Category: Television

The Lowdown on Tax Credits

Posted by Orly Ravid | Jun 7, 2019 | Film, Television | 0 |

Christine Torres on How She Became a TV Writer Aft...

Posted by Orly Ravid | Mar 1, 2019 | Television, Writing | 0 |

‘Oh, Really?’ President, With Loads of Deceit But ...

Posted by Carla L. Martin | Nov 29, 2018 | Film, Oh, Really?, Television | 0 |

Television

‘Empire’ strikes back in City of Brother...

May 26, 2017

You know where SpongeBob works as a cook...

Jun 4, 2018

As star marks abound, are they too ordin...

May 24, 2017

‘Oh, really?:’ TV’s ‘How to Get Away With Murder’ creates fictional mayhem with the law, legal education. But it also speaks hard truths about justice

When ’empires’ clash, the Fi...

Nov 27, 2017

With tech-streamers’ rise, will law jobs...

May 16, 2017

No ‘fake news’ here: 15th an...

Jan 8, 2018

CBS TV fails to shake off defamation sui...

Jan 28, 2018

Calif. appeals court sees ‘Simpson...

Feb 28, 2018

Even as stars rip Hollywood on its brigh...

Mar 7, 2018

The Lowdown on Tax Credits

by Orly Ravid | Jun 7, 2019 | Film, Television | 0 |

Zachary Tarica is the CEO of The Forest Road Company, a specialty film financing company that...

Christine Torres on How She Became a TV Writer After Being a District Attorney

by Orly Ravid | Mar 1, 2019 | Television, Writing | 0 |

Christine Torres (WGA, west) is a writer, producer, and consultant who develops film, documentary,...

‘Oh, Really?’ President, With Loads of Deceit But Little Law on Her Side, Tries to Trump Rival With Baby Bump. Will It Topple Her House of Cards?

by Carla L. Martin | Nov 29, 2018 | Film, Oh, Really?, Television | 0 |

In our ‘Oh, Really?’ feature, the Biederman Blog’s editors — voracious consumers of all matters...

You know where SpongeBob works as a cook, right? That’s also why an appellate court fried up real eateries’ hopes to be called ‘The Krusty Krab’

by Anne M. Lum | Jun 4, 2018 | Comics, Film, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Television, Trademark, Video | 0 |

To the imaginary denizens of Bikini Bottom, including cartoon legend SpongeBob SquarePants, the...

‘Oh, really?:’ Legal ethics get flipped aside by smarmy lawer in comedic ‘Bob’s Burgers’

by Natalie Reynoso | May 12, 2018 | Comics, Oh, Really?, Procedural, Television | 0 |

In our ‘Oh, Really?’ feature, the Biederman Blog’s editors — voracious consumers of all matters...

Olivia de Havilland’s legal feud with TV show? It’s gone with the wind, after appellate judges in Calif. toss iconic actress’ publicity rights suit

by Anne M. Lum | Apr 10, 2018 | Intellectual Property, Right of publicity, Talent Representation, Television | 0 |

Ah, so it is Tinsel Town true: Even icons of the silver screen can take a contrarian view of a...

Even as stars rip Hollywood on its brightest night for its sexism and racism, IMDb site, a judge rules, can post thespian ages, a practice that women say harms careers

by Natalie Reynoso | Mar 7, 2018 | Film, Intellectual Property, Talent Representation, Television | 0 |

Although Hollywood gave full-throated cry at the Academy Awards over the weekend to its aspiration...

Calif. appeals court sees ‘Simpsons’ mob lampoon as protected satire, sends out character actor’s beef with cartoon show for a shine boxing

by Natalie Reynoso | Feb 28, 2018 | Comics, Film, Right of publicity, Television | 0 |

The notorious criminal Henry Hill, as played by actor Ray Liotta, once summarized a key wiseguy...

CBS TV fails to shake off defamation suit over ‘docu-series’ suggesting brother played fatal role in killing of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey two decades ago

by Natalie Reynoso | Jan 28, 2018 | Television | 0 |

Cold case solved? Not quite. There may be at least a new-ish and widely publicized theory about a...

No ‘fake news’ here: 15th annual ‘Entertainment and Media Law Conference’ will tackle Trump Administration’s legal ‘disarray’ for media, entertainment industries

by Biederman Blog Editors | Jan 8, 2018 | Copyright, Film, Intellectual Property, International, Licensing, Privacy, Procedural, Regulatory, Social Media, Sports, Talent Representation, Technology, Television, Video, Video Games, Web Services | 0 |

The Media Law Resource Center and Southwestern Law School have hosted for 15 years the...

Federal judge answers Cartoon Network’s legal prayer for relief, strikes down $75-million ‘Black Jesus’ infringement claim by ‘Saint Solomon’

by Victoria Carthorn | Dec 14, 2017 | Comics, Copyright, Film, Intellectual Property, Television, Writing | 0 |

Praise be, the folks at the Cartoon Network may be saying under their breath. That’s because...

When ’empires’ clash, the First Amendment rules. And a Fox TV show comes out on top in a trademark name tiff

by Victoria Carthorn | Nov 27, 2017 | Music, Television, Trademark, Uncategorized | 0 |

Empire — say the word aloud and it conjures multiple pop-culture references, many from the movies....

‘Oh, really?:’ TV’s ‘How to Get Away With Murder’ creates fictional mayhem with the law, legal education. But it also speaks hard truths about justice

by Victoria Carthorn | Nov 16, 2017 | Oh, Really?, Procedural, Regulatory, Television | 0 |

In our ‘Oh, Really?’ feature, the Biederman Blog’s editors — voracious consumers of all matters...

For little Cindy Lou, raunchy play is a fair-use parody, judge finds, declining to be writer’s Grinch

by Victoria Carthorn | Sep 24, 2017 | Copyright, Film, Intellectual Property, Performance, Television, Video | 0 |

Although countless children have embraced the notion advanced by Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr....

Who gets last laugh in battle over Conan jokes?

by Lauren A. McGee | Jun 2, 2017 | Copyright, Intellectual Property, Television | 0 |

U.S. judge, ruling jests can get ‘thin’ copyright protection, advances to trial a writer’s suit...

Lionsgate hit with a $5.8 million ‘Biggest Loser’

by Kyle A. Slowey | May 30, 2017 | Copyright, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Television, Video | 0 |

Arbitrator rules studio undercut profit potential of fitness guru Jillian Michaels’ recorded...

‘Empire’ strikes back in City of Brotherly Love

by Lauren A. McGee | May 26, 2017 | Copyright, Film, Intellectual Property, Television | 0 |

U.S. judge in Philly becomes latest of several to reject claims about originality of hit TV series...

As star marks abound, are they too ordinary?

by Richon M. Norris | May 24, 2017 | Fashion, Film, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Music, Performance, Television, Trademark | 0 |

With billions of dollars at stake, celebrities’ lawyers have been beating down the door at a...

EU court details tech, profit infringement perils

by Lauren A. McGee | May 17, 2017 | Copyright, Intellectual Property, International, Technology, Television, Web Services | 0 |

With tech-streamers’ rise, will law jobs change?

by Joseph P. Morganella | May 16, 2017 | Film, Intellectual Property, Talent Representation, Technology, Television, Web Services | 0 |

The industry headlines tell a persuasive tale. Netflix: The most feared force in Hollywood?...

A writers’ strike averted, troubling trends pers

by Jackson Abbeduto | May 11, 2017 | Film, Intellectual Property, Talent Representation, Television, Writing | 0 |

When Hollywood gets the sniffles, its lawyers can feel like they’re suffering a major bout of...

‘Oh, Really?’ A ‘Night Of’ ethics, evidence woes

by Joseph P. Morganella | May 5, 2017 | Oh, Really?, Television, Writing | 0 |

In our ‘Oh, Really’ feature, the Biederman Blog’s editors and alumni— voracious consumers of trendy matters — cast a curious, skeptical, fun and smart end-of-the-week eye on popular culture and its entertaining products,...

Calif. tosses angry actor’s talent-act claim

by Richon M. Norris | Apr 19, 2017 | Regulatory, Talent Representation, Television | 0 |

Star’s manager prevails in beef over commissions, representation Thomas Gibson‘s acting career,...

Appellate court rejects cable license for FilmOn

by Jackson Abbeduto | Apr 13, 2017 | Copyright, Intellectual Property, Television, Video, Web Services | 0 |

In its long-running bid to transform broadcasting, controversial firm fails to persuade judges to...

Oh, Sheldon, go ahead, sing the darn cat song

by Joseph P. Morganella | Apr 10, 2017 | Copyright, Music, Television | 0 |

Court swats away suit over Warm Kitty, as sung on Big Bang Theory Actor Jim Parsons has turned the misanthropic, mischievous, and often malevolent character of Sheldon Cooper, uber nerd and brilliant physicist, into not just an...