Marc Randazza, the managing partner of Randazza Legal Group, comments on Trademark counterfeiting and the new Las Vegas Raiders. "[If] you sell merchandise with 'Raiders' on it, you better have the permission of the NFL," Mr. Randazza told Las Vegas 13 Action News, "[j]ust because there may not yet be...
Right now, Las Vegas looks like the new frontier for porn. Marc Randazza, an entertainment lawyer who has studied the porn industry's migration to Nevada, sees Kink.com's move "in the larger context of adult entertainment companies looking just a few hours east, seeing much lower costs to doing business, and...
Randazza Legal Group is proud to sponsor Spring Valley High School Football. When they approached us to sponsor them, of course we said “yes.” When they told us that we got to put whatever we wanted on the back of the shirt, we saw it as a great opportunity to...
In Marc Randazza’s latest First Amendment victory, he once again fended off censorship in favor of wide open debate. In this appellate victory, the 11th Circuit Court of appeals upheld an earlier anti-SLAPP win, and a lower court decision that held that a plaintiff could not use a bogus “false...
Although you might not think often about protecting your trademark rights in Brazil, you need to – even if you don’t yet have a single Brazilian customer. Scammers are constantly looking for ways to profit off of the work of others. Anyone with a computer and a little bit of know-how...
Randazza Legal Group is proud to announce that it has given a pro bono representation grant to the American Muslim Women PAC to provide First Amendment and Intellectual Property services to the organization. The PAC’s president, Marriam Seddiq, said, ‘Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion, these are key American values....
Is Donald Trump’s controversial reputation sufficient to refer to him as “Libel Proof”? On one hand, with Trump’s numerous statements dating back decades about how he objectifies women and his recently leaked statements he calls “locker room talk,” it’s hard to see how his reputation on this point could get...
In the 2016 presidential race, there is more third-party support than at any other time in recent history. Gary Johnson's candidacy provides an alternative to the two major party candidates. The Greens' Jill Stein offers a progressive alternative to the Democrats' decidedly un-progressive move to the right. The fact that most...
The adult industry news newtwork Xbiz published an article where Marc Randazza comments on the case filed by The Slants, an Asian American rock band. The case will be heard by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court's decision may effect the decision on NFL's Washington Redskins trademark case. Industry attorney Marc...
In the case of intellectual property rights (IPRs), some nations erect barriers to the protection of IPRs on the basis of "morality." This paper will examine the implications of morality-based impediments to the enforcement of IPRs and their supportability under international agreements. There are significant freedom of expression issues to consider...
