The streaming rights for South Park are at the center of a massive lawsuit between two services, HBO Max and Paramount+. Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of HBO Max, sued Paramount Global, arguing South Park violates the $500 million deal that gave HBO Max the exclusive South Park streaming rights because new episodes are performing better. HBO Max...Read More
Destiny 2 creator Bungie won an arbitration case for $4.3 million against AimJunkies, owned by Phoenix Digital Group, for copyright infringement; violating the Consumer Protection Act; and breach of contract. AimJunkie makes aimbots, wall hacks, and other cheats for Destiny 2 and several other popular games. The arbitrator found AimJunkies guilty of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act...Read More
SourceAudio sues Swiss company Utopia Music for backing out of a deal to purchase SourceAudio for $26.5 million, which has increased with interest to $37M. Lawyers for California-based SourceAudio — a tech platform for digital asset management and monetization — claimed that the company had struck a deal in March 2022 to sell itself to...Read More
HGTV show “Love It or List It” was sued by North Carolina homeowners Deena Murphy and Tim Sullivan after they accused the show’s production company, Big Coat TV, of breach of contract. According to court records, the lawsuit filed in Chatham County was eventually settled. That happened after the production company countersued the homeowners. A...Read More
The Trademark Modernization Act: New Procedures and Deadlines The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA), passed on December 27, 2020, has made significant changes to the federal trademark law. The act was enacted as one of the parts of the coronavirus relief bill. According to the TMA, there have been the creation of several new...Read More
