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“Blame It On Rio” – THIS WEEK in LAW
I once again had the pleasure of joining Denise Howell on the legal podcast This WEEK in LAW on Friday. Evan was out and I did my best to fill in for him while he was away. Take a listen and hopefully you can learn about some of the latest news stories going on in…
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How I Graduated From Law School With A Job
The job market is horrible. You can walk around moaning and groaning about it. You can join in with the complainers out there, debating whether law school is worth the time and effort. However, that’s not going to help you get a job. Getting a job is difficult, stressful, time-consuming, and lots of other horrible…
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BMW Faces Patent Lawsuit Over In-car Hotspots
Cross-posted on the ABA-IPL’s Law Student Action Group blog. BMW’s removable “Car Hotspot LTE” system is controlled from the center console and can support up to 8 devices.On Wednesday, Antennatech, LLC filed a five-page complaint against BMW of North America LLC for patent infringement. There are two patents allegedly violated by BMW: U.S. Patent No.…
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This WEEK in LAW Discussion of eBook Article
A few weeks back, the This WEEK in LAW panel discussed one of my recent blog posts on an eBook deal in 2011 that violated an earlier publication deal from 1971. Guest panelist Nancy Sims brought up an excellent comparison Supreme Court case, New York Times v. Tasini, from 2000. Sims discussed the negative outcome…
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Apple, Netflix, Amazon, and More Face Lawsuit Over Media Transfer Patent
On Friday, iMTX Strategic LLC filed a series of nearly identical complaints in Delaware federal court against multiple media technology companies for an alleged violation of U.S. Patent No. 7,269,854. The patent, called “Transaction System for Transporting Media Files from Content Provider Sources to Home Entertainment Devices,” purports to control the method in which a user’s…
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Comic Book Creator Takes Battle to U.S. Supreme Court
Image credit: Susan SkaarAt the end of March, Jack Kirby’s descendants took their legal battle against Marvel Comics to the next level by filing a petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States. Jack “King” Kirby is one of the most well-known figures in the history of comic books, known…
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A Lesson In Contract Drafting: eBook Deal Violates Publisher's Copyright
American Graffiti movie poster.Star Wars taught me the importance of contract drafting. No, seriously! I was reading for an Entertainment Law course two years ago when I came across a case from the 1980s involving Lucasfilm, LTD and Platinum Record, Co. The lawsuit centered around a dispute over a contract which allowed director George Lucas…
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A Lesson In Contract Drafting: eBook Deal Violates Publisher’s Copyright
American Graffiti movie poster.Star Wars taught me the importance of contract drafting. No, seriously! I was reading for an Entertainment Law course two years ago when I came across a case from the 1980s involving Lucasfilm, LTD and Platinum Record, Co. The lawsuit centered around a dispute over a contract which allowed director George Lucas…
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Law Firm Clerking 101
I spent an amazing summer clerking at a law firm in downtown Nashville, TN. Litigation was the last thing I thought I’d be doing, but it turns out (as everyone often says in law school) I enjoyed it more than I ever thought I would! In all honesty, the process had a huge learning curve…