Guess who’s back, back again, Eminem, and this time he is dueling it out with Facebook. On May 20, 2013, a lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of Michigan by rapper Eminem’s publishing company, Eight Mile Style, alleging copyright infringement by Facebook. Eight Mile Style alleges that Facebook, together with its advertising agency, Wieden + Kennedy, used Eminem’s “Under the Influence” without first obtaining permission for use in its...
Read MoreThe Dungeon Master would not be happy about this one. On Monday, May 13, 2013, Hasbro Inc. filed a lawsuit against production company Sweetpea Entertainment, Inc. on a number of claims including copyright and trademark infringement. The suit was initiated as a result of Sweetpea taking significant steps with Warner Bros. Pictures to make a “Dungeons & Dragons” movie. Hasbro’s main contention is that any rights Sweetpea once had to create a...
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the June 2013 Visa Bulletin. Priority cut-off dates for the most common employment-based categories are provided below. Foreign nationals having a priority date before the established cut-off date are eligible to file immigrant visa or adjustment of status applications for permanent residence. Click here for additional information regarding applications for Permanent...
Read MoreYet again, the relationship between copyright protection and Fair Use has been tested. In a suit for copyright infringement by photographer Patrick Cariou against appropriation artist Richard Prince, the district court for the Southern District of New York held for Cariou. But on April 25, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in part reversed the district court’s decision concluding that the district court applied...
Read MoreOn May 22, 2013 at 9am PDT/11am CDT/12pm EDT, Gibney, Anthony, & Flaherty, LLP along with Enrique Arellano Rincón Abogados, S.C. will host a webinar entitled "Comprehensive Immigration Reform in Mexico." Gibney attorney Deborah Davy, and Enrique Arellano Rincón Abogados, S.C. attorneys Enrique Arellano Rincón Abogado, Ivan Rojas and Rebeca Karina Cortez will discuss the following topics relating to immigration reform in Mexico: