Intellectual Property News

In 2019, Tamara Lanier brought a claim for wrongful seizure, possession and expropriation against Harvard University following Harvard’s use and promotion of old photographs of Lan...

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have recently commenced an application to oppose a [trade mark](https://mcdanielslaw.com/services/intellectual-property-trade-marks) application made...

Catholic Connect has recently been suspended from Instagram due to a number of allegations of copyright infringement. Catholic Connect is a popular Catholic-themed account tha...

Spotify is the world’s leading music streaming service. K-Pop is a music genre that has spread from its South Korean origins to become globally popular over the last decade or so....

Spain’s Supreme Court recently ruled that a bullfighter’s work could not be registered as intellectual property as it was difficult to identify it as a clear example of artistic cr...

The Proud Boys are a US far right, neo-fascist nationalist group that were founded in 2016 by Gavin McInnes, one of the founders of VICE, ahead of the 2016 US election. The group, ...

The High Court has granted the Duchess of Sussex summary judgment concerning her claim for misuse of private information and copyright infringement against the publisher of the Mai...

We recently reported on the ongoing patent dispute between high ‘spinning’ rivals Mad Dogg Athletics and Peloton. Mad Dogg is the creator of Spinning and the premise of indoor cyc...

Trade mark and design applicants and owners are continuing to be targeted by scammers and unofficial organisations. If you have recently instructed a law firm to file a trade m...

Michael Jordan is a former American basketball player turned businessman, who slam-dunked to fame as a Chicago Bull. Jordan is recognised as one of the greatest, if not *the* grea...

On 7 February 2021, a Los Angeles photographer brought a claim for copyright infringement against well-known tattoo artist, model and entrepreneur, Kat Von D, in the Californian Fe...

It has been recently reported that, photographer and writer, Clayton Haugen filed a lawsuit in Texas, alleging copyright infringement against companies Infinity Ward and Activision...