Questions about Entertainment, Copyright or Trademark Law?

Posted by admin on Aug 19, 2008 in Copyright Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Articles, Trademark Law | Comments Off I wanted metformin hydrochloride 1000 mg side effects to open this up to see if anyone has any questions about entertainment law, or copyright and trademark law. Post your questions in comments to this note, and I’ll try and respond and incorporate it. Question: If I own a piece of music but I don’t want to carry the book that the music is in around with me can I copy it? Normally, any copying of sheet music or such materials...
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Can I sue someone in a foreign country?

Posted by admin on Aug 19, 2008 in Civil Law Articles, Copyright Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Articles, Personal Injury Articles, Trademark Law | Comments Off This is a difficult issue and a question that has been posed to us many times recently. Frankly, it is difficult and expensive to sue people in foreign countries. Some factors to consider: - Do they have any business or personal connection to the United States? Property, corporation/LLC, advertising, clients, shipping, etc.? They have to have minimum contacts with the U.S. in order to be...
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Shopping Music and Being Prepared (aka Ryan’s Pet Peeves)

Posted by admin on Aug 19, 2008 in Copyright Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Articles | Comments Off 1. “Do you shop music?” NOTE: I am not involved in music law practice at this time. But I am keeping this up for artist information. Attorneys should only shop music that we believe is a “perfect 10.” It has to be ready to go. One of our mentors (a music attorney) said that you could spend your entire career trying to pitch a “perfect 10″ to record...
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Don’t trust the “Poor Man’s Copyright”

Posted by admin on Aug 19, 2008 in Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Articles | Comments Off On many occasions we have been meeting with a new client who has a copyright infringment issue – someone is stealing their work – and they have not registered the copyright with the US government. Some have read about the “Poor Man’s Copyright” where you send a work to yourself through the U.S. Mail and leave it unopened. This is not enough! “Poor Man’s...
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Questions about Becoming an Entertainment Lawyer

Posted by admin on Aug 19, 2008 in Copyright Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property Articles | Comments Off 1. Is an undergraduate degree in political science a disadvantage when seeking to pursue non political related law fields, such as entertainment law? No. Really, your undergrad choice has little to do with your practice area, unless you want to be a patent lawyer then you have to have a science degree. I’ve had other people ask and I always suggest a good base of social sciences (history,...
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