IPNews® – The question over whether tattoos can be copyrighted is the heart of a lawsuit against Take-Two Software, the creators of the videogame NBA 2K16.
Solid Oak Sketches claims copyright ownership over tattoos on NBA players, and argues that the use of those tattoos in the video game is a copyright infringement. Solid Oak
IPNews® – A federal judge in California ruled against a monkey in the case filed by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
The case centered on ownership rights over photos taken by a monkey with a nature photographer’s camera. PETA argued the monkey should get proceeds from the sales of a book
IPNews® – The copyright to the song “Happy Birthday” was recently ruled invalid by a federal judge.
The judge determined that Warner/Chappell Music held the right to the melody and the piano arrangements based on the melody, but not the rights to the lyrics. As a result of the decision Warner/Chappell may be forced to
IPNews® – A lawsuit filed by PETA seeks to give a monkey copyright ownership to photos it took in 2011.
PETA claims the definition of authorship under the U.S. Copyright Act is broad enough to include animals. Thus far the U.S. Copyright Office has stated that it will not grant copyrights to non-humans. To
IPNews® – Warner Music Group may soon see the end to a two year copyright battle that will decide if Warner owns a valid copyright to the song “Happy Birthday”.
A class action lawsuit against Warner has alleged that the song not only is not currently protected by a valid copyright, but that it never
IPNews® – Rand Paul’s race for Presidency didn’t necessarily get off to a good start.
To promote his campaign, he created a YouTube video featuring his announcement for candidacy. Unfortunately for him, YouTube’s “Content ID” system flagged and removed the video because it used a song by John Rich without permission. To continue reading, click:
IPNews® – A Los Angeles Federal court ruled that Seth McFarlane’s “Ted” does not constitute as a copyright infringement of “Charlie” another wild teddy bear.
“Ted” the vulgar teddy bear movie star was claimed to be a copyright infringement by a production company famous for also portraying a not-so-cuddly bear. A federal Judge ruled that
IPNews® – “Blurred Lines” is Robin Thicke’s biggest hit to date, however the song was found to violate Marvin Gaye’s copyrighted song “Got to Give it Up”.
Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams are to pay over $7 million to Marvin Gaye’s children for violation of copyright law. Thicke and his representatives tried to convince
IPNews® – A legal debate over copyright ownership of the dancing “Left Shark” from the Super Bowl half time show has gone viral.
Katy Perry’s alleged ownership over her half-time shark intellectual property has created a stir as sellers of related products are fighting back in response to the legal claims. The debate heated
IPNews® – A scuffle between Dish Network and Fox made its way to the U.S. District court due to an alleged copyright infringement over DVR ad skipping.
Dish Network’s “Hopper” Package is great for consumers yet a headache for Fox. The U.S. District Court ruled in favor of Dish by stating that ad-skipping alone is