Entertainment
Law Reporter
www.EntertainmentLawReporter.com
September 2006 Volume 28 Number 4
Educational
Programs Calendar:
The
Kids Are Alright-Or Are They? Regulation of Videogame Content,
September 21, Le Meridien at Beverly Hills, 465 S.
La Cienega, Los Angeles. Sponsored by the Intellectual Property &
Entertainment Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the
speakers Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., James W. Colbert, III, Tristan
Higgins-Goodell, and Louise Nemschoff will discuss new attempts to regulate the
content of Videogames. For additional information, call (213) 896-6560 or
register online at http://calendar.lacba.org.
Sports
Law Leadership Summit, September
27-28, Westin New York at Times Square, New York. Sponsored by the American
Conference Institute, the program provides insights on Keeping Athletes on the
Playing Field and Out of Trouble; Protecting Players; Protecting Fans;
Management Sponsorship Agreements; Player Endorsement Contracts-Maximizing
Exposure & Revenue, While Minimizing Risk; Negotiating Sports-Related Brand
Integration Deals in a New Media Environment; Protecting Intellectual Property
Rights for Athletes, Leagues, and Brands; Covering All the Bases When
Negotiating Broadcast Rights; Collective Bargaining Roundtable Discussion;
Combining Ethics With High-Profit Yields When Representing Athletes as an
Attorney, Agent, or Both; Understanding the Antitrust Implications of Sports
Leagues; Financing Sports Franchises & Related Transactions-Adapting to a
Playing Field That is Always Changing; and Understanding the Dynamics of
Collegiate Sports-Preparing for the Big Leagues. Additionally there will be a
Master Class taught by Lisa Rovinsky of Manatt Phelps & Phillips in NYC and
George K.H. Schell, senior managing counsel of the Coca Cola Company on Drafting
& Negotiating Complex Endorsement and Sponsorship Agreements. For additional
information, contact the American Conference Institute, 41 West 25th
Street, New York, NY 10010, call 888-224-2480, or e-mail customercare@AmericanConference.com
Film
& Television Law: Entertainment in the Digital Age,
September 28-29, Loews Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles. CLE International
offers this Third Annual Conference with presentations on Trademarks: Parody,
Humor and Other Trademark Issues; Financing Feature Films; Hot Entertainment
Industry Guild and Employment Issues; Recent Developments in Contract
Litigation; Copyright and Infringement Claims; Google Library and Other Search
Engines; Intellectual Protection Piracy; Motion Picture Development and
Production; Ethics; Privacy on the Internet; Protecting Intellectual Property in
the Digital Age; The Right of Publicity and Licensing Issues. For additional
information, contact CLE International, 1620 Gaylord Street, Denver, Colorado
80206, call 800-873-7130 or e-mail registrar@cle.com.
2006
Annual Meeting of the Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries,
October 12-14, Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel and Spa, Los Angeles. The Forum
Meeting opens on Friday with a Young Lawyer/Law Student Orientation followed by
Substance Abuse Prevention…What to Do When a Colleague or Family Member is in
Trouble?; New Technology-Entertainment Megatrends In and Around the Digital
Home; Entertainment Law Litigation Review; Professional Sports Franchise General
Counsel Forum; Webisodes and Ringtones and Downloads Oh My: The New World of
Merchandise and Licensing; the Presentation of Ed Rubin Award to Joel A. Katz of
Greenberg Traurig; Music Licensing in the 21st Century; Profit
Wars-Cutting Edge Deals in Film and Television; Las Vegas-Part II; Current Legal
Issues in Amateur and Olympic Sport; Clearing Rights to Music in a Digital
World: Legislative Solutions or Industry Agreements; Squeezing the
Lemon-Traditional Film and Television-Untraditional Delivery Platforms; In the
Museum Boardroom: A Roundtable on New Non-Profit Laws and Prescriptions for
Transparency; and Emergency Trends in Sport Sponsorship & Athlete
Endorsement Alliances. Friday
evening discounted tickets are available for the American Cinematheque Moving
Picture Ball honoring George Clooney. Saturday panels will examine Entertainment
Law Ethics: Codes, Cases and Conscience; The Digitization of Sports: a Legal and
Business Affairs Perspective; Negotiating and Structuring Music Copyright
Acquisition and Sale Agreements: The Deal from Start to Finish; The Search for
El Dorado: The Endless Search for Feature Film Financing; and Money: Where to
Find It, How to Get It and What to Do with It Now That You’ve Got It. For
additional information, register online at www.abanet.org/forums/entsports
or call Teresa Ucok at 312-988-5658 or e-mail her at tucok@staff.abanet.org.
Legal
and Business Issues in the Video Game Industry,
Saturday, October 21,
Legal
Solutions to New Advertising Challenges: In the Palm of Your Hand,
December 5-6, Marriott East Side, New York, NY. This American Conference
Institute’s 18th National Advanced Corporate Counsel Forum begins
with a pre-conference workshop on December 4th entitled Walk a Mile
in the Regulators’ Shoes-A Holiday Advertising Treasure Hunt. The conference
begins with the panel Where the Regulators Stand-Increased Responsibility
Requirements for Advertising & Marketing; followed by Trend or
Transformation? Media Power in the Hands of Consumers; Advertising Past, Present
& Future-How Prepared Are We for the Next Wave?; Puffery or a Claim? Making
the Fine Line Distinction; Advertising & Marketing on a Global Scale-Getting
It Right the First Time; Prepare to Be Ambushed-A Real-Time Look at What Happens
When Your Sponsorship Plan is Compromised; Back to Basics-A Common Sense
Approach to Working with Talent Unions and Complying with Union Agreements;
Maximizing the Attorney/Client Relationship on Advertising and Promotions
Matters; Beyond the Lanham Act-A Practical Guide to a Lawyer’s Role in
Developing Marketing Campaigns; Gaining Valuable Lessons From Advertising
Litigation and Complying With the 50 States, including California! Following the
program on Thursday, there will be a half-day session on Using Consumer Surveys
and Clinical Studies for Substantiation Purposes by Nancy Dowling of the Dannon
Company and Andrew Lustigman of The Lustigman Firm. For additional information,
call the American Conference Institute at 888-224-2480, e-mail customercare@AmericanConference.com or check online at
AmericanConference.com/adlaw.
Copyright-From
Traditional Concepts to the Digital Age,
December 7-8, The Argent Hotel, San Francisco.
LexisNexis in conjunction with Mealey’s Litigation Report: Copyright,
Nimmer on Copyright by LexisNexis Matthew Bender and the Berkeley Center for Law
& Technology, present this second annual seminar with David Nimmer of Irell
& Manella and author of Nimmer on Copyright, Lon Sobel, Professor of Law at
Southwestern University School of Law and the editor of the Entertainment Law
Reporter and Peter Menell, Professor of Law and Director of the Berkeley Center
for Law & Technology, University of California at Berkeley School of Law
(Boalt Hall.) The first day is
entitled From Basics to the Digital Age, delving into Copyright Protection;
Infringement and Defense; and Digital Copyright. The Friday session takes a look
at Copyrights in Commerce with Copyright Companions and Preemption; Licensing;
and Copyright Assets. In addition there is an Optional skills-based course
presented by the National Institute of Trail Advocacy on Copyright Enforcement:
Arguing the Preliminary Injunction chaired by Doris Cheng of Walkup, Melodia,
Kelly, Wecht & Schoenberger of San Francisco. For additional information,
call 1-800-MEALEYS or (610) 768-7800; e-mail mealeyseminars@lexisnexis.com
or online at www.mealeys.com/conferences.