Howard Z. Robbins

Can Adults Keep the “Brew” in Brewskee-Ball?
L. Robert Batterman,Robert E. Freeman,Howard L. Ganz,Joseph M. Leccese,Jonathan H. Oram,Howard Z. Robbins,Bradley I. Ruskin, March 20, 2012
If you ever visited an arcade as a child, you probably played Skee-Ball on one of the machines that Skee Ball, Inc. (“SBI”) markets, manufactures and distributes. You may even have been lucky enough to redeem the tickets you won for a “prize” that was of questionable (at...

Does Bikram Yoga’s Founder Need to Learn to Be More Flexible?
L. Robert Batterman,Robert E. Freeman,Howard L. Ganz,Joseph M. Leccese,Jonathan H. Oram,Howard Z. Robbins,Bradley I. Ruskin, March 20, 2012
Yoga is hot these days - really hot, as in, taught in a room heated to a minimum of one hundred and five degrees, in the case of the sequence known as “Bikram Yoga,” in which its founder, Bikram Choudhury, claims proprietary rights. In September 2011, Choudhury filed suit alleging that...

International Soccer Star Regains Complete Control, with No Penalties, over His Face...er, Image Rights
L. Robert Batterman,Robert E. Freeman,Howard L. Ganz,Joseph M. Leccese,Jonathan H. Oram,Howard Z. Robbins,Bradley I. Ruskin, March 20, 2012
Your face is your fortune. That expression formerly was reserved for photogenic movie stars and models, but these days, image rights means a lot more than just a pretty face. Even tough looking, slightly balding soccer players can lay claim to image rights that are worth a litigation fight.