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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...
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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...
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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,". . .
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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...
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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.”
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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.
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