Tag: Music
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Law And Legal Expert’s Speculative Calculations of Future Earnings Excluded
Drew Dixon alleged that the Defendant, Antonio Marquis “L.A.” Reid sexually harassed her and refused to allow her to succeed unless she acquiesced to his demand to be alone and in close proximity to her while she was employed as an A&R executive at Arista Records from 1996 to 2002. Dixon claimed that Antonio Reid sexually…
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Music Industry Expert Witness’ Testimony on Proximity of Products Admitted
The parties in this case are estranged corporate siblings. Plaintiff Ultra Records LLC is a music recording company. Defendant Ultra International Music Publishing LLC is a music publishing company. (The Court refers to Ultra Records as “Records” and Ultra International Music Publishing as “Publishing.”) Records has sued Publishing for trademark infringement under the Lanham Act,…
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Accounting Expert Witness’ Report Indicated Missing Data Points
Between 1983 and 1986, MSI, a music company solely owned by Nealy, engaged a number of recording artists and created a catalog of popular sound recordings and musical compositions. MSI was administratively dissolved in 1986, and Nealy was arrested and later sentenced to a twenty (20) year prison term in late 1988. During Nealy’s first…
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Testimony of Music Engineering Expert Witness held to be based on Adequate Testing of Accused Products
This case was a patent dispute about electronic drum kits. The patents at issue involved technology that allowed electronic drums and cymbals to mimic the material and sensation of the drums and cymbals on an acoustic drum kit. The Plaintiff, inMusic Brands, Inc. (“inMusic”), sued the Defendant, Roland Corporation (“Roland”), alleging infringement of three of…
