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Back in October of 2022, I wrote about Ed Sheeran being sued by the family of Ed Townsend, who co-wrote the 1973 smash hit (and perennial slow-jam earworm) “Let’s Get It On” with Marvin Gaye. You can click here to read more about that and the concepts and ideas behind the suit, as well as …
Let’s Get It On!”: Ed Sheeran Infringement Trial Begins in Manhattan Read More »
R&B artists Drake and The Weeknd are in the WORST mood. A song featuring the singers’ voices, entitled “heart on my sleeve [sic],” hit the Apple Music store, Deezer, and TIDAL at roughly the same time, as well as popular music outlets like YouTube, SoundCloud, TikTok, and Spotify. In only a matter of days, the …
An AI Deepfake Song May Rewrite Copyright Law As We Know It Read More »
Laypeople and lawyers alike are watching closely to see what’s going to happen next with characters lately controlled by Disney as they pass into the public domain. With the recent media storm over the latest and most bizarre entree into the world of Winnie the Pooh, the low-budget slasher movie Blood and Honey, interest in …
What’s Next? A Feral Mickey Mouse? …Well, Maybe! Read More »
Recently, I talked about graphic novelist Kristina Kashtanova. Their signature work, Zarya of the Dawn, features a nonbinary character (that is to say, someone who rejects conventional gender pronouns in favor of the gender-neutral “they/them” pronoun scheme), making their way through a postapocalyptic Manhattan. The work’s copyright was partially rejected by the US Copyright Office …
A newly published patent application from Ford takes a novel approach to dealing with dead car batteries. The patent proposes using drones to help jumpstart stranded vehicles and get them back on the road. But the technology comes with roadblocks of its own that have skeptics questioning whether it’s worth the effort, expense, and hassle. …
New Ford Patent Taps Drones to Provide Jumpstarts for Stranded Vehicles Read More »
A class-action lawsuit against Buffalo Wild Wings alleges that the famous wing chain engaged in deceptive practices and false advertising because the company’s “boneless” wings are actually made with breast meat. But does this “fowl” case have wings, or is it really just a turkey? Let’s take a look at the meat of the matter …
Clucking Furious Customers Squawk at Buffalo Wild Wings in Boneless Wing Lawsuit Read More »
Can we agree at the outset of this article that attorneys as a class tend to be awful at branding? This statement shouldn’t be controversial, and yet I’m already wincing as I imagine my inbox filling up with comments that start off on the lines of “But whuddabout…?” Yes, there are exceptions to every rule. …
Like many other large companies with international reputations, distiller Jack Daniel’s is well aware of the power of branding—and the importance of protecting the elements of that brand. Now, the whiskey giant is embroiled in a tug of war with dog toy manufacturer VIP Products, LLC, over a squeaking chew toy called “Bad Spaniels” that …
Barking Mad: Jack Daniel’s Goes to the Dogs Over Spoof Chew Toy Read More »
The idea of a vehicle intended for human transport being possessed, haunted, sentient, or able to communicate with (and in some cases assume autonomous control of its functions from) its human operators predates Stephen King’s Christine by at least several hundred years. With the advent of autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles and the vast array of …
When news broke that beloved “Tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff” Winnie the Pooh was destined to enter the public domain on January 1st, 2022, 95 years after A.A. Milne’s beloved children’s classic first hit the shelves and the feels of generations, it was inevitable that people would create their own spins on the …
Oh, Bother!: Winnie the Pooh, (the Public Domain), and Gore Too! Read More »
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