Product Placement Fight over Flight If you’ve seen the movie “Flight,” you were probably able to recognize some of the bottles of alcohol that Denzel Washington’s character was drinking. Companies will often pay to have their product placed in a movie or TV show, or, at the very least, allow the use of their product in media outlets because they value the free advertising. However, Anheuser-Busch, the makers of Budweiser, and William Grant & Sons, the distributors of Stolichnaya in the United States, are unhappy with the use of their products in “Flight.”
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Miller’s Ale House: How Not to Name Your Restaurant
February 5, 2013
Miller’s Ale House: How Not to Name Your Restaurant It’s always astonishing to me that businesses will invest countless dollars in every aspect of their operations while relying on a name that will only bring legal issues. Case in point: Miller’s Ale House, Inc. v. Boynton Carolina Ale House.
Is it the Super Bowl or The Big Game?
January 31, 2013
Is it the Super Bowl or The Big Game? The NFL playoffs are over, the AFC and NFC championships have been decided, and you know what that means: lots of advertisements about “The Big Game!” Which Big Game? The Super Bowl, of course. Everyone knows it’s called the Super Bowl. Why do advertisers and businesses large and small use the codeword “Big Game?” Can we all just use the term “Super Bowl” after all?
Myspace Relaunches, Encounters Copyright Issue
January 25, 2013
Myspace Relaunches, Encounters Copyright Issue Remember MySpace? Well, it’s back – this time, as Myspace. Maybe the newly private, scaled-down business couldn’t afford the capital “S.” The site relaunched last week and immediately ran into a copyright infringement issue.
