Legal experts say Aristocrat Technologies Inc.’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Las Vegas slot machine manufacturer Light & Wonder Inc. may be difficult to win, but an unusual wrinkle in the case — that former Aristocrat employees worked on their rival’s product — could be significant to the outcome.

On March 25, Jefferies hosted an expert call with University of Nevada, Las Vegas Professor Mary LaFrance, an intellectual property lawyer, focusing on Aristocrat’s lawsuit against Light & Wonder.

The thousands of couples who flock to Las Vegas each year to get married may soon have to scratch the ultimate Vegas VIP from their guest list: Elvis Presley — or at least his impersonators.

At the root of the scandal and drama in a Netflix documentary about painter Bob Ross is an intellectual property fight revolving around the nature and proper management of assets like publicity rights.

Las Vegas’s NHL expansion team might be at the head of the conference pack, but the rights to its name are in dispute once again.

What do horror icon Michael Myers, Marvel superhero Blade, Batman ally Nightwing, post-apocalyptic antihero Snake Plissken and alien Ferengi Quark have in common? They’re all stars of local Las Vegas productions, part of the burgeoning subculture of fan films, amateur movies and web series featuring big-name pop-culture characters, produced without the permission (or, often, knowledge) of the corporate ownership.

The beef between Quiznos and Burning Man continues.

In early 2014, a small team of international programmers created Popcorn Time, an app that enables free online streaming of movies and television shows using BitTorrent file-sharing protocols. Just over a year later, the app's popularity has already reached Netflix-like levels, largely due to its slick interface and higher-quality streams than those on many piracy sites.