- 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 […]
- The world needs a 'people's vaccine' for coronavirus, not a big-pharma monopoly | Helen Clark and Winnie ByanyimaPosted by Helen Clark and Winnie Byanyima on July 23, 2020 at 9:00 am
AstraZeneca and others should not own a lucrative patent on a medicine that is needed by poor as well as rich nations• See all our coronavirus […]
- Tom Petty estate issues cease and desist over Trump's use of songPosted by Laura Snapes on June 21, 2020 at 9:56 am
Family says late singer stood against ‘racism and discrimination of any kind’The family of Tom Petty has issued a formal cease and desist […]
- 'It's a real battle': African authors fight for publishing independencePosted by Olivia Snaije on May 14, 2020 at 9:59 am
Francophone African books are still very often published by French imprints, which can make them hard to get at home. But there is a growing push for […]
- Jay-Z takes action against 'deepfakes' of him rapping Hamlet and Billy JoelPosted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas on April 29, 2020 at 9:13 am
YouTuber Vocal Synthesis says rapper’s label Roc Nation filed copyright notices against their AI impersonationsJay-Z’s company Roc Nation […]
- A hit, a writ: why music is the food of plagiarism lawsuitsPosted by Michael Hann on March 26, 2020 at 7:00 am
With Katy Perry and Led Zeppelin’s recent judgments reversing previous rulings, musicians don’t know which way to tread Have you written […]