In response to a surge of reader interest in his prognostications, Kevin Goldberg has agreed to give us a look-see into Kevin’s Krystal Ball for a prediction of how the Supreme Court may vote if the Second Circuit’s recent indecency decision in Fox goes back up.… Continue Reading
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‘Leased’ Access or ‘Least’ Access? FCC Chucks 2008 Order and Asks What It Should Do Next
Requirements that cable television systems make a certain amount of channel capacity available for leasing to non-affiliated programmers have been in place since the time when George Orwell predicted that “Big Brother” would control the world – 1984. The leasing rules have never brought about an active leasing marketplace. The FCC is now taking another … Continue Reading
Slants Supreme Court Case Slays Ban on Registration of Disparaging Trademarks
I am officially a big fan of The Slants. I’ve never seen them in concert. I don’t own any of their albums (I’ve never even downloaded any of their individual songs). I’m actually still not entirely sure what “Chinatown Dance Rock” really is. But I will forever be indebted to Simon Shiao Tam and crew. … Continue Reading
Redskins “Offensive” Line May be Tested by Supreme Court
By agreeing to hear “The Slants” case, Court may decide whether USPTO can cancel “Redskins” trademark registrations. [Blogmeister’s Note: To say our blogger, Kevin “The Swami” Goldberg, is opinionated is something of an understatement. One particular bug up his butt: the NFL team which is titularly Washington, D.C.’s, even though it practices in Virginia and … Continue Reading
Federal Circuit, “Slant”(ing) Toward “Redskins”?
Appeals court tosses “disparagement” bar against registration of “offensive” trademarks Last May, our colleague Kevin “the Swami” Goldberg called readers’ attention to an interesting case wending its way through the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. It involves the rejection, by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), of an application for federal … Continue Reading
Meet the New CommLawBlog, NOT the Same as the Old CommLawBlog
Introducing some changes AND a new CommLawBlog contest! As longtime readers have doubtless noticed already, CommLawBlog looks different. That’s because, with the help of our friends at LexBlog, as of June 25 we have upgraded ourselves in a number of respects, some obvious, some not so. The content, of course, hasn’t changed. It’s all there, … Continue Reading
Police Body Cameras: Kevin Goldberg Takes a Stand, On the Stand
Our own Kevin Goldberg recently told the D.C. City Council’s Committee on the Judiciary a thing or two about police body cameras.… Continue Reading
Slants Route May Help Redskins
Some unusual developments in a Federal Circuit trademark case bode well for Dan Snyder and company.… Continue Reading
FCC Flexes Its Indecency Muscle – Despite Long Hiatus and Unclear Standard
The Commission has fined a TV licensee a whopping $325,000 for a single three-second instance of unintended indecency during a newscast. It looks like the FCC wants to send a signal to broadcasters.… Continue Reading
Now Available: Kevin Goldberg on Music Licensing – The Online Version
If you missed Kevin Goldberg’s webinar on music licensing, here’s your chance to catch up with the rest of us.… Continue Reading
