Category | Legal Research

Crash Course on Trademark License Agreements

Posted on 15 August 2008

Properly thought out and managed trademark license arrangements can be win-win opportunities for all parties, including the public. The document that goes a long way toward realizing this opportunity is the trademark license agreement. This agreement is a written contract in which the holder of a trademark (licensor) grants the revocable right to [...]

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Police Sold my Stolen Stuff?

Posted on 12 August 2008

Is it just me or does something seem really wrong with this? Stolen goods recovered by police are being auctioned off by the officers at a site called Propertyroom.com. Supposedly, when items are found and no one claims these items, they become merchandise on a Website. However, I have questions… First, are there any [...]

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Keys to Drafting Internet Advertising Agreements

Posted on 05 August 2008

Ever since the Internet came of age in the mid 1990s, advertising deals have become extremely common. As we all know, companies advertise on the Internet through the usage of banners and through search engines such as Yahoo and Google in an effort to drive users to their websites. This article will analyze [...]

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Facebook & MySpace: A Prosecutor’s Friend, a Defendant’s Worst Nightmare

Posted on 23 July 2008

It’s the newest thing…lawyers are turning to social networking sites for incriminating evidence against their “opponent” and it is working. Although sites such as Facebook and MySpace seem innocent enough, if you have a head on collision with the law and are due in court, stay clear of them. What seems like fun and games [...]

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FTC vs GTA

Posted on 27 June 2008

052 3158
UNITED STATES OF AMERICAFEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
COMMISSIONERS:
Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman Pamela Jones Harbour Jon Leibowitz William E. Kovacic J. Thomas Rosch
In the Matter of
TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., Docket No. C-4162 and ROCKSTAR GAMES, INC., corporations.
COMPLAINT
The Federal Trade Commission, having reason to believe that Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. and Rockstar Games, Inc., corporations (”respondents”), have violated [...]

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GTA - Class Action Settlement Agreement

Posted on 27 June 2008

22582578
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

In re Grand Theft Auto Video Game
Consumer Litigation
No 1:06-md-1739 (SWK) (mhd)

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
This Settlement Agreement is made by and among individual and representative
Plaintiffs Brenda Stanhouse, Rose Goldfine, Robert Samario, Susan Carlson, Florence
Cohen, Cindy Casey and John Robinson (“Plaintiffs”), on behalf of themselves and, on the
terms set [...]

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Florida vs Bully - More Trouble for Rockstar Games

Posted on 27 June 2008

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
JOHN B. THOMPSON ON BEHALF
OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
Petitioner,
v.
WAL-MART STORES, INC.,
TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE
SOFTWARE, INC.,
Respondents.
VERIFIED PETITION TO TAKE DEPOSITION BEFORE ACTION
COMES NOW petitioner, an attorney, on his own behalf and on behalf of the
State of Florida as authorized by Florida Statute 60.05, and files [...]

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Florida Law: Public Nuisances

Posted on 27 June 2008

Title XLVI CRIMES
Chapter 823 PUBLIC NUISANCES
823.01 Nuisances; penalty.–All nuisances that tend to annoy the community, injure the health of the citizens in general, or corrupt the public morals are misdemeanors of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.083, except that a violation of s. 823.10 is a felony [...]

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Florida vs GTA: Wrongful Death Act

Posted on 24 June 2008

Disclaimer: This is part of the 2006 version of Florida Statutes and it is offered for general information purposes. The statutes on this site should not be relied on without reviewing your legal situation with an experienced medical malpractice lawyer and making sure you are using the appropriate version of the statute for [...]

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The United States Bill of Rights

Posted on 23 June 2008

The Preamble to The Bill of Rights
Congress of the United States
begun and held at the City of New-York, on
Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.
THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or [...]

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