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“Inspired By” Characters – Defamation Lawsuit As a Spinoff Part II



In this second of two episodes on this topic, Weintraub Tobin attorneys Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss defamation lawsuits in movies and TV that deal with “Inspired by” characters.

Watch this episode on Weintraub’s YouTube channel, here.

Listen to part one of this series here.

Read Scott Hervey’s blog post about this topic on the IP Law Blog.


“Inspired By” Characters – Defamation Lawsuit As a Spinoff Part I



This episode is part one of a two-part series of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog in which Weintraub Tobin attorneys Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss defamation lawsuits in movies and TV that deal with “Inspired by” characters.

Watch this episode on Weintraub’s YouTube channel, here.

Listen to part two of the series here.

Watch part two of the series here.

Read Scott Hervey’s blog post about this topic on the IP Law Blog.