Entertainment & Media

On Tuesday, April 9th, Weintraub attorneys will participate in a panel from the Barristers’ Club of San Francisco Bar Association’s (BASF) Pathways to Partnership Series. Part 1 of 2, “Transitioning from Senior Associate to Junior Partner,” will focus the panel discussion on the journey from associate to junior partner and…

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On September 8, Weintraub Shareholder Matt Sugarman will present as part of the American Bar Association webinar Comic Book Law 101. This panel will explore the comic book industry, its place in greater pop culture, and the key legal issues attorneys practicing in this area should know. Topics covered will include…

• When: Sep 8, 2021
• Where: Webinar

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Summary of ProgramUnfortunately, both single-plaintiff and class-action wage and hour lawsuits continue to plague California employers. Often employers are sued because of technical violations that occur simply because the employer is unaware of its legal obligations. Come join the Labor and Employment Group at Weintraub Tobin as they discuss the…

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Join us July 23!Weintraub Tobin and LAVA Digital Media Group will host a conversation with Ethan Applen, the executive director of Media Camp, a Turner/Warner Brothers Initiative, on Tuesday, July 23th. The conversation will focus on the opportunities and challenges with owning a startup company and will include a demo…

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Join Us April 23! Weintraub Tobin and the LAVA Digital Media Group will host a panel discussion: “How Has Digital Media Changed the Way We Interact with Food” on Tuesday, April 23. Whether it’s finding a place to eat, sharing recommendations on your favorite dishes or ordering food online, investors…

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Weintraub Tobin and Moss Adams are co-sponsoring the LAVA Digital Media Group’s panel discussion: “What’s Ahead for Digital Media in 2013” on Tuesday, February 26. Making predictions in digital media can be challenging. At this time last year who even knew what Pinterest was, let alone that it would explode…

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Weintraub client and online personality, Jess Judith, won the “Creator of the Year” award at the annual Latin-American entertainment award show, Premios Juventud, on September 25, 2025. She was one of five creators in her category. Jess Judith is represented by Weintraub shareholder Jessica Marlow. See the full list of…

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Weintraub client Orbit Media’s podcast, “Avenger,” is being adapted into a feature film by Fisher Stevens and Natalia Beristáin. The podcast – part of a collaboration between Orbit and another Weintraub client, Sonoro — tells the story of 19-year-old Miriam Lewin, who was kidnapped off the streets of Buenos Aires for…

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Weintraub client SenLinYu sold the film rights for their highly anticipated fantasy novel, ‘Alchemised’, to Legendary in what’s reported to be the biggest deal of its kind. The novel follows an alchemist and healer named Helen Marino as she tries to recover forgotten secrets from her mind. The book is…

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Weintraub client Doug Liman will reunite with Angelina Jolie, two decades after their initial collaboration on Mr. and Mrs. Smith, for a new spy thriller titled The Initiative. The film follows master spy Bright (Angelina Jolie) and a new agent navigating dangerous missions where loyalty and survival are constantly in…

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Weintraub client Zosia Mamet has joined Luca Guadagnino’s AI-themed feature film, “Artificial”, for Amazon’s MGM. Mamet, best known for her role on the hit TV series, “Girls”,  joins Andrew Garfield, Jason Schwartzman, and Ike Barinholtz to name a few. While the plot of the film and her role have yet to…

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Weintraub client and author Rebecca Yarros’ popular romance novel, “The Things We Leave Unfinished,” is set to be adapted into a film by Lionsgate. Told in alternating timelines, “The Things We Leave Unfinished” tells the story of 28-year-old Georgia Stanton, who returns home after a public divorce and reluctantly works…

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Filmmaker Doug Liman and immersive content studio 30 Ninjas are partnering with Google to create an immersive extended reality project called Asteroid, one of the first major projects launching on Google’s forthcoming XR platform. Described as a high-stakes action thriller, an immersive short film follows a group of strangers who…

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In a June 24th article for FTC Watch, Chris May writes about the changing landscape of influencer marketing and how recent lawsuits and updates to FTC guidance is impacting the ‘creator economy.’ Weintraub intellectual property and entertainment attorney Scott Hervey spoke with FTC Watch about a $150 Million class-action lawsuit…

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In the 9th Circuit (as well as the 2nd, 5th, 6th, and 11th Circuits), the test for determining whether the use of a third-party trademark in an expressive work (i.e., use of a brand within a movie, TV series, video game, etc., including as part of the title of an…

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The motion picture Wolf of Wall Street was based on a book of the same title written by Jordan Belmont.  In the book, Andrew Greene, who was director, general counsel, and head of the corporate finance department at Stratton Oakmont between 1993 and 1996, was discussed extensively.  In the book,…

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Virginia Vallejo, a well known Colombian journalist and media personality, authored the memoir “Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar”.  The book is a factual account of her romantic relationship with Pablo Escobar and a chronicle of the rise of the Colombian drug cartel. Vallejo claimed that certain scenes in the television series Narcos infringed…

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The USPTO recently refused legendary quarterback Tom Brady’s application to register the mark TOM TERRIFIC. If you’re like me, you’re wondering why Tom Brady would want to register such a trademark. Well, according to Brady, he wanted to obtain the rights to the mark to prevent people from referring to…

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For those of you that watched the red carpet happenings at last year’s Golden Globe Awards, you may have noticed the “Fiji Water Girl”, a model standing ready to keep Hollywood glitterati hydrated with bottles of Fiji water, photobombing numerous shots of celebrities.  Her presence on the red carpet created…

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The Trademark Trial and Appeals Board’s recent ruling in In re Productos Verde Valle, S.A. de C.V. upholding a trademark examiner’s refusal to register the mark SONIA for “sauces; chili sauce; hot sauce” holds a lesson for those of us that regularly advise clients on the registrability (and usability) of…

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Recently, a client asked why we included a short form option agreement and a short form assignment agreement as an exhibit to a long form literary option agreement.  I am sure that many a corporate transactional attorney has similarly wondered why a short form copyright assignment agreement is included within…

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Have you ever had the experience of attempting to register a social media account in the name of your business only to find that your preferred name is taken? Often, it’s just the case of another business with the same name having registered that account first. Other times, it’s evidence…

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