Apr 13, 2023
In March 2023, Spotify made the announcement that it would be removing Bollywood songs from its platform due to licensing and copyright issues. The decision was met with mixed reactions from users worldwide, with some expressing disappointment, while others supported...
Apr 13, 2023
The news of the court action between an actress, Ann Njemanze, and the producer of the movie, Domitilla, is agog in the Nigerian entertainment industry. In sum, having acted in the 1996 movie, she was approached for a role in the sequel, Domitilla: The Reboot, but the...
Apr 6, 2023
Adidas has officially withdrawn its opposition to a US trademark filing by the Black Lives Matter movement after initially claiming that the trademark would cause confusion with its own three-stripe design and dilute its distinctiveness. The US application (Serial No....
Apr 6, 2023
The trademark dispute between Mariah Carey’s company, Splashes Beverage, and Darker Still Spirit Company, an Irish whiskey-based liqueur company, has finally come to an end. After a lengthy battle, it has been announced that Darker Still Spirit Company has agreed to...
Apr 6, 2023
The IPO has published updated trademark guidance in respect of the classification of NFTs, virtual goods, and the Metaverse. This comes as recent analysis by the IPO of around 4.1 million trademark applications on its database – using search terms such as...
Apr 6, 2023
New York, New York—April 5, 2023—As of today, 6,909 brand owners and practitioners, government officials, and academics from 139 jurisdictions have registered to participate in the International Trademark Association’s (INTA) 2023 Annual Meeting Live+, which takes...
