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Partner Megan Noh, co-chair of the Art Law practice, recently penned an article for the Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts examining the nuances of the copyrightability of artwork, an exploration...

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit furthered a circuit split in holding that, as a matter of first impression, a copyright plaintiff's timely claim under the discovery rule...

Recently, Cloudflare Inc. succeeded in convincing the PTAB to institute in IPR2021-00969 against a Sable Network, Inc.'s patent directed toward data flow.

Pryor Cashman successfully secured the dismissal of Chris Brown and Sony Music from a copyright suit filed by a songwriter in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

On December 29, 2017, independent music publisher Wixen Music Publishing, Inc. brought an action for copyright infringement against streaming service giant, Spotify.

In late 2017, days before Spotify allegedly planned to commence its initial public offering, Wixen Music Publishing filed a $1.6 billion lawsuit for copyright infringement against the streaming service giant.

On Dec. 20, 2016, we wrote about a decision out of England's High Court of Justice finding that members of music group Duran Duran breached their agreements with a music publisher...

In Charles Bertini v. Apple Inc., No. 2021-2301 (Fed. Cir. April 4, 2023), the Federal Circuit reversed the TTAB's finding that Apple's use of APPLE MUSIC has priority over Bertini's...

The Supreme Court's decision in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment addresses a fundamental question about internet service provider liability: when does knowledge of customer infringement cross the line into legal responsibility?

On May 31, 2023, the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) held the final session of its Spring 2023 AI Listening Session. This session was held across two panels and discussed...

Warner Music Group (WMG) recently filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in Utah against Crumbl Cookies, accusing the dessert brand of using more than 150 copyrighted songs...

Public interactivity is an integral part of the works created by the late artist Félix González-Torres. But what happens when works an artist intended to be free become commodified and eventually sold?

Lori Landew was quoted in the Forbes article "Why Apple and UMG Could Sink Amazon’s Prime Music."

Pryor Cashman Partners Ilene Farkas, James Sammataro, Frank Scibilia, Benjamin Semel, Brad D. Rose, and Donald Zakarin were all recognized in Billboard's 2024 list of "Top Music Lawyers."

In late March, Proskauer hosted a virtual clinic with Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA) to provide legal consultations for low-income artists.

The "Blurred Lines" verdict, which ruled that Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams' megahit song was improperly drawn from Marvin Gaye's song "Got to Give It Up," has sent a ripple throughout the music industry.

In this podcast, we address art planning issues for collectors who are not domiciled in the US. Our host and art lawyer Diana Wierbicki talks to Josie Colomar