shark.jpgIPNews® – 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

concert-2.jpgIPNews® – A judge has ruled that a copyright infringement case regarding Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke’s song, “Blurred Lines,” should go to trial.

Music legend Marvin Gaye’s family has alleged that “Blurred Lines” is a copyright infringement of the 1977 Gaye hit “Got to Give It Up.”  The case is scheduled to go to

Grooveshark.jpgIPNews® – A federal judge in New York has ruled that Grooveshark, a free online music service, is liable for copyright infringement because it uploaded numerous songs without proper permission.

Grooveshark had argued that its actions were protected under the “safe harbor” provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.  But the judge disagreed and is

tattoo.jpgIPNews® – San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick obtained the copyright waivers from two tattoo artists who designed and inked the tattoos on his biceps.

The arm tattoos will be on display in Kaepernick’s digital avatar in the new “Madden” video game to be released next month. The past has shown that those that reproduce

music-headphones.jpgIPNews® –  Streaming media provider Spotify has been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over the way it allows users to create, play and share music playlists.

The party bringing the claim, Ministry of Sound, argues that Spotify infringes copyrights by allowing users to copy and then re-share songs in the same order as the