Intellectual Property News

In what might serve as a warning to any consumer-facing business, Bournemouth Council had their YouTube broadcast pulled from the website in respect of potential copyright infringe...

Vogue isn’t just a magazine, it’s also a small village located in Cornwall home to a local pub called The Star Inn at Vogue, which received a letter from the famous fashion magazin...

With the ongoing war in Ukraine making the headlines and sanctions tightening it would appear that the US still feels that IP in Russia is an important asset. On 5 May the US Tr...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Ed Sheeran has won a High Court copyright battle against Sami Chokri and Ross O’Donoghue over Sheeran’s hit 2017 song “Shape of You”. Last month we reported on the battle betwee...

The United States Supreme Court is set to hear a copyright dispute over paintings created by the iconic artist Andy Warhol in the 1980s by musician Prince. A photographer, best...

Katy Perry (“Perry”) wins in the federal appeal court in the case against Christian rapper Flame (“Flame”). Following the release of Perry’s hit song “Dark Horse” back in 2013, Fla...

British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran had returned to the High Court in London to defend the 2017 hit song “Shape of You”. Grime artist Sami Chokri and music producer Ross O’Donoghu...