Legal News and Firm Updates
In today’s world of technology it seems everything is turning digital – and now even sports are following the trend. Electronic sports or “ Esports” are video game competitions between individual players or teams that can be either in the form of a tournament or season play (like most traditional sports).
In less than two months, U.S. customs agents in Texas have busted two multimillion-dollar shipments of counterfeit goods from China.
An individual can be sued for defamation if they post a false statement or for misappropriation if they publish statements without authorization from the individual(s) who said it.
On March 21, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th circuit ruled in favor of the Gaye family in the ‘Blurred Lines’ case. In a 2-to-1 decision, the court held that ‘Blurred Lines’ had in fact infringed on Gaye’s ‘Got To Give It Up’, and that the latter was entitled to copyright protection.