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December 04, 2007 |

Second Life Raises Novel IP Issues

The adult entertainment industry has brought many of the seminal cases that shaped intellectual property law on the Internet. Now comes a Florida lawsuit against players in a virtual world who copied and resold a company's computer code that aids characters having virtual sex. In the "real" world, this would be an uneventful case of software piracy and reverse passing off. But policing the world of Second Life means determining whether virtual goods constitute "goods" as articulated in the Lanham Act.
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January 18, 2000 |

Counsel With Cash

When former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley announced he would run for president, he called Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati partner John Roos. When Texas Gov. George W. Bush threw his hat in the ring, the Bush campaign placed a call to Thelen Reid & Priest partner Stephan Minikes. The reason: money -- lots of money. Federal Election Commission records show lawyers have been the top individual contributors to presidential campaigns this year.
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May 16, 2000 |

Watercooler

Law.com compiles lawyers' and firms' dirt and good deeds from all over the country into a twice-weekly dose of watercooler stories. Today: Lawyers want the "sideshow" to cease in the case over the chronically unexamined practices of San Francisco media; New Jersey disbars two lawyer who fronted for a tavern owner; Antonin Scalia makes a Texas audience laugh; and a D.C. lawyer wants off this rollercoaster.
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October 23, 2007 |

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September 01, 2009 |

Opinion Letters Become Flash Point for Privilege Dispute

In oral arguments on Wednesday, the California Supreme Court will be asked to decide whether factual information -- such as witness statements and fact summaries -- is as privileged in opinion letters as the legal advice being given. Specifically, the court will be asked to decide whether trial court judges may conduct in camera reviews of opinion letters and then share redacted versions of them with the opposing party.
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May 06, 2005 |

Companies Line Up Blocks Just Right in Tetris Deal

Last month Fenwick & West partner Samuel Angus helped Henk Rogers -- an entrepreneur who traveled to Soviet Russia in the '80s to acquire rights to the popular computer game Tetris -- in selling off a company he founded, Blue Lava Wireless, to JAMDAT Mobile for $137 million. The deal grants JAMDAT worldwide cellular telephone rights for the next 15 years -- and marks the end of the latest chapter in a two-decades saga over the ownership of Tetris.
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August 02, 2006 |

Newspaper Claims Printing Copyrighted Photo Was Fair Use

The case of a photographer accusing the San Jose Mercury News of illegally publishing a picture kicked off in federal court Monday, and could have far-reaching implications on copyright infringement law. Christopher Harris, a digital media communications professor, says the newspaper reprinted one of his photos in a 2003 book review -- without written permission -- but the newspaper claims fair use. Harris hopes the case will be used in case law and cause newspapers to examine permissions policies.
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May 16, 2003 |

News Briefs

A roundup of legal news items.
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April 09, 2003 |

Judge Says Visa, MasterCard Hid Fees to Consumers

Visa and MasterCard made hundreds of millions of dollars by misleading consumers and charging them a hidden currency conversion fee every time they used their cards overseas, an Alameda County, Calif., court ruled Tuesday. The decision, requiring Visa and MasterCard to disclose the fee and provide full restitution to consumers, could put the companies on the hook for more than $800 million, according to attorneys who brought the case.
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October 08, 2007 |

Large Calif. Firms Contemplate Raising Salaries Again

Earlier this year, rumors were swirling that some New York firms would raise first-year salaries to $200,000. But with deal activity slowing down, associates at California's largest firms may have to hold tight at $160,000. The Recorder's annual salary survey reveals most firms have adopted a lockstep scale for base compensation, but are showing some creativity when it comes to bonus structures. "That is what the big debate has been -- what is the best bonus system?" said O'Melveny's Luann Simmons.
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