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One silver lining of the pandemic is that I have had an opportunity to catch up on some of my favorite Pixar short films with my daughter—most recently, the SparkShorts film Purl.

One year has passed since The New York Times and The New Yorker broke the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal, yet television shows are still weaving #MeToo ...

The Federal Communications Commission has set a firm deadline for broadcast licensees to submit their annual regulatory fee payments, with significant penalties for late submissions. Understanding the payment process, exemptions, and consequences of non-compliance is crucial for all radio and television license holders to maintain their authorizations and avoid enforcement actions.

As states begin to gradually reopen and networks held virtual upfronts, the entertainment industry is contemplating both when and how production will be able to resume. Studio executives, ...

If you are an author, musician, artist, or other creator of intellectual property (or the heir to such a person), it’s a good time to learn whether you are taking full advantage of your ability to "recapture" certain grants of rights made years ago.

The Federal Circuit has affirmed the final written decisions of a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the "Board") panel in six related inter partes review (IPR) proceedings.

Recently, a jury awarded Experience Hendrix, LLC, the successor to Jimi Hendrix’s intellectual property rights, a verdict of over $1.7 million, which a federal judge subsequently trimmed down.

Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker recently claimed that Beyoncé’s new music video Countdown "plagiar[ized]" two of her pieces from 1983 and 1990.

Netflix successfully defeated copyright infringement claims related to its 2020 pandemic-hit Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. On April 30, 2026...

On June 12, 2006, in one of the first federal court decisions ever to address the issue of "recapturing" copyright ownership, U.S. District Judge Richard Owen of New York’s Southern District awarded John Steinbeck’s two surviving blood heirs the right to terminate agreements under which the deceased novelist granted the copyrights in ten of his early works to the predecessor of counterclaim plaintiff the Penguin Group.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently handed television network broadcasters an important victory in their long-running battle against satellite TV provider EchoStar Communications Corp. The court ruled EchoStar violated federal copyright law and remanded the case to district court for entry of a nationwide permanent injunction.

Chefs are expanding their expertise beyond the kitchen to reach wider audiences and explore opportunities in the entertainment industry. As chefs seek to leverage their culinary skills...

The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary unanimously advanced by voice vote S. 4591, formally titled the Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2026 (NO FAKES Act)...

Scary questions are always in the script when the law collides with new technology. And Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) pose novel legal challenges. Our closeup is on a recent legal dispute between...

When Taylor Swift released her album 'The Life of a Showgirl,' she faced a trademark infringement lawsuit from Maren Flagg, who claimed the title violated her registered trademark CONFESSIONS OF A SHOWGIRL. The case explores the critical boundary between artistic expression and commercial trademark use, particularly when musical artists transform album releases into merchandise-driven business ventures.

The Board granted in part this petition for cancellation of a registration for the mark POLO GIRLS for "Organizing and conducting...

[Here is the 100th TTAB decision this year in a Section 2(d) appeal. So far the Board has reversed four of the refusals.] The USPTO refused to register the mark THE NOMADIC MOVEMENT...