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A Constellation of Infringement
British-Liberian artist Lina Viktor is suing Kendrick Lamar, SZA, and Top Dawg Entertainment (“TDE”) for using some of her paintings in the music video…
Bipartisan Music Licensing Legislation Looks to Help Music Industry Clean Up its Act
For years the music industry has dealt with music licensing issues, largely due to technological developments… Now, after years of discussion and lobbying efforts, a bipartisan bill may provide a much-needed solution…
That Sounds Familiar . . . Another Hit Song gets Hit with Copyright Infringement Suit
Ed Sheeran, Tim McGraw, and others are named in a copyright infringement suit for the new song “The Rest of Our Life,”. . .
The USPTO: Separation & Trademark Policy
This fall, a U.S. House Budget Committee proposal suggested a drastic change for the USPTO: separation from the Department of Commerce…
Escobar’s $1 Billion Trademark Threat
Pablo Escobar’s brother accuses Netflix of infringing on his family’s intellectual property and threatens to “close their little show.”
Google Escapes Death by Genericide
Supreme Court declines to review a petition claiming that the Google trademark should be canceled because it is too generic.
Guerilla Radio: Political Campaigns and Copyrighted Music
On October 25, 2017, the High Court of New Zealand issued a ruling in the much-publicized dispute between Eminem and New Zealand’s National Party, finding that the Party’s 2014 commercial infringed Eminem’s copyright on his hit “Lose Yourself.”[1. Eleanor Ainge Roy,...
Inked: Ownership of What’s on Your Skin
Tattoo artists are bringing a non-traditional form of expression into the common law of copyright law. These artists are bringing suit for copyright infringement when tattoos they created are being used by others for commercial purposes.
Copyright, Trademark, Patent Dispute – Rearden LLC v. Twentieth Century Fox et al.
Feature productions have a way of transporting viewers to an alternate reality…
Louis Vuitton to American Courts, “Make High Fashion Exclusive Again”
Louis Vuitton is known for their iconic “Louis Vuitton Monogram Canvas” trademark bag…