The 2017 Kendrick track “LOYALTY” is under review by the courts for copyright infringement. The claim comes from Terrence Hayes, a producer, who claims that Kendrick lifted parts from his 2011 song. The lawsuit also names Kendrick’s producer and his label Top Dawg Entertainment and Josef Leimberg, his management team. The suit accuses Kendrick’s team...Read More
Evel Knievel’s son, Kelly Knievel, filed in a federal court a trademark infringement lawsuit against Walt Disney Co. and Pixar for $300,000 over the likeness of his father and the Toy Story 4 character, Duke Caboom. Kelly Knievel has had the rights to Knievel’s name since 1998 and says that Disney never asked him to...Read More
After a year-long court battle, Nicki Minaj has won a copyright infringement lawsuit brought on by singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. Chapman sued the superstar after a mixed-tape leaked that sampled Chapman’s hit, “Baby Can I Hold You,” in 2018’s “Sorry” with Nas. Minaj’s legal team argued that the mix was an experiment that “fell within fair use rights...Read More
Melissa McCarthy faces a new lawsuit of $10 million filed by Eva Kowalski, a writer, over McCarthy’s movie Life of the Party, released in 2018. Kowalski claims her script, College Mom, was copied by McCarthy for her film Life of the Party after pitching the script to the Gersh Agency in 2014. “Kowalski is now claiming that her...Read More
