Upscale apparel retailer J. Crew filed a lawsuit in New York district court against discount giant Wal-Mart for copyright infringement on a selection of J. Crew’s necklaces. According to the complaint, J. Crew alleges that Wal-Mart made obvious copies of the designs of six necklaces that the retailer sold from 2012 to 2013 with reckless disregard to [...]
Warner Bros Entertainment has sued Innovative Artists Talent and Literary Agency for infringing its copyright and violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Warner Bros brought the action against Innovative Artists because in 2015 the talent agency allegedly set up an “illegal digital distribution platform”, which was then accessed by people outside of the agency. [...]
Gulf DTH FC, a Dubai based company had exclusive broadcasting rights for certain channels in certain foreign territories filed a suit in the Delhi High Court, alleging copyright infringement by Dish TV India and accused Dish TV India of orchestrating an elaborate scheme to earn illegal monies. The main issues pertain to the alleged commercial [...]
In the music world, the line between “inspired by” and “stolen from” can get a little blurred. Ed Sheeran has been accused of copying elements of Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On for his hit single Thinking Out Loud. It's especially problematic when the songs are clearly different, even if one was inspired by the other, [...]
The Commission has proposed two directives and two regulations to adapt the EU copyright rules to the realities of the Digital Single Market, on 14 September 2016. A directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market and a regulation will ensure: better choice and access to content online and across borders improved copyright rules [...]
Collage — a 1980s funk band — fired off a lawsuit against the popular hit-makers, accusing Ronson, Mars and others of swiping elements from their 1983 song "Young Girls" and using them in their chart-topping track. Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars have been hit by a lawsuit over their Grammy Award-winning hit single, Uptown [...]
