Esq. | Breaking Legal News | Entertainment Law News | The Hollywood Reportertag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14639342010-09-29T13:06:16-07:00Blog 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.TypePadPatent lawsuit aims to clip Paris Hilton hair extensionstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2013487d37df2970c2010-09-29T13:06:16-07:002010-09-29T13:06:16-07:00By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE BUT SILLY: This might be the hairiest lawsuit ever. A company called Celebrity Signatures Int'l specializes in selling hair extensions that allow women to look like famous people. On its website, Hair U Wear, the company...hollywoodreporter'Thats Hot': Paris Hilton settles Hallmark lawsuittag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f48ec236970b2010-09-24T15:00:00-07:002010-09-24T14:59:39-07:00By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: Paris Hilton will be getting a little something in the mail from Hallmark this year. Hilton has settled a lawsuit against the company over a controversial greeting card (right) that featured a scene seemingly ripped from...hollywoodreporter9th Circuit judge analyzes Paris Hilton's cartoon body tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a5904e48970c2009-08-31T16:38:06-07:002009-08-31T16:38:06-07:00By Eriq Gardner Any case that involves Paris Hilton begs to be mocked, but Hilton's battle against greeting card maker Hallmark is shaping up as potentially important in the realm of publicity rights. Hilton sued Hallmark after the company featured...hollywoodreporterParis Hilton's 'Best Judge Forever' lets her off the hooktag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a504e65c970b2009-08-19T16:23:50-07:002009-08-19T16:23:50-07:00By Eriq Gardner A Florida judge has ruled that Paris Hilton does not have to pay $8.3 million for avoiding promotion of the box office flop "National Lampoon's Pledge This!" In the case, Judge Federico Moreno went to painstaking lengths...hollywoodreporterCourtroom artist renders Paris Hilton's BFF judgetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20115711a94cd970c2009-07-16T15:13:27-07:002009-07-16T15:13:27-07:00By Eriq Gardner We weren't the only ones amused by Paris Hilton's declaration to Judge Frederico Moreno that he was her "best judge forever." Here's the court artist's depiction of what's going on in the Hilton case: We think this...hollywoodreporterParis Hilton declares Hon. Federico Moreno 'my best judge forever'tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2011571fda08b970b2009-07-13T12:49:20-07:002009-07-14T11:49:19-07:00By Eriq Gardner Trial is under way in a case that asks us to believe that Paris Hilton is not good at self-promotion. She's being sued for more than $8 million* because she allegedly failed to provide "reasonable promotion and...hollywoodreporterForgettable Paris Hilton Film Subject Of Copyright Fighttag:typepad.com,2003:post-587361902008-11-19T20:05:17-08:002008-11-19T20:05:17-08:00By Eriq Gardner The distributors of the 2006 stinker "Bottoms Up," starring Paris Hilton, are being sued in U.S. District Court in California for allegedly infringing the copyright on the film by distributing DVDs and showing it on cable television....hollywoodreporterLA Police Chief Better Watch His Step In Hollywoodtag:typepad.com,2003:post-536231202008-08-05T01:36:49-07:002008-08-05T01:36:49-07:00By Eriq Gardner Note to celebrities living in Los Angeles: Your police commissioner doesn't like you very much. That may seem like a strong statement, but it's the only conclusion we can reach after reading this quote from LA Police...hollywoodreporterThat's Hot: Greeting Card Case May Put Paris Hilton's Name on Legal Precedenttag:typepad.com,2003:post-443604362008-01-18T18:10:43-08:002008-01-18T18:10:43-08:00Posted by Matthew Heller Could this be the end of the legal world as we know it? A case involving Paris Hilton is now before the 9th Circuit and may generate a decision with significant precedent value in the world...hollywoodreporterParis Hilton 'That's Hot' Case Is Heating Uptag:typepad.com,2003:post-428515242007-12-14T15:54:13-08:002007-12-14T15:54:13-08:00Posted by Matthew Heller A federal judge in Los Angeles may be forced to watch an episode of the reality show "The Simple Life" before he decides whether a Paris Hilton greeting card is entitled to the free-speech protections of...hollywoodreporter