In rejecting a right of publicity claim by Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which claims to control the rights to Albert Einstein, a California federal court has ruled that the common law right of publicity under New Jersey law has a maximum post-mortem duration of 50 years. Read more.
October 23, 2012
The FTC recently released guidelines entitled "Marketing Your Mobile App: Get It Right from the Start". The guidelines provide valuable do's and don'ts for companies and individuals creating mobile applications. The guideline was divided into two sections, "Truthful Advertising" and "Privacy". Here's a rundown of what you need to know. Read more.
October 4, 2012
Advertising Age quoted Jeffrey A. Greenbaum on the revised FTC Green Marketing Guides. View Article
October 1, 2012
Hollywood Reporter mentions Frankfurt Kurnit as lawyers for Terrence Malick's film "To the Wonder." View Article
September 29, 2012
Online Media Daily quoted Rick Kurnit on the "trademark infringement and unfair competition" lawsuit filed by Market Street Press against Google for using the phrase “the playground is open” in ads for the new Nexus 7 tablet. View Article
September 19, 2012
Rick Kurnit was quoted in Adweek's article "In Unorthodox Arrangement, Marketer Has Dual Roles: Can Red Peak Chairman Really Also be Client Acer's CMO." View Article
September 17, 2012
Bloomberg BNA Lawyer’s Manual on Professional Conduct quoted Ronald Minkoff on "unfinished hourly fee matters of dissolved law firms".
September 12, 2012
As fashion week begins in New York, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an important ruling that may help fashion creators in their efforts to obtain intellectual property protection for fashion design. Read more.
September 7, 2012
The New York Law Journal announced S. Gregory Boyd as the newest partner and chairman of Frankfurt Kurnit’s Interactive Entertainment Group. (Article behind a paywall) View Article
August 21, 2012
As part of the Federal Trade Commissions ("FTC") efforts to update the "Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule", the FTC has proposed to further modify the rule to clarify its scope and strengthen its protections for children’s personal information. These proposed revisions follow comments previously received by the FTC in 2011. Read more.
August 10, 2012
MediaPost quoted Jeffrey A. Greenbaum regarding the allegations that Google developed a workaround to Safari's no-tracking settings. View Article
August 10, 2012
Law360 published Sean F. Kane's article "Clone Wars: When Does Imitation Become Infringement?"
July 31, 2012
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC added S. Gregory Boyd as a partner and head of the firm’s Interactive Entertainment Group. Read more.
July 24, 2012
The Federal Trade Commission announced the results of a study it commissioned, which indicates that many consumers understand "up to" claims as promising maximum results. The FTC believes the study will help guide advertisers to avoid the use of misleading "up to" claims. Read more.
July 2, 2012
The Connecticut Law Tribune quoted Ronald Minkoff on whether lawyers disciplined in one state may resign and practice in another state.
June 29, 2012
The terms of a proposed settlement of at least 17 lawsuits against Groupon may impact the way marketers of “daily deals” or other gift card offerings manage those deals and their expiration dates. Read more.
June 19, 2012
SHOOT Online mentioned Frankfurt Kurnit as a sponsor of the Association of Independent Commercial Producers Awards Show at the Museum of Modern Art.
June 12, 2012
Ipfrontline featured Caren Lerner's article about how the California Resale Royalties act violated the dormant Commerce Clause of the Constitution.
June 8, 2012
The ABA Lawyer's Manual on Professional Conduct and Bloomberg BNA featured Ronald Minkoff's article about the duty to pay back profits earned on hourly-fee cases in dissolved law firms.
June 6, 2012
Adweek quoted Terri Seligman on a National Advertising Division investigation into photo retouching in print advertisements. View Article
May 29, 2012
The Washington Post quoted Jeffrey A. Greenbaum on the FTC's POM Wonderful advertising investigation.
May 25, 2012
This week, the social network Myspace agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that Myspace did not honor its own promises to consumers in its privacy policy. Read more.
May 10, 2012
Gamasutra published S. Gregory Boyd's article "Seven Steps to Improved Security".
May 2, 2012
Th ABA Journal featured Ronald Minkoff's article explaining the ethics issues that may arise if lawyers offer Groupon-style discounted legal services.
May 1, 2012
There are two news items from the advertising industry’s self-regulatory arena- the first from the Council of Better Business Bureaus, and the second from the National Advertising Review Council. Read more.
April 20, 2012
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