A jury in New York has decided that Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud did not infringe the copyright in Marvin Gaye's classic hit Let's Get It On.

In this article we discuss two unusual copyright issues that IP lawyers would never have had to consider a few years back.

Well-known musician Neil Young is suing the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, calling on the campaign to stop all use of his music at Trump rallies.

Copyright infringement hearings have certainly taken on a new meaning, after well-known musician, Ed Sheeran, recently performed bars of his hit, Shape of You, before the High Court in London in an...

"Mr Sheeran is undoubtedly very talented, he is a genius. But he is also a magpie. He borrows ideas and throws them into his songs, sometimes he will acknowledge it but sometimes he won't."

There's been an interesting UK court decision dealing with breach of confidence: Clearcourse Partnership and others v Jethwa (2022). In this case, a party involved in a business sale...

In September 2014, Eight-Mile Style, the publisher of Eminem's "lose yourself" song filed legal proceedings against New Zealand's National party, claiming copyright infringement of Eminem's Grammy...

In this article, we'll discuss three copyright-related stories that have made headlines and contain some interesting lessons.

Copyright in South Africa runs the risk of becoming an endangered species and ultimately suffering the fate of the dinosaur.

Hot on the heels of the Jerusalema Dance Challenge that took the world by storm last year, a new challenge is developing for some organizations that uploaded videos...

In this article, we discuss two recent trade mark registration decisions. The first involves a well-known book title, the second well-known film theme music.

Every major creative revolution begins with fear. When photography was invented, painters feared that it was going to mark the end of art and painting. When sound started entering cinema...

We don't get as many opportunities to write on copyright matters as we would like, but we now have a great opportunity to write about a copyright dispute...

Faced with the inevitable march of time, when iconic face-painting American rockers concluded their farewell tour at New York's Madison Square Gardens in December 2023...

When a song generates millions of streams across digital platforms, a simple question follows: who actually earns the royalties, and how much do they receive?