Bonnie Eslinger

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'Chintzy' Paramount Stole 'Top Gun' IP, 9th Circ. Told

3 days ago | law360.com | Bonnie Eslinger

By Bonnie Eslinger ( June 3, 2025, 6:28 PM EDT) -- Counsel for the family of a journalist who sold the rights to a magazine story he wrote that inspired the 1986 movie "Top Gun" to Paramount Pictures urged the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to revive their copyright suit over the 2022 film sequel, saying Paramount was "chintzy" in not negotiating another license.... Law360 is on it, so you are, too.
Musk Beats Attorney's $1M PAC Giveaway Fraud Suit

4 days ago | law360.com | Bonnie Eslinger

By Bonnie Eslinger ( June 2, 2025, 11:10 PM EDT) -- A Michigan federal judge on Monday tossed a lawsuit claiming Elon Musk's $1 million voter giveaway to swing state voters before the 2024 election was a fraud, saying a lawyer and a Michigan resident who brought the suit failed to show they were injured and thus had standing to pursue their claims.... Law360 is on it, so you are, too.
Musk Beats Attorney's $1M PAC Giveaway Fraud Suit

4 days ago | law360.co.uk | Bonnie Eslinger

By Bonnie Eslinger ( June 2, 2025, 11:10 PM EDT) -- A Michigan federal judge on Monday tossed a lawsuit claiming Elon Musk's $1 million voter giveaway to swing state voters before the 2024 election was a fraud, saying a lawyer and a Michigan resident who brought the suit failed to show they were injured and thus had standing to pursue their claims....
9th Circ. Sends Express Scripts Opioid Case To State Court

4 days ago | law360.com | Bonnie Eslinger

By Bonnie Eslinger ( June 2, 2025, 9:36 PM EDT) -- The Ninth Circuit sent California's public nuisance lawsuit against Express Scripts and OptumRx over opioid dispensing back to state court Monday and denied the pharmacy benefit managers' bid to stay the remand pending appeal, saying the U.S. Supreme Court's 2009 Nken decision controls, not its later Coinbase ruling.... Law360 is on it, so you are, too.
Perplexity AI Gets Cybersquatting Cut From Texas Co. TM Suit

4 days ago | law360.com | Bonnie Eslinger

By Bonnie Eslinger ( June 2, 2025, 6:23 PM EDT) -- A California federal judge Monday trimmed a cybersquatting claim from a Texas software company's trademark infringement suit against San Francisco-based Perplexity AI Inc., saying an alleged offer from the San Francisco artificial intelligence company to buy the trademark doesn't show the "bad faith" the claim requires.... Law360 is on it, so you are, too.
Perplexity AI Gets Cybersquatting Cut From Texas Co. TM Suit

4 days ago | law360.co.uk | Bonnie Eslinger

By Bonnie Eslinger ( June 2, 2025, 6:23 PM EDT) -- A California federal judge Monday trimmed a cybersquatting claim from a Texas software company's trademark infringement suit against San Francisco-based Perplexity AI Inc., saying an alleged offer from the San Francisco artificial intelligence company to buy the trademark doesn't show the "bad faith" the claim requires....
4th Circ. Says Possession Decides Rockwell Drawings Feud

1 week ago | law360.com | Bonnie Eslinger

By Bonnie Eslinger ( May 30, 2025, 9:54 PM EDT) -- A split Fourth Circuit panel Friday said Norman Rockwell illustrations gifted to Franklin D. Roosevelt's press secretary belonged to the grandchild of the presidential aide who possessed the drawings, evoking the Bible as well as "Beauty & The Beast" in saying inheritance fights are "a tale as old as time."... Law360 is on it, so you are, too.
4th Circ. Says Possession Decides Rockwell Drawings Feud

1 week ago | law360.co.uk | Bonnie Eslinger

By Bonnie Eslinger ( May 30, 2025, 9:54 PM EDT) -- A split Fourth Circuit panel Friday said Norman Rockwell illustrations gifted to Franklin D. Roosevelt's press secretary belonged to the grandchild of the presidential aide who possessed the drawings, evoking the Bible as well as "Beauty & The Beast" in saying inheritance fights are "a tale as old as time."...
'Spinning Wheels': Judge Laments 'No Progress' In Meta Case

1 week ago | law360.com | Bonnie Eslinger

By Bonnie Eslinger ( May 30, 2025, 6:48 PM EDT) -- A California federal judge indicated Friday that she'd order a Chinese information company to pay Meta's contempt motion fees after it failed to pay a $5.5 million default judgment for cybersquatting, but she complained that all involved are "spinning wheels here and spending attorneys fees and making no progress at all."... Law360 is on it, so you are, too.
'Spinning Wheels': Judge Laments 'No Progress' In Meta Case

1 week ago | law360.co.uk | Bonnie Eslinger

By Bonnie Eslinger ( May 30, 2025, 6:48 PM EDT) -- A California federal judge indicated Friday that she'd order a Chinese information company to pay Meta's contempt motion fees after it failed to pay a $5.5 million default judgment for cybersquatting, but she complained that all involved are "spinning wheels here and spending attorneys fees and making no progress at all."...