Cox Communications Found Liable for $1 Billion for Infringing Music Copyrights December 23, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson A U.S. District Court jury last Thursday found telecom company Cox Communications Inc. liable to pay $1 billion to music...
Court Orders Replay of Song Copyright Case Against Taylor Swift October 31, 2019 By Edvard Pettersson Taylor Swift won’t escape so easily after all from allegations that her 2014 hit “Shake It Off” illegally copied the...
Why Big Internet Firms Think They Should Remain Shielded from Content Liability October 16, 2019 By David Shepardson A 23-year-old law giving technology companies legal protection from lawsuits over user-generated content remains critical to the internet’s future, Alphabet...
Music Copyright Law in Search of New Standard for Infringement September 23, 2019 By Edvard Pettersson Willie Nelson has famously said a country song is “three chords and the truth.” It might not be so simple...
Judges May Be Reaching Limit with Copyright Profiteering by Pornography Sellers August 6, 2019 By Susan Decker and Christopher Yasiejko Pornography producers and sellers account for the lion’s share of copyright-infringement lawsuits in the U.S. — and judges may have...
University Lawsuit Accuses Big Retailers of Infringing ‘Reinvented’ Light Bulb Patent July 31, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel Five major retailers, including Amazon.com Inc and Walmart Inc, were sued on Tuesday by the University of California over what...
Judge Rules Andy Warhol’s ‘Transformative’ Art Did Not Violate Photographer’s Copyright July 3, 2019 By Larry Neumeister Andy Warhol transcended a photographer’s copyright by transforming a picture of a vulnerable and uncomfortable Prince into an artwork that...
U.S. Jury Finds Huawei Stole Silicon Valley Startup’s Trade Secrets June 28, 2019 By David Koenig A federal jury in Texas has ruled that Huawei stole trade secrets from a Silicon Valley startup, but it didn’t...
JetBlue Lawsuit Claims Walmart Violates Its Trademark with Jetblack Service June 25, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel JetBlue Airways Corp. has sued Walmart Inc. for trademark infringement, in an effort to stop the world’s largest retailer from...
Supreme Court Offs Ban on Foul Language Trademarks June 25, 2019 By Andrew Chung The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a longstanding U.S. ban on trademarks on “immoral” or “scandalous” words and symbols,...