• posted: Jan. 24, 2017
• Melinda Garcia
• Intellectual Property Rights,  Infringement,  Employee Rights
• employee,  employer,  Intellectual Property Rights

Once upon a time, working with independent contractors was considered risky and even a bit frivolous. Today, however, hiring out work to freelancers is not only the norm, but it Read More

• posted: Nov. 25, 2015
• Melinda Garcia
• Intellectual Property Rights,  Business,  Copyright Infringement,  Infringement
• Copyright Infringement

Anyone who lives in California long enough will at some point in their lives hear about the activities of certain activist groups who file lawsuits in the names of those Read More

• posted: Aug. 06, 2015
• leslieburkhammer
• Intellectual Property Rights,  Infringement,  Trade Mark
• litigation,  civil litigation,  trade mark

A December trial date has been scheduled in Los Angeles federal court for a lawsuit in which a British songwriter is alleging that country music star Keith Urban stole his Read More

• posted: May 27, 2015
• Tod C. Gurney
• Intellectual Property Rights,  Copyright Infringement,  Infringement
• Copyright Infringement

A copyright lawsuit that claims that the band Led Zeppelin plagiarized the song “Stairway to Heaven” from the band Spirit is changing venues from Philadelphia to California. Despite the plaintiff’s attempt Read More