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Music Industry 

Canada is again on American sh*tlist when it comes to enforcing copyright

April 30, 2022April 29, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Copyright, Intellectual Property, Notorious Markets List, Special 301 Report, Trademark

US government has just released its latest “notorious markets list” which names countries that don’t do a lot to enforce

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Music News 

Day two of the HitPiece saga: Major artists involved, but were any laws broken? 

February 3, 2022February 3, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Apple, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Disney, DMCA, Hidden Pony Records, HitPiece, iTunes, Mike Renaud, NFTs, Nickelodeon, Rory Felton, Slaight Music, The Human Fly, Trademark

Within a calendar day of making a notoriously terrible first impression, HitPiece has zapped its website back to life, smug

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Music News 

Add that TM: Thunderpussy wins five-year trademark battle

April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments FUCT, Simon Tam, The Slants, Thunderpussy, Trademark, Trademark Law, US Patent and Trademark Office, USPTO

Once again, a band has won a long legal battle over the right to trademark its name. The Seattle-based band

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Music News 

Thought It was Weird When Gene Simmons Tried to Trademark the Devil Horns? Taylor Swift is Trying the Same Sort of Thing

September 5, 2017September 5, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Taylor Swift, Trademark

There is not a kid in the world who when confronted with doing something bad hasn’t said “Look what you

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Music News 

Gene Simmons Has a Rare Moment of Clarity and Abandons Devil Horns Trademark Attempt

June 22, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Devil Horns, Gene Simmons, Trademark

For reasons known only to Gene Simmons, he thought he could file a trademark on a hand gesture. But after,

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Music News 

BREAKING: US Supreme Court rules in favor of The Slants

June 19, 2017 Amber Healy 0 Comments First Amendment, Lawsuits, The Slants, Trademark, USPTO

In a unanimous decision Monday morning, the US Supreme Court ruled 8-0 in favor of The Slants, the Portland, Oregon-based

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Music News 

Slants to Supreme Court: Review Our Victory

June 21, 2016June 21, 2016 Amber Healy 0 Comments The Lanham Act, The Slants, Trademark, US Supreme Court, USPTO, Washington Redskins

It’s not often a winning party in a long-fought legal battle asks the Supreme Court in the United States to

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Music News 

The Slants, or a Football Team, Might Soon Go To the Supreme Court

April 28, 2016April 27, 2016 Amber Healy 0 Comments Constitution, First Amendment, legal battles, The Slants, Trademark, US Patent and Trademark Office, US Supreme Court, Washington Redskins

Just as The Slants prepare to release a new album with a new singer, it might be time to prepare

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Music News 

The Fascinating Legal Journey of an Asian-American Band Called The Slants

January 10, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment Slants, Supreme Court, Trademark

It’s not hard to imagine this conversation. “Hey, I’ve discovered a really cool new band called The Slants.” “The Slants?

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Music News 

Oregon Band The Slants Win the Right to Trademark Their Name

December 25, 2015December 25, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment Court Case, The Slants, Trademark

In a fight that went all the way to Washington, DC, The Slants–a band that bills itself is the first

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Music Industry 

Prediction: In Four Years, China Will Be One of the Biggest Music Markets in the World

December 21, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment China, Copyright, Counterfeit, Piracy, Streaming Music, Trademark

If you’ve ever wandered through the Silk Market in Beijing, you’ll have been dazzled by how little regard China has

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