Intellectual Property News

The leader of a church in Texas has sued Kanye West, officially known as ‘Ye’, for sampling a sermon in his new track, without permission. A sermon is a speech usually delivered at...

Taco John’s have brought a trade mark infringement claim against a new Mexican restaurant called “Taco Chon”. The new restaurant has outlets in both Burnsville and St Cloud, Minnes...

Legendary basketball player Michael Jordan is the subject of a copyright infringement lawsuit issued against Amazon on the basis that the online giant failed to comply with a taked...

Global fashion giant Zara claims House of Zana has an “identical brand”, and has launched action at a tribunal. Owner of House of Zana, Amber Kotrri started the small fashion compa...

The dispute between Cher and Sonny Bono’s widow (“Mary Bono”) over the estate of Sonny Bono (“the Estate”) continues. Cher brought a claim last year against Mary Bono, stating ...

Bacardi and Co (“Bacardi”) have lost a claim it brought against US Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) in the Virginia federal court over the USPTO’s decision to revive Cubaexpor...

The famous model Emily Ratajkowski has recently settled a copyright case arising from her posting a photograph of herself on her Instagram story. Ms Ratajkowski was sued in 2019 by...

Scottish DJ Calvin Harris (“Harris”) is facing a copyright infringement battle with French musicians Mickael Zieben and Patrice Adekalom (“Claimants”). The Claimants argue Harr...

In a perfect example of the importance that big companies place on protecting their intellectual property, the Sega corporation has received an Intellectual Property Award from the...

Opensea is a well-known online marketplace for NFTs. The platform is reportedly facing a legal claim valued at $1 million relating to the sale of an NFT which was allegedly complet...

A staggering by product of the war in Ukraine is the little publicised decree issued on 5 March by the Russian Government which legalises counterfeiting. The decree removes the...

The word ‘archetypes’ entered into the English language around 476 years ago, and will be the name of Meghan Markle’s first podcast series. The audio show will discuss “labels that...