Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kliebhan, Thomas J
• Alasauskas, Amanda
• Rosenbaltt, Brian A
• Burton, Tripp
• Cohen, Chelsea
• Hivner, Alexis C
• Hughes, Kasey
• Johnson, Emma
• Kennedy, Tyler
• Manahan, Colette
• Reeves, Beau
• Rodriguez Gomez, Andres

Titel

2023 Round-Up: Litigation and Industry Updates

Ist Teil von

• The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer, 2024-01, Vol.40 (1), p.23-51

Ort / Verlag

Chicago: American Bar Association

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

Nexis Uni

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Editors: Thomas J. Kliebhan, Gordon, Rees, Scully, Mansukhani, LLP Amanda Alasauskas, Swanson, Martin, & Bell Brian A. Rosenbaltt, Downey & Lenkov LLC Contributing Authors: Law Students: Tripp Burton (Indiana University Maurer School of Law) Chelsea Cohen (Loyola Law School) Alexis C. Hivner (The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law) Kasey Hughes (DePaul University College of Law) Emma Johnson (University of Miami) Tyler Kennedy (Georgetown University) Colette Manahan (DePaul University College of Law) Beau Reeves (DePaul University) Andres Rodriguez Gomez (University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law) Attorneys: Thomas J. Caulfield (Erik M. Pelton & Associates) Joseph Esses (Gordon Law Group) Priscilla Fasoro (Covington & Burling) Kasey Hughes (DePaul University College of Law) Julia Rhieu Lifton (Covington & Burling) Alexa Tipton (Irwin IP) Caroline Waldo (Covington & Burling) There is Still Time for One More Dance: Revival of Hanagami v. Epic Games Lawsuit The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has granted renowned choreographer Kyle Hanagami ("Hanagami") another dance by reviving his lawsuit against the video game publisher Epic Games Inc. ("Epic") for direct and contributory infringement of a protectable and registered choreographic work. [...]the Ninth Circuit held that the district court erred when ruling that "steps are unprotectable because they are relatively brief," and that "short does not always equate to simple." [...]when determining the extent of copyright protection for choreographies, size is not all that matters, and that when comparing two works, in addition to poses, courts should evaluate other elements of the choreography such as, "body position, body shape, body actions, transitions, use of space, timing, pauses, energy, canon, motif, contrast, and repetition." In Dawson v. Delaware, a Delaware jury convicted petitioner Dawson of first-degree murder and other crimes. In August, the New York Knicks filed a lawsuit in federal district court against the Toronto Raptors, and Raptors' personnel, over an alleged theft of the Knicks proprietary information.