intellectual property

Creating a logo that becomes a meme, while others reap the financial benefit

Pakistani designer, minimalist and self-confessed type-o-holic Owais Riaz created the logo meme of 2020 back in June, which reached the front page of

Coffee By Design says coffee shops advertising CBD are violating their trademark.

Is CBD coffee from Coffee By Design or is it coffee with CBD?
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Content Creators Coalition copies "Mac vs PC", stealing ideas but not music is apparently OK

The Content Creators Coalition have come out with two ads to try and rustle up some sympathy for creators in the day and age of free digital stuff™
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Spotify really hates musicians.

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"Russians don't need visas" - nor do they need copyright

A funny thing happened on twitter today, David Patrikarakos found this snarktastic t-shirt that reads “Russians don’t need visas”. T-shirt at GUM s

Kanye West sued for infringement

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Beastie Boys open letter to Goldieblox: YOU sued US (Why?)

Beastie Boys have penned an open letter to Goldieblox hoping to set the matter straight and get some answers.
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Goldieblox : ' Gotta fight, for your right, to infringe'

Really important update: "A representative for the Beastie Boys explained to Huffpo: "There was no complaint filed, no demand letter (no de
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The Recording Industry: fiddling while Rome burns.

In a few short days, we’ll see the first annual Youtube Music Awards with Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Eminem, and more.
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Bittorrent Billboard ads spoofed by pro-copyright group #rightthemusic

Remember when Bittorrent ran these outdoor ads?
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BitTorrent now running outdoor ads

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U.S. Government thinks it might be time to change copyright law.

Over at The Hill comes an excellent and informative opinion piece written by Sandra Aistars, Executive Director at The Copyright Alliance
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Collateral Damage Part 2: Adam Weber.

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Urban outfitters carbon copy of Truche's United world of Love design

The other day, when my way too cool for school teenage niece asked me if I liked Urban Outfitters, I bit my tongue not to roll into a Badland tirade.
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Calling Tarek Nour a copy-cat gets you arrested in Egypt.

Looks like I'll never set foot in Egypt again, as I did say Tareknour.tv copies pretty much everyone when I badlanded their series of rip-off fil
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Jill Greenberg photograph not cleared for banner ad usage. Ever.

Update time kids - I was right (ain't I always?)
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The Mummy in Badland - UPC vs some Egyptian rent-a-car

Here's a Badlander sure to amuse, and horrify, all ye adgrunts out there. No, not because there's a scary mummy in the ad, and not even b
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T-Mobile / Deutsche Telekom sues Telia Sonera over the color Magenta

Deutsche Telekom have been doing this for a while - that's why there's a reclaim magenta petition out there and an all pink photogroup on fl
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Virgin uses CC licenced Flickr photo in ad campaign, forgets model release, gets sued.

Dallas family sues Virgin Mobile over ad: The lawsuit names Virgin Mobile USA, its Australian counterpart, and Creative Commons Corp., a Massachuse
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If babies sells stuff, crying babies must sell twice as much.

Remember the hubbub caused by Jill Greenberg's photographs of crying children? No?
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Badland: Coca-Stole-a

Founding partner of Tomboy Viral, Joel Veitch, has been badlanded by coke Argentina.
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Inquiry Regarding Potential Sale of Adland Website

It's so nice to be chatted up, dontchathink? It feels so web 2.0 when people ask us if we'll sell.
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A short chat with Leslie A. Kelly about copyrights

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Tom Waits sues Opel over "voice theft" in advert

Tom Waits really hates it when his work is used in a commercial, he has made this very clear and he will always say no.
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Photos, blogging and fair use

PDN online has a story on photos blogs and fair use, as Naomi Harris recently found her picture on the popular soft-porn blog fleshbot, part of the ev
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Copyright isn’t a Threat, it’s a Protection

There is a big push via email and the web to rally support for a court case called Kahle v.
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Sassoon files suit against P&G

Legal Action Alleges Systematic Neglect, Mismanagement, Sabotage and Destruction of Brand and Legendary Name P&G's Abandonment of Product, Re
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This spot won't be back. Gaijin a Go Go got served

It's hasta la vista baby for future web viewings of a Japanese DirectTV commercial starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The global internet IP slapfight over the "Elian Wazzup" video

Whoever David Tomlin at AP is, he is a real party-pooper.
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