Esq. | Breaking Legal News | Entertainment Law News | The Hollywood Reportertag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14639342010-03-17T14:32:45-07:00Blog focusing on breaking legal news in entertainment and media. THR Esq. offers analysis on how industries in Hollywood are impacted and influenced by the law. Published by The Hollywood Reporter.TypePadWhy Hollywood should be afraid of the iPad (video)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e201310fb02e50970c2010-03-17T14:32:45-07:002010-03-17T14:32:46-07:00By Eriq Gardner The technorati may be drooling over the iPad, but you'll forgive the Hollywood elite if they don't line up at the Apple Store to get their hands on this brawny new tablet computer. In fact, the introduction...hollywoodreporterJury finds libel in fictional charactertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2012875bd6025970c2009-11-20T13:25:56-08:002009-11-20T13:25:56-08:00By Eriq Gardner Last year, we wrote about attorney Ravi Batra, who convinced the New York Supreme Court not to dismiss a "libel-in-fiction" defamation claim against the TV show "Law & Order" over a corrupt fictional character. Now comes word...hollywoodreporterMan fingered in Roger Clemens steroids book sues for defamationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a541e019970c2009-08-12T11:55:25-07:002009-08-12T11:55:25-07:00By Eriq Gardner A former Houston gym owner has filed a defamation lawsuit against Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group over the release of "American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America's Pastime." In the complaint...hollywoodreporterWhy a 'Twilight' plagiarism lawsuit won't suck much bloodtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a51d8b4a970c2009-08-04T11:41:05-07:002009-08-04T11:44:55-07:00By Eriq Gardner Vampires are obviously parasites. But what about authors of vampire novels? That's our philosophical thought of the day after reading this cease-and-desist letter sent to Hachette Book Group's general counsel (and TMZ) by an attorney representing Jordan...hollywoodreporterKindle class action claims 'future of book banning' has arrivedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a51d7674970c2009-08-04T11:02:50-07:002009-08-04T11:02:50-07:00By Eriq Gardner Amazon ate a high school student's homework. That's according to a new class action lawsuit filed in Washington District Court. The company remotely deleted traces of books by George Orwell, Ayn Rand, and J.K. Rowling from its...hollywoodreporterDiscovery: Not your usual patent trolltag:typepad.com,2003:post-642803872009-03-17T17:45:32-07:002009-03-17T17:45:32-07:00By Eriq Gardner We weren't surprised to see the press release announcing that Amazon has been served with a patent lawsuit over its popular e-book Kindle device. Anyone who followed the saga over the Blackberry, including a major lawsuit that...hollywoodreporterLitigious 'Star Trek' writer: 'It ain't about the principle, friend, it's about the MONEY! Pay me!'tag:typepad.com,2003:post-642251652009-03-16T15:21:03-07:002009-03-16T15:21:04-07:00By Eriq Gardner Famed science fiction author Harlan Ellison is living up to a book jacket that once described him as "possibly the most contentious person on Earth." Ellison has filed a lawsuit against CBS, Paramount, and the Writers Guild...hollywoodreporter