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California passes new law making it illegal to impersonate celebrities, pushing limits of both trademark and publicity rights protection.
After judge orders permanent injunction, LimeWire drags Amazon.com and Apple into legal battle — demanding accounts of possible backdoor dealings with record labels.
Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction [...]
Continue Reading →Courtney Love is threatening to sue the makers of Guitar Hero over their representation of her late husband in Guitar Hero 5. Making her position (very) public, Ms. Love launched a “tirade” against Activision over Twitter, threatening to sue on behalf [...]
Continue Reading →Teri Hatcher, Christina Applegate, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Bachelor Bob Guiney are all devotees. Carmen Electra and Sheila Kelly have turned the trend into lucrative business ventures. Oprah has even showcased the fad on her show. What is it that all of these celebrities have in common? You guessed [...]
Continue Reading →Last week a family court judge in New Zealand ordered that a nine-year-old girl, Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii, be renamed. What could possibly justify such a drastic measure? Judge Rob Murffit stated that the court was “profoundly concerned about the very poor judgment which this child’s parents have [...]
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