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In order for ASCAP and BMI to effectively compete with SESAC and to most efficiently service their members, their licensees and the general public, the Consent Decrees need modification.

The Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act (MMA) was signed into law on October 11, 2018. As the name suggests, the law is aimed at updating music copyright laws for the digital age.

The New York Times recently featured an interesting article on the rapid growth of free ports around the world used by collectors and dealers for the temporary storage of art works.

The cancellation of the first day of music mogul Pharrell Williams's inaugural SITW Festival in Virginia Beach, Virginia due to stormy weather is a recent reminder of the importance of securing event cancellation...

Art is no stranger to great controversy, although the arbiters of art world disputes are usually critics and artists rather than federal judges.

Two restitution related bills have advanced past the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate: the HEAR Act and the Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Clarification Act, S.B. 3155.

From a personal entertainment perspective, one of the most disappointing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is the cancellation of concerts and music festivals.

Angelika Hellweger of Rahman Ravelli examines Princeton University's identification of 16 artefacts linked to alleged smuggler Edoardo Almagià, highlighting legal, provenance, and art theft challenges in the global antiquities market.

Last week, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed vacatur of the easement issued to the Dakota Access Pipeline by the Army Corps of Engineers.

In a recent decision vacating the PTAB's finding that a draft standard for video coding emailed to a listserv was not publicly accessible.

In 2015, a Los Angeles jury ruled that Pharrell Williams's and Robin Thicke's 2013 hit "Blurred Lines" had copied Marvin Gaye's 1977 hit song "Got to Give it Up."

One of photographer William Eggleston’s top collectors recently filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the artist from selling larger, digital reprints of some of his best-known, limited edition photographs.

Pryor Cashman Partners Ilene Farkas (co-chair of the Music Group) and Donald Zakarin (co-chair of the Litigation Group) spoke with the

The Federal Circuit issued a precedent-setting ruling that clarifies the appropriate roles of judges and juries when a design patent is challenged as obvious.

Thanks to recent decisions by the First and Second Circuit Courts of Appeals, tech companies will remain protected from liability for some of their users' uploaded content under the DMCA...

As Trademarkology’s resident theatre fanboy, from time to time, I will be exploring when two of my favorite worlds collide: trademarks and musicals.

Last week, lengendary rocker Neil Young sued Donald Trump's presidential campaign (the "Campaign") for copyright infringement for using two of his songs...

I like to think of myself as pretty open-minded when it comes to music — I like classical and classic rock; blues and bluegrass; opera and opry. In an attempt to further broaden my musical horizons...