Last week a court in Tarrant County issued a judgment awarding $1.3 million in attorney’s fees and sanctions against an Internet vigilante in California who is represented by Stone & Vaughan, PLLC. This ruling has already been stayed by the court, which has agreed to hear oral arguments on January 29, 2016. Plaintiffs will then present evidence containing written admissions revealing defendants’ plan to bait someone into filing an unwinnable defamation suit in Texas, specifically to obtain fees under Texas’ …

The importance of written agreements in work-for-hire / joint authorship situations

Take a look at the following hypothetical examples:

Situation A. Paul writes some song lyrics and a musical arrangement for vocals, guitar, and bass. He takes his work to his buddy, Ringo, and asks Ringo to compose a drum arrangement for the song.

Situation B. A software designer, Milo, wants to develop a cell phone app. Milo writes most of the code for the app. He …

If you search Google for "remove your media llc" the first hit isn't the company's own website, it's a Google "Transparency Report" profile of the company regarding its removal requests. These removal requests are requests made to Google by Remove Your Media, LLC, on behalf of more than a hundred different copyright holders, asking Google to remove from its search results specific links to infringing content. This report is essentially Google's way of letting the world know who …

Our newest client, Konnectcorp International, Inc., is aiming to be the preeminent online distributor of south Indian movies in the United States. Til now, this content has not been available online, legitimately, in the U.S. The company kicked off its U.S. distribution with a handful of films, including the Tamil action thriller, Singam 2.

As the site states in bold letters, the company has "stolen the show from pirates." (yes, that's where Stone & Vaughan, PLLC comes …

[This is a question I answered on Avvo awhile back. I wanted to repost it here because it's definitely still relevant.]

Question: My ex boyfriend lied to me about being married. Is it illegal for me to use a picture that he sent me on websites for reporting cheaters?

Answer: Though I tend to agree with the attorneys in this thread on other issues they've recently weighed in on, I feel the need to present a different …

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