by thefriedfirm | Nov 8, 2018 | Blog
As returns from album sales have fallen off the streaming music cliff over the past 15 years, musicians have increasingly had to hit the road to make a living. Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara once told a reporter, “This has become a really blue-collar industry, which...
by thefriedfirm | Oct 20, 2018 | Blog
The history of graffiti over the last several decades is a dizzying journey, going from a top urban nuisance in the 1980s to street artists and their work being mythologized and honored in films and museums. And to be a clear, there is a line, if sometimes...
by thefriedfirm | Oct 9, 2018 | Blog
Ever wonder how shows like The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, or even The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale are able to present an assortment of TV clips from around the country and even around the world on a given topic with such...
by thefriedfirm | Sep 25, 2018 | Blog
Frances McDormand famously left the 2018 Oscar audience wondering what an “inclusion rider” was, after ending her Best Actress acceptance speech with the two words. In the days after, commentators did provide some description that the phrase refers to a entertainment...
by thefriedfirm | Sep 17, 2018 | Blog
Who’s to say whether your business’ trademark is scandalous or immoral, right? Well, until recently that decision was clearly in the seemingly arbitrary hands of the USPTO examiner who got their hands all over your vulgar application. And that decision could often...
by thefriedfirm | Sep 7, 2018 | Blog
In a case that could have an enormous impact on the ability of content producers to protect their intellectual property (IP), the Supreme Court will soon resolve a split among federal circuit courts regarding when a person claiming copyright infringement can bring an...
