Intellectual Property Law
New Matter FALL 2022, VOLUME 47, EDITION 3
Content
- 2022 Dc Delegation Trip Report
- 2022 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- Federal Circuit Report
- Intellectual Property Rights and the Russia-ukraine War
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECTION Executive Committee 2022-2023
- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECTION Interest Group Representatives 2022-2023
- Intellectual Property Section New Matter Editorial Board
- Ip and Art: An International Perspective
- Letter From the Chair
- Online Cle For Participatory Credit
- Protecting Trade Secrets In a Challenging Global Economy
- Quarterly International Ip Law Update
- Table of Contents
- The California Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Alumni
- The Licensing Corner
- Trade Secret Report
- Ttab Decisions and Developments
- "UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS" AND "KNOWN UNKNOWNS": UNTETHERED TRADEMARK MONETARY REMEDIES AFTER TMA ENACTMENT AND ROMAG
- "WE DON'T DO SECTION 101 ANYMORE," THE SUPREMES
- Why Do Companies Care About Cross-border Data Processing, and What Are the Relevant Laws?
- Letter From the Editor-in-chief
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Thomas A. Ward
Holland Law, LLP
Welcome to the fall edition of New Matter for 2022. The cover of this edition hopefully provides some comic relief about the copyright infringement lawsuit against Paramount Pictures after their recent release of the new Top Gun film. The family of the man whose magazine article inspired the first 1986 Top Gun film is suing Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement. Details of the Top Gun copyright lawsuit follow.
In 1983, California Magazine published an article by the now deceased original creator called "Top Guns," which told the story of Navy pilots "in a remarkably vivid and cinematic fashion," according to the lawsuit. Paramount secured the film rights to the article weeks later and the blockbuster film Top Gun was released in 1986.