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25
May
Stone Temple Pilots Sue Scott Weiland
“The band claims in the suit that they own the rights to the name Stone Temple Pilots, as well as all the group’s songs, copyrights and trademarks, citing agreements made in 1996 and 2010 that no former members can use the Stone Temple Pilots name. STP has asked the judge to stop Weiland from performing STP songs in his solo career, or even calling himself a former member of the band.”
24
May
“Broadcasters are expanding their attack on Aereo-like services that let consumers view broadcast channels on the web without stations getting a retransmission fee payment”
23
May
Like ‘The Talking Orange,’ ‘Annoying Orange’ appears to be speaking with a ‘voice’ that is perfectly in sync with the movement of the actor’s mouth, lips, teeth and tongue,” according to the lawsuit.
“In the film, the product is referred to as “clean slate” several times, and rather fascinatingly, Warner Bros. got sued over this by a company that actually markets and sells a computer security program called “Clean Slate.”“
22
May
Chevy brings classic back with Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me To The Moon”.
21
May
Eminem’s song publisher is suing Facebook and its ad agency, claiming they infringed the Detroit rapper’s copyright. In the 12-page complaint, filed Monday evening in Detroit federal court, Ferndale-based Eight Mile Style contends that a Facebook ad that was broadcast online April 4 copied music from Eminem’s 2000 song “Under the Influence.
“Twitter agreed to only use his patent defensively — the company wouldn’t sue other companies that were using pull-to-refresh in apps unless those companies sued first.”
18
May
…a lawsuit filed by federal prison inmate Gary Cole in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on May 15 alleges that the story behind the taco is a lie. In his 35-page handwritten complaint, Cole insists that he invented the Doritos Locos Taco — and that Taco Bell and Frito-Lay stole the idea from him through the mail.
17
May
“The superstar is suing the British mass retailer to the tune of $5 million in damages over a graphic T-shirt that features her image-and wasn’t approved by anyone on her team… To make matters worse, the 25-year-old isn’t receiving any royalties from the product, which is sold in the store’s UK outposts.”
16
May
How The Battle Over ‘Star Trek’ Rights Killed J.J. Abrams’ Grand Ambition
“Competing ambitions between Paramount, CBS and Abrams’ production company Bad Robot over merchandising surrounding the first film in the rebooted “Star Trek” franchise led the director to curtail plans to turn the series into a multi-platform experience that spanned television, digital entertainment and comic books…”
15
May
That legal dispute between Media Rights Capital and the Philip K. Dick Estate has been settled over The Adjustment Bureau, the Matt Damon-starrer that George Nolfi wrote and directed… This was one of the more unusual suits to come down the line, with MRC paying some funds to secure the rights, and then finding out the work was in the public domain.
14
May
The toy company says it owns rights to make a sequel to the 2000 film based on the successful property
13
May
GE enters The Matrix.
10
May
…the band Twisted Sister has had its lawyers threaten and bully a Kansas coffee shop into changing its name from “Twisted Sisters”.
