Copyright Posts
The Allegedly Many Shapes of Water
The Shape of Water may have taken the coveted top prize at this year’s Academy Awards, but writer/director Guillermo del Toro’s celebrations…
read moreA 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…
read moreBipartisan 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…
read moreThat 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,”. . .
read moreGuerilla 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 The infringing...
read moreInked: 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.
read moreCopyright, Trademark, Patent Dispute – Rearden LLC v. Twentieth Century Fox et al.
Feature productions have a way of transporting viewers to an alternate reality…
read moreThe Mechanics of Online, On-Demand Streaming
In 2008, Spotify introduced an online music streaming service that completely upended the industry…
read moreVideo Game Developers May Need to Think Before They Ink
Solid Oak may flesh out details of copyright protection for tattoo artists’ designs on pro athletes’ likeness in video games
read moreTaking a Chance on Infringement
Trademark Posts
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…
read moreEscobar’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.”
read moreGoogle Escapes Death by Genericide
Supreme Court declines to review a petition claiming that the Google trademark should be canceled because it is too generic.
read moreCopyright, Trademark, Patent Dispute – Rearden LLC v. Twentieth Century Fox et al.
Feature productions have a way of transporting viewers to an alternate reality…
read moreLouis Vuitton to American Courts, “Make High Fashion Exclusive Again”
Louis Vuitton is known for their iconic “Louis Vuitton Monogram Canvas” trademark bag…
read moreThree Stripes, You’re Out
Sportswear company adidas filed a trademark registration opposition against a seemingly dissimilar three-striped logo on the grounds that adidas is “the brand with the 3 stripes.”
read moreThis is Bananas! – The Dispute Over a Yellow Banana Costume for Halloween
Halloween brings the battles over copyright, trademark, and trade dress disputes…
read moreEntertainment Posts
The Allegedly Many Shapes of Water
The Shape of Water may have taken the coveted top prize at this year’s Academy Awards, but writer/director Guillermo del Toro’s celebrations…
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,”. . .
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.”
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 The infringing...
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…
The Mechanics of Online, On-Demand Streaming
In 2008, Spotify introduced an online music streaming service that completely upended the industry…
Video Game Developers May Need to Think Before They Ink
Solid Oak may flesh out details of copyright protection for tattoo artists’ designs on pro athletes’ likeness in video games
Other Posts
Copyright, Trademark, Patent Dispute – Rearden LLC v. Twentieth Century Fox et al.
Feature productions have a way of transporting viewers to an alternate reality…
read moreThree Stripes, You’re Out
Sportswear company adidas filed a trademark registration opposition against a seemingly dissimilar three-striped logo on the grounds that adidas is “the brand with the 3 stripes.”
read more