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...hollywoodreporterLarry King bagel company sued over 'patented water'tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133f467203d970b2010-09-20T13:24:12-07:002010-09-20T13:16:56-07:00By Eriq Gardner A new lawsuit answers three great questions: What is TV and radio personality Larry King up to now that he's bowing to Piers Morgan as host of a nightly CNN talk show? Why can't we get a...hollywoodreporterHulu wins patent infringement casetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e201348655dc1b970c2010-08-20T11:36:20-07:002010-08-20T11:24:56-07:00By Eriq Gardner Hulu might not be the favorite website of TV creators like Steve Levitan ("Modern Family"), but the studio-owned video platform has a fan in federal court. Hulu has survived a patent infringement lawsuit brought by a company...hollywoodreporterDid Warner Bros. pirate antipiracy technology?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133ee274864970b2010-05-21T13:52:26-07:002010-05-21T13:48:40-07:00By Eriq Gardner Warner Bros. has been sued for stealing an antipiracy technology patent. The claim comes from a German company called Medien Patent Verwaltung. According to new infringement lawsuits filed against Warners, Technicolor and Deluxe in New York and...hollywoodreporterESPN's popular 'GameCast' sued for patent infringementtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20133ec91ee27970b2010-04-09T11:29:36-07:002010-04-09T11:29:36-07:00By Eriq Gardner EXCLUSIVE: Major sports broadcasters shell out a lot of money to show live action. But even if a broadcaster like ESPN doesn't lock up rights to a game, it can still give fans a taste of the...hollywoodreporterTiVo destroys Dish in latest patent rulingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e201310f64ba32970c2010-03-04T18:37:44-08:002010-03-04T18:37:44-08:00By Paul Bond A federal appeals court has handed TiVo another victory in its long-running patent feud with Dish, one that was so significant that it propelled its stock 62% higher on Thursday. The latest decision in the 6-year-old case...hollywoodreporterLawsuit challenges 'Guitar Hero' ads claiming patenttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a8b6eab4970b2010-02-19T11:29:55-08:002010-02-19T11:29:55-08:00By Eriq Gardner During Viacom's Q4 earnings call last week, CEO Philippe Dauman raised eyebrows by hinting that the company would seek to decrease licensing money paid to record labels and music publishers for songs used in its successful "Rock...hollywoodreporterCan a science-fiction movie infringe a tech patent? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a6fd5813970b2009-12-02T10:10:03-08:002009-12-02T10:10:26-08:00By Eriq Gardner Imagine if NASA sued Stanley Kubrick for "2001: A Space Odyssey" claiming dominion over space travel. Or, better yet, fancy the patent-holding inventor of virtual environments going to court to claim James Cameron's "Avatar" is a rip-off....hollywoodreporterPatent lawsuit claims Britney Spears is too big tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e2012875996e39970c2009-11-13T12:34:23-08:002009-11-13T13:07:33-08:00By Eriq Gardner Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, The Pussycat Dolls and the Los Angeles Lakers are such big stars that a company has come to cut down their larger-than-life images. Texas-based Large Audience Display Systems has filed a patent infringement...hollywoodreporterAd agency claims it invented TV product integrationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d69069e20120a6289509970b2009-10-28T10:15:27-07:002009-10-28T10:15:27-07:00By Eriq Gardner No advertising agency would have the brass to claim to have invented the concept of integrating a product into a television show, right? Guess again. Delaware-based ad agency Denizen is suing media agency Mindshare for stealing an...hollywoodreporter