Last week, licensing talks between social media powerhouse TikTok and behemoth record label Universal Music Group, aka UMG, broke down. UMG was asking TikTok for a revamped licensing deal that paid artists whose work is featured on the platform (and their record labels) a larger share of TikTok’s profits. However, the two companies couldn’t get a compromise which they could both get behind to the bargaining table. As a result, UMG told TikTok to start pulling both user-made videos featuring UMG artists’ work and official video clips from the site. The result, as of the publication of this arti ..read more

Large companies and brands are going to greater lengths than ever before to expand their holdings and protect the ones they’ve already locked down. From Disney to Mariah Carey to Starbucks, the list of megabrands coming down on small businesses for real or imagined infringement is growing nearly daily. The latest entry in this list is Elon Musk’s Tesla, which just won a judgment against a small UK chicken-and-pizza businessfor trademark infringement. But is this a case of fowl play, or is Tesla right to be chicken about potential market dilution? And what does it mean for the future of small b ..read more

On the eve of Hollywood’s biggest evening, veteran screenwriter Simon Stephenson went public with a shocking accusation: the script for “The Holdovers,”the Paul Giamatti vehicle up for a stunning five Academy Awards, had been plagiarized from a previous project the “Paddington 2” and “Luca” writer had created and shopped around Tinseltown. But is this really a case of plagiarism or simply sour grapes? What does U.S. copyright law have to say about matters like this? And what could it mean for the future of the cast and crew of “The Holdovers,” as well as the studio and production company who g ..read more

0:00 President Donald Trump, 0:02 who, as you know, lost the case in New York and now reportedly owes the state of New York $355 million. I thought I had a bag. 0:14 But yesterday, he introduced his new $400 Golden sneakers. And you think, Well, what’s wrong with that? Well, Pat and Professor John Rizvi, who’s been a guest on this program before, has raised if not a red caution flag, or at least a yellow caution flag Professor Rizvi, welcome back to nightside. Yeah, always a pleasure to be here. And I, what a great segue to you started out talking about the Red Sox. And now we’re talking abou ..read more

A common question that laypeople ask about attorneys is, “Who sues lawyers?”. This question betrays a common misunderstanding about how the legal profession and indeed the legal system as a whole work. Lawyers are people, just like anyone else, and they have the same right of access to the legal system to address and resolve grievances as any other citizen. There’s no “fast track” and attorneys have to follow the process, just like everyone else. This means that, for example, when law firms infringe on other law firms’ trademarks or other IP, attorneys have to defend their IP or risk losing it ..read more

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