- 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 […]
- Golf carts to soybeans: products targeted in US-China trade warPosted by Guardian staff on April 4, 2018 at 9:48 am
Tit-for-tat tariffs cover $100bn worth of imports as both countries issue list of items affectedThe tit-for-tat trade dispute between the US and […]
- Lana Del Rey claims her copyright dispute with Radiohead is overPosted by Laura Snapes on March 26, 2018 at 3:30 pm
Radiohead’s publishers had asked for a writing credit on Del Rey’s Get Free for its resemblance to the band’s song, CreepDid Lana […]
- Crocs loses EU court battle over patent claimPosted by Daniel Boffey in Brussels on March 14, 2018 at 7:57 pm
Judges back decision by EU intellectual property office to cancel protection of designCrocs, the manufacturer of a range of plastic clogs, has lost a […]
- Taylor Swift copyright lawsuit dismissed by US judgePosted by Laura Snapes on February 14, 2018 at 12:02 pm
Songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler alleged the singer stole the lyrics to their song Playas Gon’ Play for her 2014 hit Shake It OffA […]
- Radiohead rebut Lana Del Rey's plagiarism lawsuit claimsPosted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas on January 10, 2018 at 9:43 am
After the singer said the band’s lawyers ‘have been relentless’ in their pursuit of publishing rights to her song Get Free, a […]