Category | Intellectual Property Law

Sirius, Pandora ordered to compensate record companies for playing pre-1972 songs

October 17, 2014 2:19 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

The record industry won a major legal battle against streaming services like SiriusXM and Pandora this week, with a California state judge ruling that any pre-1972 songs are still considered the intellectual property of record labels and artists and must be compensated accordingly.

Google asks Supreme Court to weigh in on the extent of copyright protection for APIs

October 16, 2014 5:24 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Last week, Google asked the Supreme Court to hear a copyright infringement case, originally brought by Oracle against the search engine giant 4 years ago

Author sues major yogurt company over use of 'How'

October 7, 2014 6:45 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Dov Seidman, author of business book "How," is suing Chobani over its use of the phrase "How Matters" in its current brand campaign.