A federal judge today has denied a motion seeking to disqualify lawyers repping the estate of The Lord Of The Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien in its $80 million copyright and digital merchandising lawsuit against Warner Bros and the Saul Zaentz Company. The studio and its partner in early June filed a motion to have Fourth Age’s lawyers, Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger Llp, disqualified the almost-2-year-old suit ”because the firm impermissibly gained access to privileged information in violation of Rules of Professional Conduct.” In today’s three-page order (read it here), U.S. District Court Judge Audrey Collins wrote that “Warner and […]...
- 7/22/2014
- Deadline
GoDaddy appears to be on the verge of losing a big cybersquatting lawsuit over a program that allowed its customers to buy domain names like BetAcademyAwards.com and 2013Oscars.com. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, responsible for the annual Oscars awards ceremony, sued GoDaddy in May 2010 over the "CashParking" program that allowed customers to buy a domain, "park" that page and collect a portion of revenue from GoDaddy's advertising partners on a pay-per-click basis. This past June, Judge Audrey Collins ruled that GoDaddy "uses" and "traffics" in domain names in its Parked Pages program
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- 11/11/2013
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
According to a settlement brought about by U.S. District Court Judge Audrey Collins, Alki David–the billionaire owner of FilmOn.com–must stop using the names Aereokiller and BarryDriller.com for his broadcast streaming service. According to Deadline.com, the settlement seems to have ended not just one, but three lawsuits all at once. The three lawsuits include major Aereo investor and Iac chief Barry Diller suing David for creating BarryDriller.com last year. This February saw David suing Aereo for trademark infringement after he acquired the naming rights to a product called Aero. Finally, in March, Aereo sued David for creating Aero.tv. Both Aereo and FilmOn stream television online, which has created a big stir [ Read More ]
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- 5/22/2013
- by monique
- ShockYa
The freewheeling head of FilmOn has to stop using names including Aereokiller and BarryDriller.com for his broadcast streaming service according a settlement overseen by U.S. District Court Judge Audrey Collins. The decision appears to end three lawsuits: Last year Iac chief Barry Diller — a major investor in Aereo — sued David for creating a site called BarryDriller.com. In February, David returned fire, suing Aereo for trademark infringement after he bought the naming rights to a product called Aero. And in March, Aereo sued David for creating a site called Aero.tv. Like Aereo, FilmOn streams programming taken from over-the-air signals — and has also incurred the wrath of broadcasters who say that it violates their copyrights. A New York court has allowed Aereo to expand while it weighs the broadcasters’ challenge. But in December a California court granted a temporary injunction that applies locally against David’s service. Even so,...
- 5/21/2013
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
Update, 10:51 Am: Aereo spokesperson Virginia Lam says the company is “disappointed that the judge declined to rule on the merits on an emergency basis” but adds that it is “confident that when the merits are considered in connection with a preliminary injunction motion, Aereo will prevail.” Previous, 8:14 Am: U.S. District Court Judge Audrey Collins yesterday denied “without prejudice” the temporary restraining order that Aereo requested as part of its trademark infringement suit against FilmOn‘s Alki David. Aereo is suing FilmOn and David for creating a site called Aero.tv that streams broadcast station programming — much like Aereo’s service. “By intentionally selecting a name that is confusingly similar to Aereo’s mark, Defendants are likely to confuse and divert consumers, inducing them to use Defendants’ business rather than Aereo’s,” the suit alleges. The company, backed by Iac chief Barry Diller, wants the U.S. District...
- 3/13/2013
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
- Deadline TV
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