copyright-infringement
Page: 3
Walker Wear, a New York-based streetwear brand of 30 years, is reportedly taking on Off-White in a new trademark-focused lawsuit. According to the Fashion Law, the company filed a trademark infringement and dilution complaint after Off-White began to sell a $2,234 jacket featuring “a design nearly identical to Walker Wear’s storied WW XXL Athletic mark design.” Walker […]
Kim Kardashian’s upcoming skin care line has come across some trademark issues over the name SKKN. Earlier this month Kardashian’s Kimsaprincess Inc. filed paperwork to trademark the aforementioned line, which might carry items like haircare, makeup, and other skincare products . The reality television star and entrepreneur has now been hit with a cease and desist letter over the trademarking […]
Yung Bleu and Boosie Badazz are facing a lawsuit from an artist who claims to have provided the building blocks for Bleu’s career. According to documents obtained by TMZ on Thursday, a producer named Ice Starr claims Bleu has been using his instrumental work “without his knowledge, authorization, and without any compensation whatsoever” since 2017. In fact, […]
A pair of songwriters, Konstantine Lois and Shane Williams, have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit over the 2018 hit “Eastside,” according to TMZ. The two say that they wrote a song called “Loveless” three years prior (2015) for Williams’ group American XO. They say that “Eastside” (which went 4x Platinum and peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Top 100 in […]
Thailand’s National Office of Buddhism is considering taking legal action against Supreme over its use of an image of a late monk used without permission. The Fashion Law reports that the wildly popular streetwear brand used an image of Luang Phor Koon, a Thai Buddhist monk who died in 2015, on its “Blessings Ripstop Shirt.” The […]
According to a report from TMZ, Rihanna is being sued for allegedly using a song in an ad for her Fenty Beauty products without the artists’ permission. King Khan and Saba Lou, a German father-daughter musical duo, claim Rihanna’s team used music from their song “Good Habits (and Bad)” in one of her Instagram posts […]
A part of the massive 5,500+ page government funding/COVID-relief package that is expected to be passed through Congress in the next few days will include a legislative priority for the entertainment industry that will bump up the penalty for operating a for-profit illegal streaming service from a misdemeanor to a felony. Under the new law a violation of […]
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court chose not to weigh-in on the six-year-old copyright battle alleging that Led Zeppelin‘s 1971 hit “Stairway to Heaven” plagiarized the opening riff from Spirit’s “Taurus,” with “Taurus” being a song that had come out three years earlier. As a result, a ruling was left in place that rejected the copyright […]
Nicki Minaj scored a major victory for herself and artists everywhere Wednesday when a judge ruled in her favor in Tracy Chapman’s copyright infringement lawsuit, Variety has learned. U.S. district judge Virginia A. Phillips determined that Minaj didn’t commit copyright infringement by experimenting with Chapman’s 1988 song “Baby Can I Hold You” prior to seeking her permission […]
More than 14 years after his death, J Dilla is at the center of a copyright lawsuit. Rolling Stone reports the late producer and rapper is accused of illegally sampling 10cc’s 1974 record “The Worst Band in the World” for his 2006 track “Workinonit.” Dilla’s record appeared on his sophomore album, Donuts, which dropped just several days before his death. […]
