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| Practice Areas | Intellectual Property; First Amendment; Employment; Commercial Litigation | | | Education | Loyola University, J.D., 1976; New York University, LL.M., Trade Regulation, 1977, University of California at Los Angeles, B.A., History, magna cum laude, 1973 | | | Admitted | 1977, California; 1978, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1980, District of Columbia, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Central, Southern and Northern Districts of California; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois | |
| Memberships | State Bar of California. | | | Born | Los Angeles, California, September 30, 1951 | | | Biography | Phi Beta Kappa. | | | Reported Cases | Mile Marker, Inc. v. Petersen Publishing Company, 811 So.2d 841 (Fla.App.4th Dist. 2002) (defamation); Petersen Publishing Company, Inc. v. Blue Gravity, Inc. (injunction involving Trademark/Cybersquatting issues) (D.N.J.)(E-Commerce Law Weekly, Vol. 2 No. 2, pg. 36, January 11, 2000); International Film Exchange v. Corinth Films, Inc., 621 F.Supp. 631 (S.D.N.Y. 1985) (copyright issues involving classic film "The Bicycle Thief."); Maitland v. Columbia Picture Industries, Inc., 91 A.D.2d 879 (1st Dept. 1982) (affirming dismissal after trial of idea theft claim over T.V. series "Fantasy Island"); Elsmere Music, Inc. v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc., 482 F.Supp. 741 (S.D.N.Y. 1980), aff'd, 623 F.2d 252 (2d Cir. 1980) (copyright issue involving Saturday Night Live parody.); Hoehling v. Universal City Studios, Inc. 76 CV. 4269, aff'd, 618 F.2d 972 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 840 (1980) (copyright issue involving motion picture "The Hindenburg"). | | | ISLN | 909727183 | |
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Ninth Circuit Lets Right of Publicity/Parody Case Go to the Trier of FactR. David Jacobs, September 25, 2009 Celebrity Paris Hilton, whom the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has styled as "famous for being famous," sued Hallmark Cards for what Hallmark contended was social commentary on Paris' television show "The Simple Life." The cover of the greeting card at issue in the...
California Supreme Court: Limited Office Surveillance Is Not an Invasion of PrivacyR. David Jacobs, August 14, 2009 On August 3, 2009, in a long-awaited decision, the California Supreme Court, in Hernandez v. Hillsides, Inc., C.D.O.S. 9763, reversed a ruling of the California Court of Appeal and held that an employer's limited video surveillance of an employee office when the employees were not present did not...
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