Rolls-Royce Wins Suit Against Rapper
A New Jersey federal judge has ruled that Robert Davis, the Atlanta rapper formerly known as Rolls Royce Rizzy, can’t use the automaker’s name as part of his stage name anymore because it’s trademark dilution by tarnishment.
April 05, 2016
Breads Will Roll: Great Harvest Sues Panera Over a Trademarked Slogan
Great Harvest Bread Co. has filed a trademark infringement suit against Panera Bread Co. in a federal court in North Carolina, accusing the company of using a similar slogan in advertisements.
March 29, 2016
Three Music Streaming Services Are Being Sued Over Unpaid Royalties
Google Play, Tidal, and Slacker Radio all have something in common with Spotify, and it isn’t that they’re music streaming services. It’s that musicians, who claim their music is being offered for streaming without licenses or royalty payments, have sued them this year for copyright infringement.
March 22, 2016
Two Successful Paranormal Authors Are Headed to Court Over IP Rights
The stories of Cassandra Clare and Sherrilyn Kenyon, two New York Times-bestselling authors of fantasy novels, may contain very imaginative mythology, but it’s the legal developments between them that are drawing a lot of attention these days.
March 15, 2016
Fox Wins Trademark Fight Over “Empire” TV Show
Fox will only have to worry about fictionalized drama when its hit show Empire returns to TV in several weeks, now that its real-life one is over.
March 09, 2016
The “Happy Birthday” Song May Get Older in the Public Domain
It looks like the nearly three-year legal battle over “Happy Birthday” is in its final stages. According to court documents obtained by Buzzfeed, Warner/Chappell, purported owners of the rights to the song, hopes to settle the class-action suit against it by paying $14 million to those who have licensed the song since 1949, and will not seek any more royalties going forward.
March 01, 2016
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