Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s Weekly Round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s Round-up is exclusively supported by BMI, a global leader in performing rights management, dedicated to supporting songwriters, composers and publishers and championing the value of music. This…
Inditex’s UK retail unit has challenged a trademark infringement claim by Estée Lauder, saying its use of Jo Malone’s name on Zara fragrances had previously been approved by the cosmetics group’s legal counsel. According to a Reuters report, the case focuses on Estée Lauder’s ownership of the Jo Malone trademark, which it acquired in 1999….
Temu is facing another lawsuit from a musical act alleging the online store is selling knock-offs of trademarked merchandise. This time, the act doing the suing is Twenty One Pilots, the Grammy-winning pop duo known for hits like Stressed Out and Heathens. In a lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Northern District…
Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface (BCI) implant startup Neuralink has filed applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to trademark the terms “Telepathy,” “Blindsight,” and “Telekinesis.” The applications, filed in early March, pertain to Neuralink’s first product, Telepathy, a brain-computer interface that aims to allow users to control devices with their thoughts; Blindsight,…
