copyright

Apr. 20, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Hi folks, your weekly IP news update: The copyright-holders of Bill Withers song “Don’t You Want to Stay” filed an infringement lawsuit against Kendrick Lamar last week accusing him of using...

Apr. 19, 2016(Mimesis Law) —  On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States dismissed a petition for appeal from the Authors Guild who claimed that Google’s digital library of books, Google Books, constituted copyright infringement....

Apr. 15, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — The EU’s grapple with copyright and the internet continues with the consideration of whether hyperlinking to infringing content could itself constitute copyright infringement. 2016 and this is still an issue? Yes,...

Apr. 14, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Hi folks, your weekly IP news update: Daisy Washington, a resident of Detroit, has filed a $2 billion lawsuit against Apple claiming she invented the AppleWatch. Washington claims she filed a...

Apr. 12, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — A Los Angeles district court has ruled that the founders of Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, will face a jury trial to decide whether their legendary song “Stairway...

Apr. 8, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — How is this EU-wide ancillary copyright idea still a thing? EU Digital Commissioner Günther Oettinger certainly thinks it’s still worth exploring. In fact, he said that it’s his “personal ambition...

Apr. 7, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Hi folks, your IP news update this week: Beyoncé has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against knock-off brand “Feyoncé” which sells clothing and other products with featuring that term. Queen Bey...

Mar. 31, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Hi folks, here’s your IP news update for the week: Oracle, who is suing Google for copyright infringement over the use of certain parts of Java language, will ask the...

Mar. 24, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Your IP news update this week: A jury in California upheld the validity of two of Merck’s patents in its infringement dispute over Hepatitis C treatments with Gilead. Merck is seeking over...

Mar. 21, 2016 (Mimesis Law) — Animal rights organization, PETA, has filed an appeal on behalf of selfie-taking monkey, Naruto, in its bizarre crusade to convince a California judge that the Indonesian macaque has rights to...