- 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 […]
- Has pop finally run out of tunes?Posted by Peter Robinson on April 13, 2017 at 5:28 pm
Ed Sheeran has reached a £16m settlement over his song Photograph in the latest claim over pop plagiarism. So are songwriters out of ideas? […]
- Apple exit sends UK chip firm's shares into freefallPosted by Julia Kollewe on April 3, 2017 at 10:58 am
Shares in Imagination Technologies plunge 70% after its largest customer pulls plug on graphics dealShares in the UK chip designer Imagination […]
- Why American farmers are hacking their own tractors | John NaughtonPosted by John Naughton on March 26, 2017 at 6:00 am
A black market in pirated engine software is growing as manufacturers use digital copyright law to impose expensive repair bills on their […]
- China provisionally grants Trump 38 trademarks – including for escort servicePosted by Associated Press in Shanghai on March 8, 2017 at 3:58 pm
Ethics lawyers raise alarm over constitutional violation if president given special treatment in quickly securing 38 new trademarks to develop […]
- Duran Duran to renew legal battle over US song rightsPosted by Press Association on February 3, 2017 at 12:56 pm
Pop group will appeal against December’s ruling barring them from seeking to reclaim rights over their own worksMembers of pop group Duran […]