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Four Tet’s Successful Royalty Battle: Are Changes Coming in the Music Industry for Royalty Payment?

IPilogue

In a recent installment in the series of intellectual property disputes in the music industry, electronic artist Four Tet, also known as Kieran Hebden, has won a royalty lawsuit against his independent British record label, Domino Record Label, over how much he is paid every time one of his songs is downloaded or streamed. Sales vs Licences.

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TM laches where a band broke up "for now" but its music remained on Spotify etc.

43(B)log

16, 2022) Where a musical group’s music remains publicly available, the fact that they stopped touring may not avoid laches if you sue only when they get back together! Defendants are a musical duo that also operates as Darkside and their record label. Satan Wears Suspenders, Inc. Jaar, 2022 WL 2181449, 21 Civ.

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Apple Music V. Spotify: A Comparative Study In The Digital Music Marketplace (Part ii)

IIPRD

Spotify is an on-demand music streaming service that allows users to browse a database of music licenced through different record labels, as well as create and share playlists with other Spotify users. APPLE MUSIC. Apple Music is based on the already popular iTunes Store, which has a vast user base. APPLE MUSIC.

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Top Trademark Trends of 2022

Erik K Pelton

But Elizabeth Chan, a musical artist who specializes in making Christmas music and has an album called Queen of Christmas, opposed the application in May. On November 7 th , Conde Nast sued Drake and 21 Savage for $4 million for false advertising and infringing Vogue’s trademarks. 2011: [link]. 2020: [link].

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From Fruit to Fortune: Apple’s Trademark Journey and Their Fierce Protection Strategy

Intepat

Notably, Apple trademarked its store design in the United States in 2011. Transborder reputation and goodwill: Apple has achieved transborder reputation and goodwill through global presence, marketing and advertising, brand loyalty and community, extensive legal protection in order to ensure there arises no dilution.

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Spain’s Pirate Site Blocking Machine: Domains Blocked 2012 – 2023

TorrentFreak

2/2011 ) led to the formation of an administrative body known as the Second Section of the Intellectual Property Commission (S2CPI). In common with a growing list of EU Member States, Spain operates an ongoing domain blocking program with the aim of reducing traffic to pirate sites. Amendments to Spain’s Copyright Act ( Law No.

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Right of Publicity Part 2

IP and Legal Filings

the Apex Court held that one of the inherent aspects of the right to privacy as enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution is the right to prevent others from using the person’s name or likeness without his consent for advertising or non-advertising purposes. 2662/2011 Douglas v. State of T.N.,

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