What’s In a Name: Clearing Titles for Film and Television

In this week’s episode, attorneys Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the process of clearing titles for Film and Television shows. They discuss recent high-stakes litigation around entertainment titles, including Stouffer v. National Geographic Partners LLC, Jon Astor-White v. Daniel Strong (Empire), and the “Honey Badger” case. Watch this episode on YouTube here. Watch a previous episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog discussing the Empire litigation, here. Read an article Scott wrote on how the Empire litigation extended the permitted use of third-party trademarks on The IP Law Blog, here. Read an article on The IP Law Blog about the “Honey Badger” case, here.