A Californian Judge, Gail J Standish, recently dismissed a copyright lawsuit where it was alleged that Taylor Swift had copied lyrics for her popular song "Shake It Off". Taylor Swift is in fact an avid fan of enforcing her own copyright, was facing a $42 million damages claim. Jesse Graham filed the lawsuit claiming that
Ice Bucket “Challenge”
By Alison Quinn on
Posted in Intellectual Property

The ALS Association has filed two trademark applications with the US Patent and Trademark Office for "ice bucket challenge" and "ALS ice bucket challenge" for the purposes of charitable fundraising. In recent weeks there has been a social media storm of people carrying out the challenge by pouring a bucket of …