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Miley Cyrus Sued Over Allegedly Copying Bruno Mars’ Song for “Flowers”

Miley Cyrus Sued Over Allegedly Copying Bruno Mars’ Song for “Flowers”

Pop sensation Miley Cyrus is facing a lawsuit over her Grammy-winning hit “Flowers.” The lawsuit, filed by Tempo Music Investments, alleges that Cyrus and her co-writers copied significant elements from Bruno Mars’ 2013 song "When I Was Your Man".
According to the lawsuit, “Flowers” shares numerous melodic, harmonic, and lyrical similarities with Mars’ track. Tempo Music Investments, which owns

Indian singer Guru Randhawa sued for copyright infringement

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

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

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.

Jeff Dieschburg’s painting, left. Jingna Zhang’s photo, right

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

World IP Day 2024: Why respecting intellectual property is key to promoting sustainable innovation

World IP Day 2024: Why respecting intellectual property is key to promoting sustainable innovation

Whether you are a creator or an innovator, it is crucial to get your work protected as intellectual property before you market it and get paid by vendors.
To celebrate World IP Day 2024's theme - IP and the SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and creativity, PitchMark hosted an interesting webinar featuring PitchMark founder Mark Laudi, legal advisor Frank Rittman and our special g

World IP Day 2024: How the Philippines is empowering its innovators to create intellectual property

World IP Day 2024: How the Philippines is empowering its innovators to create intellectual property

As the world celebrates World IP Day 2024's theme - IP and the SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and creativity, PitchMark hosted an exciting webinar featuring PitchMark founder Mark Laudi, legal advisor Frank Rittman, and our special guest Rowel Barba, Director General of the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL), www.ipophil.gov.ph
In the webinar, Rowel expla

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