CBS/Paramount sues to stop Axanar
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Sorry to say but if Newsweek 'Best Law Firm' ratings are anything to go by:
Given Loeb & Loeb LLP has a '1' in Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television and a '2' in 'Copyright law' Nationally...
http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/profile/loeb-loeb-llp/rankings/12975
And Winston & Strawn LLP has a '3' in Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures & Television Nationally and doesn't seen to be ranked at all for 'Copyright law' anywhere...
http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/profile/winston-strawn-llp/rankings/3938
It looks like Axanar may have already engaged the 'B' team (at best)
I wonder, what would a Klingon wedding blessing translate to?
Wishing you much happiness, and a broken clavicle.
Every third word is honor.
Last one standing gets the community property?
Are we still on the klingon wedding, or back on Ares studio?
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The klingon language expanded a lot via fans though, so I can't see CBS going after any of that, it's one of those nice little bridges between the suits and the uniformed fans.
The Romulan language on the other hand is probably totally tie in media.
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Is "faster than a Dyson in a drug den" copyrighted? I'd love to use that, sometime.
I think it first appeared in The Motion Picture, which means you can't sue.
Pictures or it didn't happen!
I thought what we heard the Klingons speaking in TMP was just a few random sentences, and that the actual language wasn't really developed until TSfS and TNG. This whole Klingon language debate is interesting, I can see both sides of the argument. It was created and developed by CBS/Paramount for Star Trek, so I can see why they think they own it, but it has really been embraced by the fans and become a language of it's own, so I can see the why people think it's expanded beyond something that can be copyrighted.
Klingon, according to wikipedia, developed around the vocabulary needs of Trek like spaceship component names, and is being expanded by a small group of enthusiasts so that it can become useful day to day.
The origin story tie to the entertainment property, and the small number of enthusiast rather than historically associated users suggests it should not be placed in the same category as a natural language.
Plus however widespread it becomes in usage, it still conjures up in most people's mind its inescapable source - the property Star Trek. While it may have a bit of a life of its own outside the canonical copyrighted works, it is not separate from them and arguably is unlikely to ever be viewed separately from them. You don't even have the wiggle room you have with Elvish (i.e. Elf is a race that appears in many works); 'Klingons' come from a single source, and always will. While the language remains so tightly tied to CBS/Paramount's copyrighted properties, I would see it as theirs to control.
I don't think there's really an issue with people wanting to use it or expand upon it, except when dealing with a commercial venture. As far as commercial ventures go, people should still have to license it from CBS. Just my opinion, nothing legal to back it up.
Hey thanks. Bookmarking them for longer examination.
Will I want to focus on NY for L&L -- LA for W&S because that's where the firms that represent each client are located?
How could I search for stats breakdowns out there like these on the individual attorneys; Ranahan&[the Guy] -- and [is it] David Grossman for L&L for, say 2015?
Are stats like this kept for judges? (What's the judge's name again?) How could I search to locate such a thing? Does such a thing even exist?
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