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29/07/16
Burberry sues rapper/producer Burberry Perry for trade mark infringement
On Tuesday, Burberry filed trade mark infringement proceedings in New York against rapper and producer Burberry Perry, seeking immediate injunctive relief against the artist’s use of any and all associations with the company, including his stage name. The rapper, whose real name is Perry Moise, adopted Burberry Perry as his stage name and has used...
28/07/16
Who’ll win the Crown? Packer vs Intercontinental in dispute over ‘Crown Resorts’
The long running dispute between James Packer’s Crown Resorts group and the InterContinental Hotels Group intensified recently with IHG launching an opposition to Crown Resorts’ philanthropic arm trading as ‘Crown Resorts Foundation’. At heart is a dispute over Packer’s use of the Crown Resorts name. Back in 2013, Crown Limited changed its name to Crown...
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27/07/16
Leo Burnett Malaysia faces copyright infringement claim over successful ‘Rubber Boy’ film
Leo Burnett Malaysia is exploring its legal options after Malaysia director Tan Chui Mui recently began making very public allegations of copying over social media. Using the hashtag #LeoburnettPlagiarism, Tan alleged that she pitched the idea and story for Rubber boy to the agency back in 2014. It was rejected by the agency at the...
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25/07/16
Donald Trumps Queen
At the Republican National Convention earlier this week, Donald Trump entered the stage to Queen’s 1977 hit “We are the Champions”. Shortly after the event Queen responded on Twitter saying the use was unauthorised. It was later confirmed that the Republican National Convention did in fact pay to licence the song from Broadcast Music...
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12/07/16
Image rights can get messi!
Barcelona football star, Lionel Messi, was recently sentenced to 21 months in prison and fined the equivalent of $2.95 million after being found guilty of tax fraud. Messi allegedly used different offshore companies to evade taxes on income made from Messi’s “image rights”. In Spain there is a constitutional right to one’s own image. This...
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23/06/16
Thanks for nothing, Citibank: New case raises questions over the grant of trade marks for everyday words
Citigroup has commenced action in the Federal Court in New York against US telecommunications giant AT&T, claiming the telecom’s new “AT&T thanks” customer rewards program infringes trademark rights connected with its own well-established “ThankYou” rewards points program. Back in 2004, Citigroup began using the term “thankyou” to promote a customer loyalty and rewards program, and...
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08/06/16
Licensing of samples v artist freedom
1970s German electronic music band, Kraftwerk, were considered the pioneers of electronic music with their revolutionary distinctive minimalistic sound combining repetitive rhythms and catchy melodies with simplified lyrics often sung through a vocoder. Kraftwerk have been compared to The Beatles in terms of their influence on pop music. The sounds and beats they invented essentially...
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