- 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 […]
- Taylor Swift's lawyer says she was never given opportunity to buy mastersPosted by Laura Snapes on July 3, 2019 at 1:08 pm
Donald Passman refutes Big Machine label head Scott Borchetta’s claim that Swift ‘had every chance’ to own her recordingsA lawyer […]
- Adidas loses three-stripe trademark battle in European courtPosted by Jasper Jolly and agencies on June 19, 2019 at 5:20 pm
Logo first registered on a football boot in 1949 was not ‘distinctive’ enough, says courtAdidas has been unsuccessful in an attempt to […]
- Radiohead release hours of hacked MiniDiscs to benefit Extinction RebellionPosted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas on June 11, 2019 at 12:50 pm
Thom Yorke describes hours of recordings from OK Computer sessions as ‘not v interesting’, while climate activists thank the band for […]
- 'Not again': the online artists accusing pop stars of stealing workPosted by Lanre Bakare on June 6, 2019 at 11:43 am
Chris Brown’s video Wobble Up features artwork allegedly copied without their consentMarius Sperlich says his first thought when he saw Chris […]
- Bittersweet no more: Rolling Stones pass Verve royalties to Richard AshcroftPosted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas on May 23, 2019 at 4:58 pm
An acrimonious copyright dispute meant Ashcroft was forced to give up royalties to Bitter Sweet Symphony, but a ‘kind and magnanimous gesture […]