On our Broadcast Law Blog this past week, we looked at the trademark issues that can arise from uses of the well-known words and phrases associated with the NCAA basketball tournaments in advertising, promotions, and other media coverage (see here and here). Continue Reading…
On our Broadcast Law Blog this past week, we looked at the trademark issues that can arise from uses of the well-known words and phrases associated with the NCAA basketball tournaments in advertising, promotions, and other media coverage (see here and here). Continue Reading…
Yesterday, I wrote about the history of the NCAA’s assembling of the rights to an array of trademarks associated with this month’s college basketball tournaments. Today, I will provide some examples of the activities that can bring unwanted NCAA attention to your promotions or advertising, as well as an increasingly important development that should be... Continue Reading…
Each year, as the NCAA basketball tournaments get underway, my colleague Mitch Stabbe highlights the trademark issues that can arise from uses of the well-known words and phrases associated with the games in advertising, promotions, and other media coverage. Here is Part I of his review. Look for Part II tomorrow. The last few years... Continue Reading…
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Continue Reading…
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. On our Broadcast Law Blog, summarized upcoming February regulatory dates for broadcasters. We reminded commercial radio stations of the April... Continue Reading…
Mitchell Stabbe, our resident trademark law specialist, today takes his annual look at the legal issues in Super Bowl advertising and promotions (see some of his past articles here, here, and here). Take it away, Mitch: As a life-long fan of the Baltimore Ravens (the life of the Ravens, not my life), my interest... Continue Reading…
President Biden’s signing of the Continuing Resolution last week (see our discussion here) has kept the federal government open, with the FCC and FTC having money to stay open through March 8. So the FCC will be open and thus there are February regulatory dates to which broadcasters should be paying attention. February 1 is... Continue Reading…
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Our Broadcast Law Blog, we looked at the Copyright Royalty Board’s announcement of the start of a new proceeding to... Continue Reading…