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Balenciaga has filed a $25 million lawsuit against production company North Six and set designer Nicholas Des Jardins

By now you will have heard of the controversial campaigns that featured child porn references and children holding teddy-bears dressed in bondage.
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Omelet advertising sued for whistleblower retaliation against employee

According to NBC Los Angeles, ACD Tiffani Harcrow is suing Omelet, "alleging she was wrongfully fired in May for expressing concerns about the ho
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Diet Madison Avenue Defamation case moves forward.

Ralph Watson, former chief creative officer of CP+B’s Boulder office, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Diet Madison Avenue, an anonymous Instagr

Australia’s consumer watchdog sues Samsung for 'misleading' water-resistant claims on Galaxy phones

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) today launched legal proceedings against Samsung.
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MLA "Operation Boomerang" ad footage used by Aussie Farms: MLA threatens suit

The over the top Operation Boomerang ad for Australia's Meat and Livestock Association featuring Lambassador Sam Kekovich and celebrities like Le
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Twitter sued for copyright infringement & for ignoring DMCA takedown requests

The recent rumblings about the Twitter copyright Infringement Report feature, and possibly overzealous removals of tweets such as Jim Edwards screendu

Street artists sue celebrity Church "Vous" for copyright infringement

In Miami, eight street artists who donated their talent to paint striking murals at Jose de Diego, a struggling middle school in Wynwood, have filed s
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David Lowery talks to adland about the Spotify lawsuit

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Miami street artist sues American Eagle for infringement.

If you're a fan of street art and/or a Miami resident, you are no doubt familiar with AholSNiffsGlue's work. And if you're a greedy ap
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Bclassic " Classical Comeback" booty shaking ladies still dancing to Dvorak, RIAA update

This is just a heads up that the RIAA takedown notice kerfluffle has been sorted out, and honestly it was just as simple as changing the music bed to

Irony: The RIAA issues Adland a takedown notice. Update: But the rights were cleared!

Update part 2! Please see Bclassic " Classical Comeback" booty shaking ladies still dancing to Dvorak, RIAA update.
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Goldieblox: erasing the line between "disruptive" and "douchebaggery"

The dust hadn't settled yet from when Goldieblox declared "you gotta fight for your right to infringe" last week - and now Goldieblox h
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GoldieBlox learns a lesson in engineering bad PR

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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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Jeremy Scott settles lawsuit with NHS, Inc.

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Louis Vitton sued Nadia Plesner again over Darfur-child with purse - 190.000 euros & counting

Welcome back to 2008 - that's when Louis Vuitton sued Nadia Plesner over the Darfur T-shirt.
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Lindsay Lohan sues E*trade for $100M over "Milkoholic" super bowl ad gag

File under "fame-whore needs cash", Lindsay Lohan has filed suit against E*trade for naming the milkaholic baby "Lindsay" in their
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The self proclaimed featherhead gets to keep the domain Teflonminne, Dupont sulks.

WIPO has released their administrative panel decision in regards to the domain name Teflonminne, which I told you about here: DuPont's Teflon doe
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Robbie Williams and EMI sue Finnish TV channel and ad agency

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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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Nike convicted of copyright infringement, Zhu Zhiqiang won

Back in july we told you that Nike was in court for plagiarizing cartoon stickman Now a Beijing court has ordered Nike to pay $36,000 to Zhu Zhiqiang.

Nike in court battle for plagiarizing cartoon stickman.

Zhu Zhiqiang has taken Nike to court for infringing the copyright of his animation flash character the stickman.
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who trademarked "22"?

No one has so far actually, but clothing retailer Hollister is suing rival chain American Eagle Outfitters for using the number "22" on thei
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"Ah'll be back. With a lawyer."

Fry's Electronics is getting burned.
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Black Starbuck

Legal - Court uphold homofobic ad rejection.

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