Conference Materials
Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith and the Future of Fair Use
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, No. 21-869
- Docket & Pleadings
- Transcript of Oral Argument
- Opinion below, 11 F.4th 26 (2nd Cir. 2021)
- District Court opinion, 382 F. Supp. 3d 312 (S.D.N.Y. 2019)
- Aaron Moss, With Warhol, It’s Time to Transform Transformative Use, Copyright Lately (Apr. 19, 2022)
- Winston Cho, Supreme Court Weighs Copyright Protections in Case Over Andy Warhol Paintings of Prince, Hollywood Reporter (Oct. 12, 2022)
- Ronald Mann, Justices debate whether Warhol image is “fair use” of photograph of Prince, SCOTUSblog (Oct. 14, 2022)
Protecting Creativity with a Bottle of Jack on the Floribama Shore
Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, No. 22-148 (U.S.)
- Docket & Pleadings
- Transcript of Oral Argument
- Opinion below, VIP Products LLC v. Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc., 953 F.3d 1170 (9th Cir. 2020)
- Rebecca Tushnet, Rogers continues to collapse into transformativeness in the Ninth Circuit: dog toy edition, Rebecca Tushnet’s 43(B)log (Apr. 17, 2020)
- Isaiah Poritz, High Court to Review Speech Test in Jack Daniel’s Trademark Case, Bloomberg Law (Nov. 21, 2022)
- Adam Liptak, May ‘Bad Spaniels’ Mock Jack Daniel’s? The Supreme Court Will Decide, New York Times (Dec. 5, 2022)
- Dennis Crouch, Jack Daniels vs Bad Spaniels: Funny Jokes and Free Speech, Patently-O (Jan. 27, 2023)
Diece-Lisa Industries, Inc. v. Disney Store USA, LLC, No. 22-347 (U.S.)
- Docket & Pleadings
- Opinion below, No. 21-55816 (9th Cir. June 9, 2022)
- Kyle Jahner, High Court Asks Disney to Respond in Another ‘Rogers’ Challenge, Bloomberg Law (Dec. 5, 2022)
MGFB Properties, Inc., v. Viacom Inc., No. 21-13458 (11th Cir.)
- Opinion (11th Cir. 2022)
- Docket & Pleadings
- Brief of Appellants (Jan. 10, 2022)
- Defendants-Appellees’ Brief (Mar. 4, 2022)
- Amici Curiae Brief of Intellectual Property Law Professors in Support of Defendants-Appellees (Mar. 11, 2022)
- Brief of Amicus Curiae Motion Picture Association, Inc. in Support of Defendants-Appellees and Affirmance (Mar. 11, 2022)
- Reply Brief of Appellants
- Megan Butler, 11th Circuit sides with ‘Floribama Shore’ creators in trademark battle, Courthouse News Service (Nov. 29, 2022)
- Rebecca Tushnet, 11th Circuit affirms Viacom’s Rogers-based win for MTV Floribama Shore, Rebecca Tushnet’s 43(B)log (Dec. 1, 2020)
- Alec Pronk, Eleventh Circuit Rules for Viacom in FLORA-BAMA Trademark Case, IPWatchdog (Dec. 3, 2022)
Danger and Intimacy on Set: Safeguards and Lawsuits
On-Set Intimacy & Sexual Harassment
- Intimacy Directors & Coordinators: About Us
- Complaint, Whiting v. Paramount Pictures Corp. (Cal. Super. Dec. 30, 2022)
- Dominic Patten, Paramount Hit With $100M Sexual Abuse Suit By Stars Of 1968‘s ’Romeo & Juliet’ Movie, Deadline (Jan. 3, 2023)
- California AB-2777 (“Sexual Abuse and Cover Up Accountability Act”)
- Jocelyn Novek, Time’s Up ceases operations, refocuses on legal defense fund for sexual harassment victims, Associated Press (Jan. 24, 2023)
- Kayla Webley Adler, What #MeToo Changed in Hollywood—and What It Didn’t, Elle (Oct. 27, 2022)
- Tatiana Siegel, Hollywood’s Harassment Investigations Dogged by Lack of Consistency, Hollywood Reporter (April 13, 2018)
- Sindhu Sundar, How #MeToo Is Changing Internal Investigations, Law360 (Jan. 28, 2018)
- Patrick S. Bryant, The Role of Outside Counsel in Corporate Investigations, Notes Bearing Interest (Jun. 9, 2014)
COVID-19 Protocols and Lawsuits
- Complaint, Faber v. ESPN Productions, Inc., No. 3:23-cv-41 (Jan. 11, 2023)
- Olafimihan Oshin, Two former employees sue ESPN over COVID vaccine mandate, The Hill (Jan. 11, 2020)
- Complaint, Woodward v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., No. 1:23-cv-10016 (D. Mass. Jan. 4, 2023)
- Family sues production companies after man dies from COVID while working on American Horror Story, CBS News Boston (Jan. 5, 2023)
- Dunbar v. Walt Disney Co., No. 2:22-cv-1075 (C.D. Cal. Nov. 3, 2022)
- Patrick Hipes, et al., Rockmond Dunbar Loses ‘Disparate Impact’ Claim In Lawsuit Against Disney For Discrimination Over Vaccine Mandate That Led To ‘9-1-1’ Exit, Deadline (Nov. 4, 2022)
- Complaint, Lyon v. Paramount Global, No. 1:22-cv-9229 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 27, 2022)
- Winston Cho, ‘Dexter: New Blood’ COVID-19 Safety Worker Sues Paramount, Hollywood Reporter (Oct. 28, 2022)
- Winston Cho, Studios Backing Away From Blanket COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates, Hollywood Reporter (Nov. 9, 2022)
- Katie Kilkenny, Hollywood’s Unions and Studios Extend COVID Protocols With Small Modifications, Hollywood Reporter (Oct. 26, 2022)
“Rust” Shooting
- Christy Piña, A Timeline of the ‘Rust’ Shooting and Investigation, Hollywood Reporter (Jan. 19, 2023)
- Svetnoy v. Rust Movie Productions LLC, No. 21STCV41392 (Cal. Super.)
- Hutchins v. Baldwin, No. D-101-CV-2022-00244 (N.M. Dist.)
- Baldwin v. Rust Movie Productions LLC, JAMS Ref. No. ______ (JAMS Arbitration)
- Mitchell v. Rust Movie Productions, LLC, No. 21STCV42301 (Cal. Super.)
- State v. Baldwin, No. D-101-CR-2023-00039 (N.M. Dist.)
- State v. Gutierrez-Reed, No. D-101-CR-2023-00040 (N.M. Dist.)
- Legal analyst ‘a bit surprised’ at Baldwin charges, Associated Press (Jan. 19, 2023)
Documentarians
Victoria Baranetsky
- Victim/Suspect, Sundance Film Festival
- Lisa Kennedy, ‘Victim/Suspect’ Review: Blood-Boiling Doc Reveals How Police Officers Turn Survivors Into Suspects, Variety (Feb. 7, 2023)
- Kate Erbland, ‘Victim/Suspect’ Review: A Sober (and Sobering) Documentary About the Other Violations That Can Follow Rape, IndieWire (Jan. 23, 2023)
Ted Braun
- USC School of Cinematic Arts Profile
- IMDb
- Matthew Carey, ‘¡Viva Maestro!’ Documentary Opening Today Explores Brilliant Conductor Gustavo Dudamel, “A Very, Very Rare Cat”, Deadline (Apr. 8, 2022)
- Stephen Holden, Darfur’s Many Horrors, and Glimmers of Hope, New York Times (Nov. 2, 2007)
Julian Rubinstein
- Website
- IMDb
- John Wenzel, In book and film, the shocking story of “The Holly” continues to rile Denver’s power structure, Denver Post (Sept. 8, 2022)
- John Wenzel, “The Holly” lawsuit dropped as film wins red carpet upgrade at Denver Film Festival, Denver Post (Oct. 21, 2022)
Adam Scorgie
- Score G Productions Website
- IMDb
- Owen Glaeiberman, ‘Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo’: Film Review, Variety (Jul. 8, 2020)
- Dhiren Mahiban, Making Coco: Grant Fuhr documentary is about more than his Hall of Fame Career, Sporting News (Mar. 21, 2019)
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