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By now you’ve heard that Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams have lost their legal battle against the Marvin Gaye estate. A jury found in mid-March that Thicke and Pharrell’s “Blurred Lines,” the biggest-selling song of 2013, infringed on Gaye’s “Got...

In the U.S., lawsuits can be described using two types of categories: criminal or civil. These two types of cases operate under completely separate laws and have vastly different legal processes. At this time, we will focus on civil cases...

The entertainment industry is a highly contractual business surrounded by lots of legal terms and conditions. While entertainers are working on their craft, it is integral that he or she have proper legal representation, not only at the onset of...

So you created a wonderful new piece of intellectual property such as: Music Literature A Movie or Play Choreography A Photograph Sculptures A Website Or any other unique work or design Now what do you do? How do you protect yourself...

Intellectual property can also be defined as intangible assets. Usually, intellectual property will fall into one of these categories: music, art, inventions, symbols, logos, designs, brands, or trade secrets. In order to protect intellectual property, you will want to register...

Large Corporations, small businesses, and individuals are all concerned with their online reputation, and rightfully so! Reputation management and public image are just two of the countless aspects of our lives that that have been impacted by the internet. The...

We are proud at announce that Lorri Lomnitzer has recently been selected as a 2014 Super Lawyer by Thomson Reuters. Super Lawyers is a respected rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement....

In an unprecedented move, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has cancelled the trademark registration of the Washington Redskins. The team name has long been disputed as being disparaging to Native Americans, and now five Native Americans have convinced...

Civil litigation is the process in which non-criminal matters are resolved in a court of law. Civil matters can be described as situations dealing with relationships between people, such as a marriage, or contracts, such as tenant/landlord disputes, or businesses,...

2013 Broward County Bar Association Bench and Bar Convention For the 2013 Broward County Bar Association Bench and Bar Convention, Ms. Lorri Lomnitzer, has been chosen to speak in the second session for the intellectual property/copyrights panel on October 18,...