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Blogger rights in defamation lawsuits
This week, lead attorney of the Bradley Legal Group, P.A., John F. Bradley, Esq., successfully argued the extension of media defendant rights to the blogosphere. Some cases in Florida have dealt with this issue before, but this issue is not yet well settled and under considerable debate. Under Florida law, before a plaintiff can bring [...]
Sweetwater Minute, featuring John F. Bradley
Check out this interview between Sweetwater Music’s Editorial Director, Mitch Gallagher, and lead attorney of the Bradley Legal Group, P.A., John Bradley, as they discuss various critical aspects of music copyright law. They cover the basics of publishing and protecting your music, as well as how to properly license music and samples so you can [...]
South Florida Top Rated Lawyers 2012 – John F. Bradley, Esq.
The firm would like to congratulate partner John F. Bradley, Esq. for being named one of the top Intellectual Property Lawyers in South Florida. Click here for an excerpt of the list. Bradley Legal Group, P.A. are Intellectual Property lawyers, Entertainment lawyers and Music lawyers servicing clients in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, West Palm [...]
Marilyn Monroe losses major Rights of Publicity litigation
Last month, the estate of Marilyn Monroe lost a major court case in front of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California in regards to the late actresses’ post-mortem rights as to her name, image, and likeness. As you may be aware, Marilyn Monroe is still extremely popular in modern culture and her estate [...]
Rights of Publicity and Choice of Venue
Publicity rights of an individual can be confusing when compared to other intellectual property rights. Copyrights, trademarks, and patents are all governed by federal law, simply meaning they are national laws passed by the United States of America’s government. Wherever you are in the United States, the same law applies. However, as we all (hopefully) [...]
South Florida Entertainment Law
Lead attorney John F. Bradley, Esq. of the Bradley Legal Group P.A. was recently featured in a South Florida Business Journal article concerning local entertainment law. Click here to read the excerpt. Bradley Legal Group, P.A. are Intellectual Property lawyers, Entertainment lawyers and Music lawyers servicing clients in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, [...]
Digital Music: Sale or License?
Historically, musicians have entered into recording contracts with record labels for the sale of music and publishing agreements with publishers for the licensing of music. When recordings are sold, musicians receive a percentage of the sale, and when a song is published, i.e. placed in a movie, tv commercial, etc, a musician receives a percentage [...]
Atlanta vs. Pixar: Trademark Battle over “Brave”
Pixar has recently released a new fantasy movie named “Brave.” Disney, who owns Pixar, is attempting to register a trademark in “Brave,” but is experiencing significant difficulty. First is the baseball team the Atlanta Braves. The Atlanta Braves currently do not have a trademark on the word Brave, that being the singular use of “Braves.” [...]
Qualifying for DMCA Safe Harbor Protection
Much has been said recently about the qualifications of a website receiving “safe harbor” protection under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Receiving this protection is vital for any start up user generated content website, because the typical layout for this type of website is that a user uploads the content where the user may upload [...]
Problems with Jurisdiction of Copyright Infringement
As everyone is aware, significant challenges face copyright holders in enforcing their rights against infringers. There are not just a multitude of technological problems locating servers of those who host infringing material, there are a multitude of problems in bringing those who run the servers into Court. A copyright holder may be located in the [...]