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  • PitchMark It Before Pitch It: NTW 2025 Session Delivers Powerful Case for IP Protection in Sustainable Procurement

    Building on its success earlier in the week, PitchMark concluded its participation in Malaysia’s National Training Week (NTW) 2025, with a webinar on Friday, June 20th, for Chief Sustainability Officers concerning the importance of intellectual property protection in the context of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Agenda. Entitled “Developing Compliance with SDGs 8 & 12 Through Ven

  • From Innovation to Impact: Why IP Protection is Key to Sustainable Production

    In the race to build a more sustainable world, ideas are everything. From biodegradable packaging to energy-efficient engines, it is innovation that transforms good intentions into tangible change. But innovation is not a spontaneous or risk-free process. It takes investment, commitment, and time – all of which hinge on an essential guarantee that innovators’ ideas will be protected.
    This is wh

  • Indian singer Guru Randhawa sued for copyright infringement

    Rolling Stone India reported recently that Indian music producer Vikram Shapribhan Singh, aka Vee, has filed a lawsuit in the Bombay High Court against popular Indian singer Guru Randhawa, T-Series, and Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. claiming copyright infringement.
    Vee alleged that T-Series used his sound recordings, musical works, and performances without obtaining prior permis

  • Authors sue this AI company for copyright infringement

    Three Authors filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Amazon-backed artificial intelligence alleging that it committed "large-scale theft" in training its popular chatbot Claude.
    The lawsuit was filed by writers Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson in a federal court in California claiming that they were not paid "a cent" for copying their work.
    They allege that Clau

  • Barkley sues Quizlet for copyright infringement

    California-based test prep company Barkley & Associates has accused flashcard-making app Quizlet Inc. of copyright and trademark infringement as well as unfair business practices.
    Barkley filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Central District of California on July 16th accusing Quizlet of copying its study resources for those seeking to become certified nurse practitioners.

  • Photographer Jingna Zhang finally won her two-year copyright battle

    In the most recent development, Singaporean photographer Jingna Zhang won a two-year copyright battle against fine art painter Jeff Dieschburg in the Luxembourg court.
    In June 2022, Zhang filed a copyright lawsuit against Dieschburg accusing him of copying her photograph and displaying the painting at an international exhibition as well as winning a cash prize.
    However, in December 2022, the

  • The Link Between Intellectual Property and Sustainable Creativity

    The World Intellectual Property Organization observes April 26 as World IP Day each year to raise awareness about intellectual property rights and the contributions that innovation and creativity make towards social and economic progress.
    This year, the World IP Day theme is "IP and SDG's: Building our Common Future with Innovation and Creativity," which was announced by WIPO Director General D

  • Mariah Carey accused again of copying 'All I Want for Christmas Is You'

    Songwriter Andy Stone has filed a second copyright infringement lawsuit against Mariah Carey’s team claiming that her 1994 hit song “All I Want for Christmas is You" is in fact an unauthorized infringement of his 1989 release with the same title.
    The action, filed on November 1st against Carey and her co-writer Walter Afanasieff and co-defendants Sony Music Entertainment, Kobalt Music Publishin

  • Music publishers sue AI startup Anthropic over copyright infringement

    Universal Music Group (UMG), Concord Publishing, and ABKCO Music & Records have launched a lawsuit against Anthropic, accusing them of committing direct, vicarious, and contributory copyright infringement when training its AI chatbot, Claude.
    The lawsuit, filed in the Nashville Division of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee on October 18, claims that Anthr

  • BackGrid sues Audacy for copyright infringement

    BackGrid USA, a celebrity news agency, has filed a lawsuit against Audacy, a free broadcast and internet radio platform, alleging that it violated BackGrid’s copyrights in 21 pictures by posting them on its websites without authorization.
    The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the location of Audacy's corporate headquarters in September. Audacy su

  • Elon Musk's social media platform sued for copyright infringement by marketing agency

    Legal-marketing firm X Social Media LLC filed a lawsuit against X Corp (formerly known as Twitter), in a federal district court in Florida, alleging that the social media giant's new name and related marketing campaign violates its registered trade and service marks featuring the letter "X" constituting both unfair competition and a deceptive trade practice.
    The plaintiff is situated in Winderm

  • Ed Sheeran to fight another copyright infringement battle over ‘Thinking Out Loud’

    The long-running legal dispute about whether Ed Sheeran’s hit song “Thinking Out Loud” is a plagiarized version of Marvin Gaye’s legendary "Let's Get It On" remains ongoing.
    A different group of plaintiffs presented their opening arguments at a federal appeals court on September 29, setting the stage for years of additional litigation and a decision that might resurrect the case against Sheeran

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