The generic drug companies won an important lawsuit against Novartis in the battle over the patent of fingolimod, the active ingredient that underlies the drug Gilenya, used for the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis. Indeed, several makers of fingolimod-based...
A coalition of music publishers, which includes Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappel Music and Sony Music Publishing, is suing Twitter over a “massive copyright infringement” involving their music catalogues. At stake are the rights to the music of artists...
Speaker and sound systems maker Sonos has won a lawsuit against Google’s parent company Alphabet for infringement of a patent on its speakers. The dispute dates back to January 2020, when Sonos sued Google before the United States International Trade Commission (ITC)...
Apple lost a lawsuit filed by a jazz trumpeter, Charlie Bertini, who challenged the Cupertino giant’s entry, with its brand, into the live music sector. In fact, the musician registered the trademark “Apple Jazz” in 1985, with reference to live music. The story...
The US Copyright Office has determined that illustrations inserted in a comic created with the Midjourney’s Artificial Intelligence cannot be protected by copyright law. The Bureau decided to revoke the copyright protection granted to Kristina Kashtanova last fall for...
