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Cold Open: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Authorship in Film and Television Writing

IP Watchdog

Last week, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) reached a tentative three-year deal to resolve a writer’s strike following a labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The deal was reached on September 27, 2023, after a 148-day strike, which was the second-longest in the union’s history.

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Seven LGBTQ+ Changemakers in Film and Television

Copyright Alliance

The post Seven LGBTQ+ Changemakers in Film and Television appeared first on Copyright Alliance. According to Glaad, in 2022, almost 12% of regular characters on broadcast TV programs and series are members of the LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, and more) community, a […].

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The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 122: Monica Song on Banning Russia Today From the Canadian Television System

Michael Geist

Responses have included demands that Russia Today, a television network backed by the Russian government, be removed from cable and satellite systems. Working with a strict two week deadline, last week the CRTC ruled that RT and RT France can no longer be distributed by Canadian television service providers.

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TTAB Finds "VIVA MAUDE" for Television Comedy Production Services Confusable with "MAUDE" for a Continuing Comedy Television Series

The TTABlog

" Maude " was a television sitcom that ran in the 1970s, starring Bea Arthur. Here, the Board upheld a refusal to register the mark VIVA MAUDE for, inter alia , production of television programs featuring comedy, in view of the registered mark MAUDE for "entertainment services, namely, a continuing comedy television series."

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The Briefing – What’s in a Name: Clearing Titles for Film and Television

The IP Law Blog

The Briefing from the IP Law Blog – What’s in a Name: Clearing Titles for Film and Television. In this week’s episode, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the complex process of clearing titles for Film and Television. They discuss recent high-stakes litigation around entertainment titles, including Stouffer v.

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Trademark lessons from The Bear

Erik K Pelton

What can the stories of Carmy and the crew in the hit television show THE BEAR teach us about trademarks? What can the stories of Carmy and the crew in the hit television show THE BEAR teach us about trademarks? More than you think, as Erik explains in this video. More than you think, as Erik explains in this video.

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Implementing Canada’s Online Streaming Act: The CRTC is Fast Out of the Gate

Hugh Stephens Blog

Just days after Canada’s controversial Online Streaming Act (aka Bill C-11) finally cleared Parliament and was proclaimed law, the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunication Commission), the regulatory body empowered to implement the widespread changes to the Broadcasting Act encompassed by C-11, seized the initiative.