Come on Get Happy! Publicity Rights in the Online Context
But it's Sad, Sad News for Momma Partridge Even when I was a little kid, I didn’t like the Partridge Family. It came on late in the afternoon (in syndication, of course), after some Looney Tunes-type cartoons. It always seemed to start promisingly, with a little...
We've Moved!
We truly enjoyed our time and our colleagues at the Boardroom in Green Hills, but we could not be more excited about our new space at the Trolley Barns at Rolling Mill Hills! We finally completed our move on Monday. Sure, there are still boxes everywhere and we're...
Rick Quoted by the Boston Globe
Rick was quoted by the Boston Globe in this article about the lawsuit against ReDigi ("Case Could Pave Way for Reselling Digital Music, Other Products"). Unless you want to subscribe to the Boston Globe, you might have to take our word for it, though. Update: Oh,...
Tara's Webinar "Content Wars" Now Available for CLE
Tara’s webinar “Content Wars: A History of the Recent Battles Between Owners and Users of Intellectual Property” is now available. Tara delivered the webinar to the Tennessee Bar Association on June 27th. The presentation covers the last fifteen years of the...
Rick Has Been Named Vice-Chair of the ABA’s Trademark and the Internet Committee
Starting in August, Rick will be the Vice-Chair of the ABA's "Trademark and the Internet" committee, which is part of the Intellectual Property Law Section. We're not sure what this is a promotion from exactly—probably something like "flunky" or "moog"—but we're very...
Rick Has Been Named Vice-Chair of the ABA's Trademark and the Internet Committee
Starting in August, Rick will be the Vice-Chair of the ABA's "Trademark and the Internet" committee, which is part of the Intellectual Property Law Section. We're not sure what this is a promotion from exactly—probably something like "flunky" or "moog"—but we're very...
Rick to Teach Copyright at Vanderbilt this Fall
Rick has officially been appointed to teach Copyright Law at Vanderbilt University Law School this fall. It's not a permanent position; Rick's just filling in until the school can find a permanent replacement. Still, as many of you know, Rick used to teach literature...
Happy Birthday to Us!
Aaron Sanders PLLC turns one today. Our young firm has come so far since June 20, 2011 - past walking and crawling, into driving and flying and taking the MegaBus, and trying cases and closing deals and settling matters and generally helping our clients sleep...
The Laws, They Changed Them? Maybe Pornographers Are Ruining it for Everyone
But Not for the Reason You Think In the first part of this series, I asked whether pornographers are ruining it for everyone. Not all of the BitTorrent plaintiffs are pornographers, of course, but most estimates I’ve seen show that more of them are. A concern that a...
Swarming the Defense: BitTorrent, Copyright and an Obscure Procedural Doctrine
Unappreciated Joinder Is Playing a Decisive Role in BitTorrent Cases Last time, I said that the real action in these BitTorrent cases (including the one we're discussing, In Re BitTorrent Adult Film) is “joinder,” where multiple parties are placed on the same side of...
In re BitTorrent Adult Film: Entertaining AND Educational!
Dissecting a Remarkable Ruling * The blog title is a reference to this Order of the Stick comic. (It's safe for work, so long as you don't read it out loud.) Last time we surveyed the forces that lead to this recent extraordinary magistrate’s opinion. It was handed...
