IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 6, 2024

This guide explores the process, benefits, and key points about copyright registration in India. Abstract This blog provides complete information to go about the registration for copyright in a systematic manner with due incorporation of all steps required to help creators of the works of art. What is Copyright?

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The music group is a driving force in lawsuits against the AI companies Udio and Suno , for example, and recently backed a lawsuit against the AI startup Anthropic. The RIAA goes on to list other typical pirate threats, including torrent indexers, direct music download sites, and cyberlockers. AI Vocal Cloning – voicify.ai

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Erik K Pelton

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The following is an edited transcript of my video, Having Trademark Registration is Like Double Insurance for Your Brand. There’s a music venue right around the corner from my office, and there had been some incident, somebody had fainted or something, so there was a response from the fire department with their sirens.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

by Dennis Cxrouch In re Lizzo LLC (TTAB 2023) In a new precedential opinion, the PTAB has sided with the musical artist Lizzo — agreeing to register her mark “100% THAT B H” for use on apparel. ” On those grounds, the TTAB concluded that the mark is registrable and thus reversed the denial.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Software and movies piracy are relatively popular in Croatia, while Ireland has the highest percentage of music pirates. For TV and music piracy, higher youth unemployment was surprisingly linked to lower piracy rates. In Malta, this goes up to 61%, while it’s ‘only’ 42% in France.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 18, 2022

Larger companies do routinely wind up on the respondent side with those names including Apple, YouTube, Turner Broadcasting, Warner Chappell Music, Hasbro, Amazon and Spirit Halloween to name a few. 16 cases involved audiovisual works (movies), 15 cases involved literary works and another 15 involved sound recordings (music).

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 5, 2021

2: Now Sony Music Sues Energy Drink Brand Bang Over Unlicensed Music in Social Media Videos. However, across all of their social media channels, they have uploaded various videos featuring their product but making unlicensed use of Sony’s music. Copyright Office typically gets fewer than 20 such registrations in a year.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2022

PPL filed an application for re-registration as a copyright society in March 2013. Subsequently (according to averments), an application for re-registration was filed once again in 2018 by PPL. Shortly after rejecting the application, the Registrar of Copyrights granted registration as a copyright society to RMPL for sound recordings.

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Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

First off today, Adam Schrader at UPI reports that New York artist Kris Kashtanova has received a copyright registration for a graphic novel entitled Zarya of the Dawn , representing the first known copyright registration granted to a work of AI-generated artwork.

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The Illusion of More

JANUARY 19, 2024

In what should be a surprise to nobody, […] The post Fraud in Music Streaming on Legit Platforms appeared first on The Illusion of More.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Abstract The near-seamless hybrid of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and music creation has sparked a fascinating and deeply complex legal question of late – who or what owns the melody; the human or the machine? Legally, when we talk about “music under copyright,” we’re referring to the ownership of the composition or recording itself.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 6, 2022

In India, a sound that can be graphically represented by a succession of musical notes with or without words can obtain Trademark Protection. Under the Indian Trade Marks Act of 1999 , if a sound is or has become a distinctive or unique symbol associated with one undertaking, it will be eligible for obtaining Trademark Registration.

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The TTABlog

MAY 15, 2024

In another of those battles between a rock band and one of its members, the Board again sided with the band, granting a petition for cancellation of a registration for THE PLIMSOULS for "entertainment in the nature of live performances by a musical band." There is no evidence that the Plimsouls partnership ever dissolved.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 2, 2023

The reason is that each piece of recorded music that has two sets of copyrights : one for the musical composition, and one for the actual sound recording. Composition The compositional copyright covers an underlying musical composition: the arrangement of notes, melodies, and chords in a specific order.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

If not, they should take steps to correct their information so that the registration remains effective. For applications that have already been processed and resulted in a registration, the applicant should correct the public record by submitting a supplementary registration.

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 27, 2022

2: Kanye West’s King Crimson Sample in ‘Power’ Sparks Lawsuit Against Universal Music. Yossman at Variety reports that Kanye West’s 2010 song Power has drawn a lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) over a sample the song contains of the King Crimson’s song 21st Century Schizoid Man. Next up today, K.J.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

A summary of this guidance is here. To facilitate a better understanding of the relevant issues and some of the Copyright Office’s history with AI, I have prepared the Copyright Office Artificial Intelligence Initiative Resource Guide.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Every year, a diverse community of over 40,000 music creators in India produces a remarkable 20,000 to 25,000 original songs! The country’s music publishing industry has grown significantly, reaching INR 845 crore during FY 2022-23. 382-1 , the 1983 German scheme for artists , and Latin American labor codes.

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Plagiarism Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

1: Ninth Circuit Affirms Validity of Unicolors’ Copyright Registration on Remand, But H&M Scores Big on Remittitur Calculations. Unicolors won at the district court, but that was overturned over issues with the copyright registration. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Erik K Pelton

OCTOBER 28, 2022

I’ve been blessed over the years to be able to work with a lot of clients that are in the music industry – whether they’re performers, producers, music labels, music websites—all different aspects of the industry – to help protect their brands. What about album names or song names?

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Intepat

APRIL 23, 2025

In the contemporary music industry, a band’s or artist’s name, logo, and visual identity constitute critical brand assets, demanding the same rigorous protection afforded to their musical compositions. Consider the trajectory of a musical act.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 16, 2021

Marshmello, an American electronic music producer and DJ, won the case as Judge Philip S. Subsequently, Interscope and Arty’s company, Telma Music LLC, entered into a contract (the ‘Remixer Declaration’) in September 2014.

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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

Image Sources: Shutterstock] Key Features: Registration of trademark is mandatory for protection against infringement, but not against passing off. Registration is not mandatory, but recommended. Registration of patent is mandatory. Key Features: Registration of design is mandatory under the Designs Act, 2000.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The main contentions in the case were two pronged: whether private copyright societies like IPRS fall under RTI’s purview and can inquiry commission reports like the Dangey Commission Report on IPRS’s re-registration be disclosed under the RTI Act. Copyright Societies like IPRS (for musical works), and Phonographic Performance Ltd.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 20, 2024

These domains, which were used to provide access to pirated films, music, books and games, were registered though domain proxy services that shield the identity of the owners. “This is a standard procedure at SIDN that we apply if there is reason to doubt the correctness of the registrant’s data. and iptvstreamplus.nl.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 18, 2022

In fact, the only major use of it in this way that I am aware of is Bluebox, which uses it to track royalties and rights to music. Coupled with their registration service, they can also provide assurances that NFTs are authentic as well. Though novel and interesting, NFTs currently lack much in the way of practical application.

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Likelihood of Confusion

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Recently, the USPTO issued a trademark registration certificate for his sensory mark. The markconsists of asixteen-second musical introduction that Oppedahl uses […] The post Sounds original! However, that setbackdid not dissuade him from continuing to push against trademark law limitations.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Charles Bertini, owner of the trademark APPLE JAZZ, has filed a Request for Reconsideration of a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) Order suspending his Petition to Cancel Apple’s registration of the mark APPLE for entertainment services. s federal registration for “Apple Music”. s federal registration for “Apple Music”.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2025

This comes as the Central Government recently granted the Screenwriters Rights Association of India (SRAI) registration as a copyright society with respect to dramatic works and literary works. The registration empowers SRAI to function as a collective management organization specifically for screenwriters. Balki as its directors.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 9, 2021

Internet streaming in India contributes to the majority of revenues of the recorded music industry. Licensing is imperative for the product because it is known that music rights holders have worked hard. Licensing is imperative for the product because it is known that music rights holders have worked hard.

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Plagiarism Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

” The decision was made by the three-person Copyright Review Board, which was reviewing an earlier denial of registration by the U.S. figure skaters along with NBC have been hit with a lawsuit by the musical due the Heavy Young Heathens over an Olympic performance that saw the skaters use their version of House of the Rising Sun.

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Erik K Pelton

MAY 24, 2021

There is one type of change that’s very interesting and is sometimes allowed: a change to the description of goods and services in a registration which may be permitted if technology has evolved such that the way a mark was used years ago is no longer the way it’s used. The post Can You Change a Trademark?

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 7, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) to rehear a decision that effectively canceled the tech giant’s application to register the trademark APPLE MUSIC.

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Plagiarism Today

AUGUST 30, 2022

Other lawsuits have featured artists including 2 Milly, Alfonso Riberio and the “Orange Shirt Kid” However, many of those lawsuits were dropped in 2019 due to a lack of copyright registration. 2: YouTube Holds Licenses For Copyright Lawsuit Plaintiff’s “Entire Back Catalog”.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 13, 2024

But Ive got plenty of music to digest in the meantime. To my surprise, several of the new bands Ive discovered do not have federal trademark registrations. Some seemed to go on for eras. For me, that means waiting a few months to catch some favorite acts. No I wont be naming names. Okay, just one.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 24, 2024

The Court emphasized the distinction between a musical work and a sound recording of that work, noting that they are separately copyrightable and require separate registrations. Nwosuocha v. Glover, Case No. 23-703 (2d Cir. May 10, 2024) (Jacobs, Park, Nathan, CJ.) (per per curium). By: McDermott Will & Emery

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