Sony Music Entertainment is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit brought against the company by Patrick Moxey‘s Ultra International Music Publishing late last year, claiming the suit was an act of “retaliation” against the major label after it filed its own lawsuit against the publishing outfit two years prior. Ultra International Music Publishing
Trina Solar said the two defendants had “jointly manufactured, licensed and sold PV modules and other products falling within the scope of protection of the first patent and the second patent”. It has asked the court to prohibit them from manufacturing cells and modules in this manner and “destroy the entire inventory” of the products
Image: Pocketpair We have been following Nintendo’s Palworld lawsuit for the best part of six months now, and while we have grown to have a better understanding of the particular patents involved, all of the infringement claims have been tied to Japan. However, in recent months, it seems that Nintendo has been preparing to bring
A new federal report on artificial intelligence says that merely prompting a computer to write a song isn’t enough to secure a copyright on the resulting track — but that using AI as a “brainstorming tool” or to assist in a recording studio would be fair game. In a long-awaited report issued Wednesday (Jan. 29),
The independent label and publishing company Artist Partner Group (APG) sued Create Music Group on Tuesday (Jan. 21), accusing the company of violating copyrights by uploading and monetizing songs it didn’t actually own. APG also accused Create of interfering with its artists’ contracts. “Create’s ‘business model’ is to steal the intellectual property and contractual rights
JPMorgan Chase is reportedly facing a lawsuit that alleges that the bank paid “unreasonably” low interest rates on accounts used in its cash sweep program. Illinois resident Dan Bodea alleges in the suit that the bank used the program to shortchange customers while pretending to act as their fiduciary, Reuters reported Monday (Aug. 26). JPMorgan Chase
In a precedential decision issued on August 13, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a first-filed, first-issued, later-expiring claim cannot be invalidated by a later-filed, later-issued, earlier-expiring reference claim having a common priority date.1 Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Obviousness-type double patenting (ODP) is a judicially created doctrine dating back to
Ex-Vitol Group oil trader Javier Aguilar faces as much as 40 years in prison and will forfeit more than $7.1 million in two U.S. bribery cases after entering a guilty plea in federal court. Aguilar, 50, had already been convicted in Brooklyn, New York, in February of orchestrating an elaborate scheme to bribe Mexican and
“The pain of not finding closure, compounded by the way I’ve been treated, has been unbearable.” Nadene said the nine years it has taken to administer her late husband’s estate had compounded her grief. “My mental health has been stretched to its limits, and only when the estate is finally administered and completed will the
The Iowa City City Council is continuing to explore amendments to its tobacco permitting process, possibly limiting the number of permit approvals and where products can be sold. The council tasked City Attorney Eric Goers with exploring these changes in May, when the city instituted a moratorium on new tobacco permits. The city has ceased