by thefriedfirm | Nov 15, 2018 | Blog
“Sorry is all that you can’t say” is the opening line of Tracy Chapman’s 1988 single “Baby Can I Hold You” (off of her 6x Platinum, Grammy-nominated debut album), but it also seems to be a sentiment Chapman is directing towards megastar Nicky Minaj, who allegedly used...
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 | 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...
