By GioLaw | Published February 26, 2014 | Posted in Blawgs | Tagged Tags: #art, #artistattorney, #artistshaverights, #artistslaw, #artistsrights, #blawg, #Cariou v. Prince, #entertainmentlaw, #fairuse, #intellectual Property, #IP |
In the realm of intellectual property lies the fair use exception. Recently, a group of photographers and artists, including The National Press Photographers Association, Professional Photographers of America and the Picture Archive Council of America, aligned themselves in order to file an amicus curiae brief in the remanded case of Cariou v. Prince, Docket Read More
Read MoreHas an attorney or ANYONE who is an agent for that attorney (paid by the attorney) contacted you within 30 days after you’ve had an accident, asking you if you need a lawyer? If so, you are being approached unethically and the attorney is in violation of the rules that govern their conduct. If this occurs, Read More
Read MoreIn what could be the best example of Mayor Bloomberg’s detachment from reality, his profound insensitivity, lack of objectivity and unapologetic plutocratic elitism, the Mayor has indicted Candidate Bill DeBlasio for the crimes of ‘reverse’ racism and class warfare. https://nypost.com/2013/09/07/de-blasio-is-running-a-racist-campaign-bloomberg/ Apparently, excessive sniffing of his stacks of billions has rendered the Mayoral brain, moral Read More
Read MoreGiordano Law Offices protected the First Amendment rights of This Man [click link for article and video] and won a monetary settlement from the City of New York.
Read MoreCrucial evidence will be in dispute in the trial of George Zimmerman for the shooting homicide of Trayvon Martin, but there are a few key facts that are indisputable. Trayvon Martin was unarmed at the time he was shot, no knife, no gun, no drugs, no contraband, nothing. George Zimmerman, a thirty year Read More
Read MoreThe federal court for the Southern District of New York (Manhattan, Bronx, Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess and Sullivan Counties), issued a notice in April 2o13 inviting comments on the “1983 Plan,” the civil rights case plan. One of the main goals of the Plan was to streamline civil rights litigation given the high number Read More
Read MoreThe United States Patent & Trademark Office, responsible for reviewing, approving or disapproving trademark and patent applications recently rendered an opinion denying a request for a trademark, which may not qualify as one of its better decisions. At issue was the application of a granola crunching Vermont artist’s application to obtain a trademark for the Read More
Read MoreRespect to the people of Boston. Their strength, courage and goodwill are exemplary and typically American. We know the marathon bombers will be apprehended expeditiously and brought to justice. The deaths and the suffering will not be in vain, but will further strengthen the resolve of Americans to protect what makes this country so great, Read More
Read MoreMany Americans complain about the number of undocumented workers that are living and working in the United States. People are upset about the encroachment on our boarders, the “drain” on our economy and the various negative effects illegal aliens supposedly have when “infiltrating” the United States. Here in the office, we see a different side. Read More
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