Guillermo Del Toro’s “The Shape Of Water” has faced multiple copyright lawsuits. One recently settled, but in the case, it was alleged that the films’ creators had “plagiarised the story of The Shape of Water from Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Paul Zindel’s 1969 play Let Me Hear You Whisper, which told the story of a cleaning lady in a...Read More

Journey agreed to settle a $10 million lawsuit after a dispute between the bandmates, Ross Valory, Steve Smith, Neal Schon, and Jonathan Cain. The lawsuit alleged that Valory and Smith planned to oust Schon and Cain from the band’s production company, Nightmare Productions, and install two new members on the board. “They wanted that control,...Read More

William Pavlu is suing Universal Television over violating California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act. Pavlu says Universal fired him after developing COVID19 and needing to take a leave from the show, Hacks. Pavlu was in the hospital when he got the news that he’d been fired on December 14, 2020. Afterward, Palau texted the Unit...Read More

Lil Nas X’s collaboration with MSCHF over their limited edition tennis shoes made with Nike Air Max 97s, “Satan Shoes,” has garnered a trademark infringement lawsuit by Nike. Nike, facing backlash over the use of their shoes for Lil Nas X’s music video and has filed a lawsuit against MSCHF for “misleading customers and tarnishing...Read More

Artist Sweet Cicely Daniher has sued Disney, Pixar, and Onward producer Kori Rae for copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act over the films’ animated purple van that has painted on it a winged creature that resembles a unicorn. The van, Daniher claims, is a copy of her van called ‘Vanicorn.’ Daniher reports...Read More