The dispute was between two models using the same stage name, “Elizabeth Sky.” The defendant allegedly went on a campaign on the Internet that tried to destroy the other model’s social networking presence. Interestingly, the court awarded damages to the plaintiff because of harm caused by various websites and social networks that removed the plaintiff’s [...]

So Jennifer Lopez has been getting some heat for her new Fiat commercial that she (and Fiat) claimed was shot in the Bronx, filming Jenny back on “her block.” Turns out it was shot in LA, and now some graffiti artists who did a mural with the words “I Love the Bronx,” which was actually [...]

Here’s something that you might like. It’s called the “I Am T-Pain Mic.” You see, T-Pain originally used a program called Auto-Tune, but he’ll be taking the developer, Antares, to court pretty soon. Antares and T-Pain used to work together. But then T realized that he could do better. He wants Antrares to stop using [...]

“Dr. Farid and Eric Kee, a Ph.D. student in computer science at Dartmouth, are proposing a software tool for measuring how much fashion and beauty photos have been altered, a 1-to-5 scale that distinguishes the infinitesimal from the fantastic,” reports The New York Times. “Dr. Farid said he became intrigued by the problem after reading [...]

Even the Wall Street Journal thinks SOPA is a bad idea. The Journal Op-Ed says that Hollywood is trying to “strangle” the internet with legislation. For those of us without an online subscription, Techdirt.com summarizes the Wall Street Journal piece. From the article: “Technology makes many things possible, good and bad. One thing that seems [...]

The Fordham Sports Law Forum is dedicated to bringing interesting issues in sports law to the Fordham legal community. Each week, in conjunction with the Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal, members of the Fordham Sports Law Forum write posts about current sports law issues and events. There’s No Dodging Selig: Bankruptcy in MLB [...]

America’s favorite candy, Tootsie roll, is suing a small shoe business selling rollable ballet slippers, Footzyrolls, for trademark infringement.

Forbes contributor Timothy B. Lee counters an earlier Forbes article which argued that copyright was dying and that SOPA is Congress’ necessary last-ditch effort to save it. Lee argues that the old way copyright owners exploited their work might be dying, but that new ways to make money from creative content are continually being developed.

Do you live in the European Union? Do you share copyrighted music or other files over the Internet illegally? Congratulations! You can keep pirating that music without having to worry about your Internet service provider monitoring your file sharing activity and filtering out the illegal data. The highest court in the EU ruled this past [...]

For the past several weeks, the tech world has been up in arms about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) that was introduced in the House of Representatives by Lamar Smith (R-TX) on October 26.  More recently, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on SOPA on November 16, highlighting the camps for and against [...]