December 18, 2013
‘Walking Dead’ creator sues AMC over in-house sweetheart deal
KHIKS founding partner Dale Kinsella was quoted in several entertainment publications about The Walking Dead creator Frank Darabont’s lawsuit against cable TV channel AMC for creative bookkeeping designed to shut out Darabont and other profit ......
December 10, 2013
Does this restraining order violate free speech rights?
KHIKS attorney Aaron Liskin was quoted by the E-Commerce Times in Erika Morphy’s piece “Snapchat Wants to Make Ousted Cofounder Shut Up.” The cofounder in question is Reggie Brown, who is suing his own former ......
December 10, 2013
Actors still getting short end of stick on home video profits
KHIKS partner Chad Fitzgerald was quoted in Variety in Ted Johnson’s article on the lopsided division of profits between studios and talent. Traditionally, the studios have divided up home video profits from a universe of ......
November 5, 2013
If You Want to Use Someone Else’s Music, Get a License
KHIKS Partner Larry Iser's guest column "If You Want to Use Someone Else’s Music, Get a License" was recently published by VideoInk. ...
October 14, 2013
Broadcasters claim signal theft by digital streaming service
KHIKS partner Jonathan Steinsapir was quoted by Variety in Ted Johnson’s piece on an appeal to the Supreme Court by a group of broadcasters who say that Aereo, a digital streaming service, is stealing their ......
October 9, 2013
Larry Iser Quoted in Financial Times
Hollywood movie studios and music labels are taking the fight against illegal content sharing to five-year-olds by sponsoring a new anti-piracy curriculum, which will be trialled in California schools....
September 25, 2013
Proposed bill targeting patent ‘trolls’ may harm legitimate litigants
KHIKS partner Jonathan Steinsapir was quoted by Law360 in Ryan Davis’ piece (subscription required) about a draft House bill aimed at reducing patent infringement claims by so-called “patent trolls” or “nonpracticing” patent enforcement entities....
August 17, 2013
‘Blurred Lines’ creators file preemptive copyright lawsuit
KHIKS founding/managing partner Larry Iser was quoted by the Los Angeles Times in Ryan Faughnder’s article about the highly publicized lawsuit filed by Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams over their hit song “Blurred Lines.” Concerned ......
August 6, 2013
Baseball sidesteps potential legal precedent in A-Rod accusation
KHIKS attorney Aaron Liskin was quoted by Law360.com in Pete Brush's article on some of the effects, legal and otherwise, of Major League Baseball's 211-game suspension of Yankee star Alex Rodriguez for his alleged use of illegal performance-enhancing substances....
June 24, 2013
Supreme Court says no to DNA patents on ‘nature’
KHIKS partner Jonathan Steinsapir was quoted by Bloomberg’s Bureau of National Affairs in Tony Dutra’s piece about the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision that invalidates several thousand patents dealing with the isolation of DNA. The ......
June 19, 2013
North of $100K: DJ’s cashing in on electronic dance music mania
KHIKS partner Greg Korn was quoted by the Daily Journal in Ryne Hodkowski’s piece (“Electronic dance music opens new legal realm”) on the zooming popularity of electronic dance music and the resulting demand for legal ......
June 4, 2013
Turning the tables: Parody filmmaker sues producers of ‘real’ version
KHIKS partner Jonathan Steinsapir was quoted by the Los Angeles Times in Ryan Faughnder’s article on the lawsuit filed by the parody filmmaker Between the Lines Productions against the producers of Twilight, the first offering ......