John McCain’s latest campaign ad continues the pop-culture theme of his Britney/Paris ad, this time using the song "Running on Empty" to mock Obama for proposing gas conservation through tire inflation. That’s my song, said Jackson Browne, who is not…
The marketing empire strikes back.
It wanted him to change his name to “99 Cent” for a day, but he preferred to sue for $4 million.
On June 23, a federal judge in New York denied a motion to dismiss Robert Burck’s trademark-infringement claims against Mars, Inc., and its ad agency. Mars is the maker of M&Ms, among other things. Mr. Burck is better known as…
A battle has been going on for about three weeks now between the state of Oregon, which has laws, and some legal websites that have been publishing those laws. Oregon is insisting that they not do so. Justia.com, for example,…
Ashley Alexandra Dupre, well into her 14th minute of fame due to her affiliation with Eliot Spitzer, has sued "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis for allegedly taking advantage of her youth and vulnerability by once filming her sans T-shirt….
Some of you may be familiar with "The Secret," an enormous bestseller that encourages people to follow the "law of attraction," which I thought was something that made people hang out near playgrounds but which turns out to be "an…
Battle will be joined tomorrow in a British case in which a rebel prop designer will challenge George Lucas, emperor of the Star Wars universe, as to who owns the rights to the stormtrooper costumes used in the films. Andrew…
The head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities told reporters on December 25 that the country’s parliament would likely pass a law requiring anyone who reproduces one of its famous monuments to pay royalties. Zahi Hawass said that the law…
On November 20, attorneys for the band The Romantics filed a complaint in federal court against Activision, the publisher of the game "Guitar Hero," claiming that the game infringes on the group’s rights to its own likeness. In the interest…