Intellectual Property
Jul. 18, 2000
First Amendment May Protect 'Cheers' Bar's Look-Alike Robots
To bolster the argument that the robotic characters "Bob" and "Hank" are protected by the First Amendment, the brief for Host International and Paramount Pictures presents some of the conversation that erupts when patrons sit near them at Host's airport bars.
To bolster the argument that the robotic characters "Bob" and "Hank" are protected by the First Amendment, the brief for Host International and Paramount Pictures presents some of the conversation that erupts when patrons sit near them at Host's airport bars.
The robots "engage in a sort of running barroom ...
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