If deported, the German tech businessman may have to answer to a litany of charges brought by the U.S. Justice Department, including copyright infringement, money laundering, and racketeering, over his now-defunct file-sharing site, Megaupload. By Reuters and VICE News.
The action figure creator presented the idea to the company in 1963 and was offered an upfront purchase price for the concept, as well as a sales royalty, which he claims Hasbro reneged on. By Nancy Dillon and Dareh Gregorian. New York Daily News.
www.nydailynews.com/news/national/g-joe-creator-copywright-dolls-hasbro-article-1.2362785
Rime alleges that Scott and Moschino copied his Detroit-commissioned mural design to create the brand’s fall/winter 2015 collection. By Kelsey Drain. FashionTimes.
The adultery site may soon find itself accused of copyright abuse, as its takedown notices issued to social media and news sites, after the company’s massive hack, seem to be more about saving face than saving protected content. By Jeff John Roberts. Fortune.
A man invents a chicken sandwich for Church’s Chicken in the late 1980s, but when he tried to sue the company in 2014 for his share of his creation’s profits, a U.S. Appeals Court ruled that specific food items are not copyrightable. By Roberto A. Ferdman. The Washington Post.
Appeals Court sides with Varsity Brands, Inc., in its copyright suit against competitor Star Athletica, LLC, after Varsity accused Star of infringing on its cheerleader uniform designs. By Reuters.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-court-says-y-e-s-cheerleader-uniform-design-n412676
Ostrovsky faces a mountain of evidence that he stole jokes from other comedians, resulting in potential legal action for copyright infringement. By Oliver Herzfeld. Forbes.
www.forbes.com/sites/oliverherzfeld/2015/08/24/the-fat-jew-plagiarism-and-copyright-law
Ashley Madison sends cease and desist letters to social media and other sites, to prevent widespread publication of users’ contact information, after the site’s database of 37 million users was recently hacked. By Alex Hern. The Guardian.
Police in Denmark arrest 2 owners of websites that offer information concerning the use of year-old video-streaming site Popcorn Time, which increasingly is being viewed as a haven for copyright and piracy violators. By Andy. TorrentFreak.
https://torrentfreak.com/police-arrest-men-for-spreading-popcorn-time-information-150819
The hip-hop megastars will make their case that they did not use an Egyptian composer’s song illegally in their 1999 hit song, in a California courtroom this October. The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/music/2015/aug/17/jay-z-and-timbaland-set-to-testify-in-big-pimpin-lawsuit
