Intellectual Property News

Two Russian citizens are facing charges of criminal copyright infringement, wire fraud and money laundering in the United States of America. The charges relate to a pirated e-book ...

China has long had a reputation for being a place where it is very difficult to protect your intellectual property and businesses who are looking to trade or manufacture in China h...

Political street artist Banksy went viral on social media on Friday over a post accusing Guess of using his artwork without consent to front their Guess store on Regent Street, Lon...

Back in June we reported on “a Paramount Problem” unfolding over the release of Top Gun: Maverick. The family of the late Ehud Yonay sued Paramount Pictures (“Paramount”) for copyr...

The China Copyright Protection Centre has recently implemented a process to facilitate the online registration of copyright works, meaning that applicants no longer need to submit ...

Disney is facing further allegations of intellectual property infringement, this time over the song “Some Things Never Change” (“the Song”) in the film Frozen 2. A musician, Dan...

Back in June, we reported on Andy Stone, who had issued proceedings against Mariah Carey on grounds of copyright infringement over the title of the hit Christmas song “All I Want F...

Dr Zhivago is one the most famous novels of all time, written by Russian author Boris Pasternak and also the subject of a famous feature film. Anna Pasternak, the great niece of Bo...

American singer, songwriter and actress Miley Cyrus has settled a copyright infringement case with paparazzi photographer Robert Barbera. Barbera sued Cyrus for copyright infrin...

As part of a ten-part BBC One documentary series ‘Northern Justice’, members of the McDaniels Law team were privileged to share some of the stories of clients we had supported when...

In the ultimate David v Goliath battle, global giant Unilever, through its Nigerian arm Unilever Nigeria PLC, is being sued by a Nigerian toddler (through the toddler’s mother and ...

Earlier this month the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) released updated information about its equality objectives and how it aims to meet them. The rolling page on the U...