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8 May, 2007 8:02 am
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences (AMPAS) has sued the operator of the website oscarwatch.com for trademark infringement based on the use of "Oscar" in the website's
address. AMPAS holds several federal trademark registrations ... that the website offers commentary that directly addresses the Oscars awards, a topic of great interest to the general
public, and therefore the Oscarwatch to describe commentary about the Oscars constitutes fair use. This fair use argument appears to be the ...
5 May 8:53 am
The Blog of Legal Times notes that the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has decided to sue 007
Productions, based in Goa, India, and holder of the domain name www.Oscars100.com, which it had offered to the Academy...
9 May, 2007 9:51 am
By John Ottaviani Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences v. Stone, No. CV07-02846 RGK CA (C.D. Cal.)(complaint filed May 1, 2007) Last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ("AMPAS"), the organization that organizes the Academy Awards, demonstrated that it still has no ... only
site to a commercial venture featuring paid advertising." All this, despite a prominent and explicit disclaimer above the masthead on the OscarWatch.com web site that it is not
affiliated with AMPAS. ...
21 Feb, 2008 7:30 am
Written by El Bicho On Sunday February 24th, 2008, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences will be holding their 80th Oscar
ceremony to honor the year's ... compare the spectacle of Ben-Hur alongside the intimacy of Marty, this hasn't stopped the Academy from their
annual apples-to-oranges competition. With this list, I chose to attempt to showcase the breadth ... Lean's glorious epic based loosely on the life of T.E. Lawrence and his time
in Arabia during World War I. Freddie Young's amazing ...
24 Feb 7:32 am
In the spirit of Oscars obsession that has overtaken the UK, the IPKat brings you the news that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is asking the USPTO to
revoke the HACKADEMY AWARDS trade mark on the ground that it may ... mark is used for an alternative awards ceremony, where Breathe California of Sacramento-Emigrant Trails gives awards
to films with the most and least incidences of smoking. This year the winner of the 'Thumbs Up' was 'What Happens in Vegas' and the 'Thumbs Down', ' ...
29 Dec, 2008 7:04 am
... guy. A second example is the Oscar, the informal (but now trademarked) name of the statue awarded by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in recognition of achievement in filmmaking. The exact origins of the name are a bit misty. But all of the stories ... , however, is a remix or a
cultural quotation involving a fictional hero (or anti-hero). Intellectual property policy and theory implications to the side (I'll leave those to others), surely, there must be
others. And stop calling me ...
16 Dec, 2008 11:30 pm
... the Mattel-Bratz bloodbath, Quinn Emanuel scored a win for one of its regular clients, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, which had filed suit to prevent
the heirs of silent film star Mary Pickford from auctioning off her Oscar awards (and one belonging to ... Coast affiliate of Dreier LLP, announced plans to auction the Oscars to
raise money for Rogers' charity. The Academy filed suit, arguing it had first dibs on buying the Oscars for $10 apiece. (Experts had ...
27 Feb 7:00 am
... Zura's 271 Patent Blog) USPTO deferred examination roundtable video and commentary (Anticipate This!) (Inventive Step) (Patent Docs) US Patents Applying Supreme ... she has
ever taken or will take in future as collateral' (IPKat) RealNetworks - Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros ask court to
sanction RealNetworks for allegedly ... TTABlog) US Trade Marks - Lawsuits and strategic steps Breathe California - Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences asks USPTO
to revoke HACKADEMY AWARDS ...
16 Mar, 2007 3:21 pm
... Forward received a favorable ruling for its broadcaster client on a summary judgment motion filed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Academy). The claim filed by the Academy arose from the alleged
broadcast on the RAI International channel of ... viewers of RAI International. [The broadcaster's] evidence reveals that RAI International is broadcasted in the Italian language
and is aimed at Italians living abroad. [The broadcaster's] evidence also suggests that the word "oscar" in ...
27 Mar, 2008 6:34 am
... Yari, producer of the 2006 Best Picture Oscar winner Crash, against the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the Producers Guild of America. AMPAS ...
which omitted him. Crash won; Yari did not; Yari sued. AMPAS and the Guild demurred; the trial court sustained the demurrer; Yari declined to amend ... away Yari's related claims
for breach of fiduciary duty, for breach of contract, and for promissory estoppel. The court's opinion is online here. I confess to a fascination with the status ...
17 Jul, 2008 5:21 pm
... distribute such promotional CDs often labeled with language substantially similar to the following: "This CD is the property of the record company and is licensed to the
intended recipient for personal use only. Acceptance of this CD shall constitute an agreement to comply ... F.2d 1446 (9th Cir. 1991) (using the "limited publication" doctrine in noting
that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences, by awarding personalized Oscar trophies to individuals, had a limited purpose in distributing ...
7 Oct, 2008 11:33 pm
... distribute such promotional CDs often labeled with language substantially similar to the following: "This CD is the property of the record company and is licensed to the
intended recipient for personal use only. Acceptance of this CD shall constitute an agreement to comply ... F.2d 1446 (9th Cir. 1991) (using the "limited publication" doctrine in noting
that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences, by awarding personalized Oscar trophies to individuals, had a limited purpose in distributing ...
12 Feb, 2007 9:38 am
... producers of Crash (last year's Best Picture Oscar) and the Producer's Guild and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which refuse to recognize
him with a producing credit (PG) or Academy Award (AMPAS). This dispute isn't the only one to break out among Crash collaborators, but it does
highlight ... "producer." I can't say what Yari is really after (money? prestige? validation? revenge?), and I can't say what Yari actually did. It seems clear, however, that
whether he is a ...
3 Apr 1:05 am
... could care for her mortally ill, 89-year-old father in Florida. The judge complained that the case was "backlogged" and dismissed it with prejudice. The appeals court
restored the case, saying that the plaintiff "was faced with a 'Sophie's Choice,'" between caring ... Props Fulton County Daily Report When the CEO of Monte Carlo Productions in Atlanta
got a letter from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences demanding that he stop throwing parties that included giant replicas of the Academy' ...
26 Sep, 2007 3:46 am
The USPTO recently announced that its newest exhibit, entitled "Tech Art: The Photography of Vince Gonzales", will open this week in the Atrium of the main USPTO facility in
Alexandria, Virginia. This exhibit, comprising 37 photographs uncovering "dramatic ... details of craftsmanship and design," ran earlier this year on the west coast at the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study in Hollywood. According to the USPTO
(announcement link below), "[t]he ...
2 Feb 10:13 am
... landmark for a Big Four firm. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has been counting Oscars® ballots for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for an amazing 75 years.
During all these years, the painstaking audit process ... February 17. All completed ballots are delivered to PricewaterhouseCoopers. The balloting leaders then manually tabulate the
responses according to Academy rules. As a precautionary measure, two complete sets of envelopes bearing recipients' names are prepared
and brought by ...
24 Dec, 2007 8:14 pm
... used to be. The problem became public, but just barely, last month, when the science and technology council of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released the
results of a yearlong study of digital archiving in the movie business. Titled ... 1,059 it costs to keep a conventional film master. Much worse, to keep the enormous swarm of data
produced when a picture is "born digital" - that is, produced using all-electronic processes, rather than relying wholly or partially on film - pushes ...
3 Apr 12:41 pm
Last Friday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences sued Monte Carlo Productions, Chief Executive R. Bruce Nixon and company president John Brown in U.S. District Court
in Atlanta. The Academy accused Monte Carlo of ... gold Oscar statuette at "Night At the Oscars" Hollywood-themed parties it offered as part of
its events-planning business. The Academy is seeking an injunction that would bar Monte Carlo from using the name Oscar or any Oscar replicas,
$150,000 ...
16 Mar, 2007 5:36 am
... has found in a decision to deny summary judgment in a case brought by the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences, which organizes the world's most prestigious movie ...
Oscars, Fashion Oscars, TV Oscars and Music Oscars, according to AMPAS' attorney, David Quinto. In denying AMPAS' motion for summary
judgment, U.S. District ... has presented evidence showing that the word 'Oscar' could be considered generic in Italy and in the Italian language." ...EchoStar's Los Angeles
attorney, Kathy Jorrie, said ...
19 Dec, 2008 6:56 am
... . Heirs of Beverly Rogers, the wife of Pickford's third husband, band leader and actor Buddy Rogers, had intended to sell the Oscar she won in 1930 for her performance in the
silent film "Coquette" and donate the proceeds to charity, but the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences intervened to stop them. Since 1951, ... sign it. AMPAS
argued that because Pickford signed the agreement in 1976 and because she was a founder of the academy and remained a member
until her death, the 1930 Oscar ...
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