motion-picture
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-228 | Paule McKenna v. Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., et al. | California | 2023-09-12 | Denied | Response Waived | advertising brand-logos celebrity-persona celebrity-rights commercial-speech commercial-use lanham-act motion-picture trademark-infringement | Does the Lanham Act prohibit the unauthorized use of a celebrity's persona in advertising third party brands with logos in a commercial motion picture… |
| 19-259 | Maron Pictures Ltd. v. Sam Eigen, et al. | California | 2019-08-28 | Denied | berne-convention contributory-copyright-infringement copyright-act copyright-infringement copyright-law copyright-ownership federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption motion-picture motion-picture-rights preemption state-court state-court-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation | How can any state court make conclusions in relation to motion picture rights without referring to the Copyright Act to make a determination? |