Is My Music Intellectual Property?
Intellectual property (IP for short) describes the area of law that protects the things that humans create. IP laws vary country-by-country. Here, I am only discussing U.S. intellectual property law.
Taylor Swift™ Has the Media Singing the (trademark) Blues
Taylor Swift is a 25 year old seven-time GRAMMY Award winner. She was the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house (at age 14) and was the youngest recipient ever to receive music…
From the Grave MCA Wills the Beastie Boys to Protect his IP, Turning the Tables on a Monster
Adam Yauch performed as MCA in the Beastie Boys, the rap band he co-founded in 1981 with Mike Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock). I first saw the Beastie…
Geekview: Cheeky Coverage of Recent(ish) Intellectual Property News
Food in Jars all jammed up over IP! When you pay someone in jam, you can expect things to get sticky! Lots of bloggers have logo wear, including this one.…
Geekview: Cheeky Coverage of Recent(ish) Intellectual Property News
Google can juggle. The more powerful you are, the more you're gonna get toyed with. That's true for people and companies. Big companies like Google spend an awful lot of…
Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review: Cheeky Coverage of Recent IP News
Zynga out to topple Pyramidville. Zyngaville rules the world! Of gaming. Or so claims Zynga, clearly believing it to be true. Game maker Kobojo however, calls bullsh*t. I wrote about…
Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review: Cheeky Coverage of Recent IP News
Guy Hobbs sues Elton John for stealing his girl! Australian songwriter Guy Hobbs hauled British balladeer Sir Elton John into court for stealing Natasha away from him. It's one thing…
Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review
One Direction going down. Only, which one? One Direction is headed on a collision course with One Direction. The chaps on the left are from the UK and the dudes…
Pillow Fight! A Case of Cosy Copyright Infringement.
Renee Baker authored a short poem, Families are Like Quilts (depicted above) in 1989. It's a lovely poem, really, about the ups and downs of families, something to…
Geekview IP Weeks(ish) in Review
Siri can't understand your command; how will she respond to class action lawsuits? Siri sucks so much that people got their lawyers involved! Two separate class action lawsuits were filed…