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News outlets are reporting that actress Evan Rachel Wood is being sued for $30,000,000 by 10 Things, LLC (“10 Things”), the producers of 10 Things I Hate About Life, a sequel to the movie 10 Things I Hate About You. Specifically, the Complaint alleges Wood agreed to film for seven weeks but refused to continue…

Struggling artists are not always in the best position to protect their rights. It is not uncommon for art galleries or art dealers to use their leverage to delay or deny payment, deny liability for damage, or in extreme cases, even flee with the artwork. To prevent potential exploitation of an artist by a gallery…

There’s been lots of buzz about the “Dumb Starbucks” that opened in Los Feliz, California this week, and customers have been lining up for hours to get in. The menu is similar to ordinary Starbucks stores, though favorites like lattes and frappuccinos have been renamed to include the word “dumb” (and, unlike at your neighborhood…

Copyright infringers have been given free range to steal without repercussion. On January 17, 2014, a judge in the Western District of Washington dismissed copyright infringement claims against 152 different Defendants, ruling that simply claiming certain IP addresses were used to illegally obtain or share copyrighted material is not enough evidence to bring a lawsuit…

Font and Typeface Basics: A typeface is a set of letters, numbers, and punctuation marks whose forms are related by repeating certain design elements that are consistently applied. Put more simply, typeface refers to the way a set of letters or numbers appears, whether on a page or a computer monitor. Something like “Times New…