Intellectual Property
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A California federal judge shot down an attempt by The Weeknd to trim a suit accusing the Canadian R&B artist of ripping off a song by a trio of British songwriters to make his track “A Lonely Night,” which appeared on his Grammy Award-winning 2016 album “Starboy”… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Tenth Circuit on Thursday upended a ruling that had blocked the company behind Mrs. Fields-branded snacks from franchising its trademark to popcorn makers other than California-based MFGPC, saying MFGPC’s license wasn’t “perpetual”… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The stars of the 1984 mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap” announced Tuesday that they have struck a settlement agreement with Vivendi SA subsidiary Universal Music Group Inc., letting the company exit the suit accusing it and others of withholding royalties related to the cult classic… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A California federal judge who had previously found internet call-routing patents held by Voip-Pal.com Inc. too generalized and abstract made a similar ruling on Friday in two cases in which the communications company had accused Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. of infringing similar intellectual property… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Chipmakers GlobalFoundries Inc. and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. said Monday they have inked a deal to end a slew of lawsuits accusing each other of infringing numerous patents used in common consumer electronics… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 