- Ruling in Digital Copyright Case Puts a Dent in DMCA’s Safe Harbor ShieldPosted by Jacob Gershman on April 7, 2017 at 10:38 pm
A federal appeals court ruling Friday has the potential to raise copyright liability risks for online platforms that allow users to moderate content […]
- Sirius XM Scores Win in Copyright Dispute Over Oldies RoyaltiesPosted by Jacob Gershman on February 16, 2017 at 5:43 pm
A federal appeals court in New York on Thursday dealt a serious legal blow to an effort to make radio broadcasters pay performance royalties to […]
- ‘Keep Connecting’: Donald Trump’s Latest Branding EffortPosted by Jacob Gershman on January 19, 2017 at 5:26 pm
President-elect Donald Trump is keeping his trademark lawyers busy. The incoming commander-in-chief has filed his first trademark application […]
- SpongeBob and Krusty Krab Prevail in Real-Life Trademark BattlePosted by Jacob Gershman on January 12, 2017 at 10:52 pm
Owned by a penny-pinching crab and catering to sea creatures, it’s an underwater restaurant that exists only in a cartoon universe. The […]
- An Exit Interview with the Nation’s Patent ChiefPosted by Brent Kendall on December 22, 2016 at 7:17 pm
The last several years have been dynamic ones in the world of patents, a trend that’s likely to continue as the Patent and Trademark Office […]
- How Stranger Things’ preteen fans went to war with the EUPosted by Alex Hern on January 19, 2019 at 7:00 am
Proposed ‘article 13’ copyright directive sparks huge online backlash and fears of mass purgeA subclause of a European Union directive […]
- Rihanna sues father over use of Fenty brand namePosted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas on January 16, 2019 at 10:37 am
Pop star accuses Ronald Fenty of damaging her beauty brand with his company Fenty EntertainmentRihanna has filed a lawsuit against her father, Ronald […]
- McDonald's loses Big Mac trademark after legal battle with Irish chainPosted by Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent on January 15, 2019 at 4:37 pm
Supermac strips US food giant of trademark across Europe after landmark EU rulingPat McDonagh earned the nickname Supermac as an Irish teenager after […]
- Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams to pay $5m in final Blurred Lines verdictPosted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas on December 13, 2018 at 1:05 pm
Copyright battle with Marvin Gaye estate that began in 2013 draws to a closePharrell Williams and Robin Thicke have been ordered to pay a total of […]
- Inside the windowless bunker where Disney stores its 'secret weapon'Posted by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles on October 20, 2018 at 10:00 am
The Walt Disney Animation Research Library, which houses 65m items from sketches of Mickey Mouse to the original Pinocchio puppet, is an […]