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The Song Remains the Same: Jury Shows a Whole Lotta Love for Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven

Posted on July 22, 2016 by mchattielaw

By: Christopher McHattie, Esq. and Sean Sanders The verdict is in and Led Zeppelin is off the hook following a highly publicized copyright infringement lawsuit brought by the estate of Spirit’s Randy Wolfe (a.k.a., Randy California). Following a two-year legal battle, a Los Angeles jury found last week that Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” did Read more about The Song Remains the Same: Jury Shows a Whole Lotta Love for Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven[…]

Flag On The Play, Part Deux

Posted on January 6, 2016 by mchattielaw

As predicted in our November 13, 2014 post, “Flag On The Play”, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has held that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) stuck its “subjective nose” so far into trademark owners’ choices of trademarks that the U.S. Constitution has been violated. In re Read more about Flag On The Play, Part Deux[…]

Offensive Mascots… Where do we draw the line?

Posted on September 2, 2011 by mchattie

With college football season kicking off this weekend and the NFL season right around the corner, we have found ourselves pondering the issue of offensive mascots or symbols for sports teams. How offensive is too offensive? Who gets to decide what is offensive? Who needs to be offended (or how many need to be offended) Read more about Offensive Mascots… Where do we draw the line?[…]

Harry Potter and the Copyrighted Characters

Posted on July 14, 2011 by mchattie

Tomorrow, as most of you know… “IT ALL ENDS.” The world? Not to our knowledge. The NFL Lockout? We wish. No, no, tomorrow marks the theatrical opening of the final installment of the Harry Potter series. The premiere is, without a doubt, one of the biggest movie events of the year, possibly of the decade. Read more about Harry Potter and the Copyrighted Characters[…]