The Detroit-based music publishers for Eminem are suing New Zealand’s conservative National party the rapper’s claimed in 2002 that song was copied in the party’s soundtrack for a TV ad aired during its successful 2014 election campaign. It purchased the tack through an Australian-based supplier and doesn’t believe it has infringed anyone’s copyright. They [...]
It is not always clear what is “copyrightable” when it comes to television shows filmmakers and screen writers can get into serious trouble if they don’t follow specific television copyright laws accordingly. Lex Lybrand, Austin-based filmmaker watched the June 4th episode of the hit HBO series “Silicon Valley” to shockingly find strong similarities between [...]
What is intellectual property (IP)? Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce. IP is protected in law by, for example, patents, copyright and trademarks, which enable people to earn recognition or financial benefit from what they [...]
Apple has filed a number of really fascinating patents in recent months, this the new patent introduced by the apple. Background Devices (e.g., mobile devices such a smartphones) can execute location applications that provide information about a location of the device. For example, the device could have a location system which determines a current [...]
A German manufacturer of deep freezers won a trademark fight with the Swedish Nav-Nazis in the name of the group - which the company says is very easily confused. For the Nordic Regency Movement (NRM) or short, the extremist group “Nordfrost wrote." is similar to Nord Frost, the firm which claims to be the [...]
What is Intellectual Property Right? Intellectual property is the product of the human intellect including creativity concepts, inventions, industrial models, trademarks, songs, literature, symbols, names, brands,....etc. Intellectual Property Rights do not differ from other property rights. They allow their owner to completely benefit from his/her product which was initially an idea that developed and [...]
