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Trademark affects businesses of all sizes
Recently, this blog discussed what can happen when a business chooses a name that has been trademarked by another company. When this happens, especially when companies are in similar industries, it has...
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Photographer claims major publisher violated copyright
When a publisher uses a photo in a textbook, if the company has not obtained the legal rights to use that photo, they could be found liable for infringing on someone else's intellectual property. The...
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Fashion Institute of Technology student and Barnes & Noble involved in design...
While copyright cases that frequently make the headlines often involve creative works of entertainment such as movies, music or books, the legalities of intellectual property extend well beyond the...
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Gwyneth Paltrow hit with copyright infringement lawsuit
As has been discussed previously on this blog, when a company uses a particular word, phrase or mark to describe its brand, this aspect of the business serves to define it in the marketplace, and as...
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Why tattoos may need copyright protection
In a previous post this blog discussed the issue of whether tattoos could be protected under copyright. Just because an image is a tattoo, it does not mean the work isn't protected under copyright....
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University of Pittsburgh faces issues with employee intellectual property...
It is not uncommon for businesses to have employees sign agreements in which they agree to sign over the rights to intellectual property that is created while employed by that business. In certain...
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Online schools engage in trademark dispute
When it comes to running a business, your brand and company image are valuable assets deserving of legal protection. Not only is it essential to protect your inventions, ideas and other forms of...
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Author sues major yogurt company over use of ‘How’
Author Dov Seidman is targeting yogurt company Chobani for its use of the phrase "How Matters" in a recent marketing campaign. Seidman claims Chobani's use of the phrase — particularly the word "how" —...
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Google asks Supreme Court to weigh in on the extent of copyright protection...
Last week, Google asked the Supreme Court to hear a copyright infringement case, originally brought by Oracle against the search engine giant four years ago. Oracle accused Google of infringing patents...
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Sirius, Pandora ordered to compensate record companies for playing pre-1972...
The record industry won a major legal battle against streaming services like SiriusXM and Pandora this week, with a California state judge ruling that any pre-1972 songs are still considered the...
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Converse files trademark infringement suit against 31 manufacturers
Converse's iconic Chuck Taylor shoe has gone from being a subculture style staple to a strong presence in mainstream fashion. The sneaker's rise in popularity has inspired a number of shoemakers to add...
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China establishes first intellectual property theft court
With the international business world becoming increasingly more interconnected — and China fast emerging as a more dominant player on the world stage — it's all the more important that copyrights and...
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Cox Communications accused of complicity in music piracy, copyright infringement
For years, the record industry has had to contend with the millions of acts of copyright infringement that go hand-in-hand with music piracy, often suing — not always successfully — the most prolific...
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Copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Beyonce and Jay-Z for ‘Drunk in...
A Hungarian singer is suing Beyoncé, Jay-Z and their producer Timbaland for copyright infringement, claiming that one of her songs was sampled without permission in the hit single, "Drunk in Love."...
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Universal suing companies that make ‘mix tapes’ for prison inmates
Universal Music Group has filed a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement on the part of companies that sell "mix tapes" to be delivered to prison inmates. The complaint names multiple businesses in...
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YouTube faces $1 billion lawsuit for copyright infringement
Industry heavyweight Irving Azoff recently demanded YouTube remove 20,000 videos, featuring music by artists such as The Eagles, Pharrell Williams and John Lennon, or face a billion dollar lawsuit. The...
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Gillette suing razor start-up
Gillette is suing Dallas-based razor start-up ShaveLogic for allegedly stealing trade secrets. The complaint names four specific former Gillette employees who now work for the smaller company, claiming...
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MPAA sues Chinese file-sharing service for copyright infringement
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is no stranger to taking legal action against movie piracy. Now, the MPAA is taking their fight to the Chinese video and music file-sharing service...
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Beyonce threatens to sue Etsy for copyright infringement
Music superstar Beyonce has threatened to bring suit against online craft marketplace Etsy over a series of mugs that she claims violate copyright law. Etsy is a peer-to-peer e-commerce website that...
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Key evidence to be left out of “Blurred Lines” copyright trial
A federal judge ruled this week that jurors would not be able to listen to two songs to compare them, during a copyright infringement trial. The lawsuit, brought by "Blurred Lines" creators Robin...
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