All Tomorrow’s Parties (Tied Up In Litigation)

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The 1967 Velvet Underground album “The Velvet Underground and Nico” featured the song “All Tomorrow’s Parties,” a favorite song of Andy Warhol. The band paid tribute to Warhol on the album’s cover (below):

Now the Wall Street Journal is reporting:

The Velvet Underground sued a foundation that manages artist Andy Warhol’s legacy on Wednesday in a trademark dispute over the influential New York-based rock band’s iconic cover for its 1967 album “The Velvet Underground & Nico.”

The partnership (including band members Lou Reed and John Cale), which filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, is seeking a declaration that the Warhol Foundation has no copyright interest in the design, the Wall Street Journal stated.

The band claims that The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc. has infringed the band’s trademark by licensing the banana image to third parties.

This should be a fun trademark case to watch. In the meantime, sit back, relax and enjoy All Tomorrow’s Parties.

PAYING A PREMIUM FOR AMBIGUOUS LANGUAGE – MISSOURI’S UNINSURED MOTORIST STATUTE AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS DAMAGES

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  1. I. INTRODUCTION

With the passage of Missouri’s Uninsured Motorist Statute[1] the legislature established a bright line of mandatory coverage for uninsured motorists to protect insured drivers from those who failed to obtain automobile insurance. [2] Until 2009, however, insured motorists could only be compensated for damages that were the result of physical injury while being in the “zone of danger.”[3] With, Derousse v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., the court considered whether the Uninsured Motorists Statute was ambiguous in regards to emotional distress damages and whether negligent infliction of emotional distress was covered under Missouri’s Uninsured Motorist Statute. [4]

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CLASS DISMISSED: CONCEPCION AND THE END OF CLASS ARBITRATION

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       I.            Introduction Arbitration agreements have become common place in employment and commercial contracts. Since the 1920’s arbitration has gained popularity as a means of settling commercial or employment disputes. Until AT&T v. Concepcion, however, the issue of …