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  • Marvel's “Werewolf by Night” called out for plagiarizing poster graphics

    While Marvel's show Werewolf by Night has gained a lot of popularity amongst its viewers, it has been accused of copying its poster image of a werewolf with red eyes from a graphic designer.
    Estonia-based Midiankai has accused Marvel of stealing his design that he had created six years ago as a T-shirt image for hardcore Dutch band Born from Pain.
    Midiankai tweeted a photo of his design alon

  • H&M Home accused of copying bowl designs from an independent designer

    H&M Home has been accused of plagiarism in their new line of homeware products.
    Independent Swedish designer Mimmi Blomqvist blamed the company for copying her bowl designs and robbing her of only livelihood.
    As soon as the launch event took place, Blomqvist’s fans sent her messages and pictures of products from the event that looked identical to her products.
    On Instagram, Blomqvist

  • Why PitchMark is calling all IP lawyers to join the Global Legal Network to help innovators

    Innovators spend most of their time and energy in creating, and often miss out on protecting their ideas, or learning about different ways to deter third parties, with whom they might share their ideas, from copying them without due credit or compensation.
    Nobody expects creators to become legal experts and that's precisely why PitchMark is building a Global Legal Network of law firms and lawye

  • Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” copyright lawsuit may cost US$100 million

    Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran will face a jury trial for plagiarizing Marvin Gaye’s 1973 hit Let’s Get It On to write his song 2014 song Thinking Out Loud, after he failed to dismiss the case.
    The lawsuit alleges that Sheeran and his co-writer Amy Wadge "copied and exploited, without authorization or credit."
    They are accused of using melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, instrumental, and dynamic ele

  • China steps up its commitment to protect creators’ works from being infringed in the NFT space

    In a bid to protect copyright and stimulate creativity, the Chinese Government has intensified its efforts to monitor people who copy other creative works without their consent to create non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
    The National Copyright Administration (NCA) will clamp down on offences such as the minting of NFTs based on other people’s works like art, cartoons, music, video games, etc without

  • Did Kylie Jenner copy marketing ideas from influencers Brooklyn and Bailey?

    Sisters vs. sisters. Media personalities Kylie Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian have come under fire for using marketing tactics for their brands Lemme and Kylie Skin from influencers Brooklyn and Bailey McKnight.
    In August, twin sisters Brooklyn and Bailey launched ITK (“in the know”), a 15-piece skincare line available at Walmart, which has been marketed on all their social media accounts.

  • Filmmaker Thierry Michel’s “Empire of Silence” accused of plagiarism

    Belgian filmmaker Thierry Michel is being alleged of plagiarism in his movie Empire of Silence, but he thinks the motive to ban his film is something else.
    Michel is being sued in the Democratic Republic of Congo by documentary makers Gilbert Balufu Mbaye and Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda.
    They have accused Michel of copying their 2015 film The Silence of Forgotten Crimes after he released his movi

  • Amazon’s ‘Dead Ringers’ faces idea theft lawsuit

    A producer has sued the production company Morgan Creek Entertainment for violating her contract by selling the project to Amazon.
    In the lawsuit, Renee Tab, who runs Sentient Entertainment, alleged that she was not given credit or paid for her work on the upcoming Rachel Weisz comedy "Dead Ringers," which will be available on Amazon Prime Video.
    The play features Weisz as corrupt twin gynec

  • Miley Cyrus sued for posting a photo of herself without photographer’s permission

    Pop star Miley Cyrus is being sued for copyright infringement for posting a picture of herself on her Instagram that she didn’t have permission to use.
    Photographer Robert Barbera sued Cyrus over her use of the picture.
    He asserts that she shared the image to her Instagram account without his consent in February 2021.
    According to Bloomberg Law, Barbera asserts that Cyrus profited finan

  • Copyright lawsuits pile up for Pandora with comedian George Lopez’s being the latest

    The comedian George Lopez has launched a complaint against Pandora, alleging that the streaming service has violated his copyright. His claim has increased pressure on Pandora, which is already dealing with several copyright infringement lawsuits from other comedians.
    The comedian claims that Pandora has streamed 37 selections from two of his albums - 2001's Right Now Right Now and 2003's Team

  • Filipino illustrator accuses store for allegedly copying her artwork of K-pop band BTS member Jungkook without permission

    A digital illustrator from the Philippines has accused an online store of purportedly stealing her artwork and marketing it as its own.
    The artist Gail Purisima, also known as Pureautumnarts, alleged the store in SM Southmall of stealing her artwork stickers of BTS member, Jungkook.
    In a Facebook post, Purisima revealed that one of her fans informed her that a store in the mall was selling h

  • How Copytrack’s bot wrongly accused US White House photographer of stealing a photo clicked by himself

    Former United States’ White House photographer Pete Souza had been threatened with copyright litigation for publishing a photo he took of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on his personal website. However, it was later revealed that the takedown notice was erroneously sent by the software bot of a copyright tracking firm.
    The photo in question was taken by Mr Souza while onboard Air Force One i

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