Viral-Video Website Wins Copyright Appeal
March 14, 2016
Jukin Media wins copyright suit against Equals Three Studios, after a jury finds Equals Three guilty of using Jukin’s properly licensed, user-generated viral videos, for
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Software Company Wins $30M Copyright Suit
March 12, 2016
Software company Synopsys is awarded $30M in damages, after jury finds rival firm ATopTech guilty of infringing on Synopsys’s copyrighted circuit software. By Ross Todd.
Visual Journalist Sues ABC for Infringing on Video
March 9, 2016
Freelance photographer Paul Adao, represented by , sues ABC for broadcasting his 2013 video interview with former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner, which was licensed to
Producers of Fox’s Hit Show ‘Empire’ Sued for $1.5 Billion
March 5, 2016
Novelist Timothy J. Levi sues Fox, ‘Empire’ creator Lee Daniels, and other show producers for $1.5 billion in damages; the defendants allegedly infringed on Levi’s
Richard Prince Sued for NYC Instagram Exhibit
March 4, 2016
The visual artist and Gagosian Gallery, and its owner Larry Gagosian, are sued by LA photographer Donald Graham, for infringing on Graham’s federally registered image,
Jay-Z’s Tidal Music-Streaming Service Sued for $5M
March 2, 2016
The hip-hop mogul’s company faces $5M copyright suit by band who claims that Tidal’s self-proclaimed ‘pro-artist’ service actually doesn’t pay royalties and intentionally miscalculates royalty
3D-Printing Firm Uses and Sells 3D-Design Site’s Work on eBay
February 29, 2016
Startup firm Just3DPrint searches 3D-model design site Thingiverse, and creates and posts 3D items for sale on eBay, in direct violation of the 3D designers’
CBS and Paramount Sue ‘Star Trek’ Fan-Made Film for Copyright Infringement
February 25, 2016
The studios allege that the crowdfunded movie ‘Anaxar’ infringes on many copyrighted features of the ‘Star Trek’ franchise, while the film’s attorneys contend that the movie actually
Justin Timberlake and Will.i.am Face Copyright Suit
February 23, 2016
The 2 mega-hit crooners are accused of infringing on a music publisher’s rights to the 1969 disco-hit song “A New Day is Here At Last,”