Communications Law
Kelvin Kim
Video game copycats – where is the line drawn?
Hi IP friends, in an attempt to wind down from the IP exam, I made myself a nice latte with some latte art and fired up my favorite game, ‘League of Legends’ but what do I see? IP issues again! On December 18th, a decision was made in California federal court for a Singapore-based video […]
Can you trademark ‘Taco Tuesday’?
Happy Taco Tuesday! While munching on some delicious tacos for dinner tonight, I ran across an interesting endeavor by Taco Bell to liberate the phrase ‘Taco Tuesday’ for restaurants nationwide. Recently, Taco Bell successfully resolved its dispute with a New Jersey based restaurant, Gregory’s Restaurant & Bar to abandon its trademark covering the phrase in […]
Was ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ ripped off?
It’s November, which means that it’s time to take off your Halloween decorations and replace it with Christmas decorations and blast Christmas songs until the best day of the year! It also means that Mariah Carey will once again make millions as people around the world plays her 1994 hit song ‘All I Want for […]
Netflix vs Game Company – Rebel Moon
If you are like me and enjoy Sci-fi movies and games or messy contract disputes, this article will be an interesting one! Recently, California-based game company Evil Genius Games (“EG”) sued Netflix for breach of contract over the streaming giant’s forthcoming new science fiction series “Rebel Moon”. The contract between Netflix and EG agreed on […]