By Alyssa R. Garcia Image used under license from Shutterstock.com. At the close of the recent trial between luxury brand Hermès and nonfungible token (“NFT”) artist Mason Rothschild,[1] the jury returned a verdict in favor of Hermès, finding that by …
By Alyssa R. Garcia Image used under license from Shutterstock.com. Pop icon Lizzo scored a major legal win recently by successfully convincing the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “TTAB”) to allow her to trademark the phrase “100% That Bitch” …
By Alyssa R. Garcia Image used under license from Shutterstock.com. The SEC recently indicted the executives behind the unlimited movie theater ticket company, MoviePass, for securities fraud after they allegedly inflated stock prices to investors. Mitchell Lowe, former CEO of MoviePass, …
By Alyssa R. Garcia Image used under license from Shutterstock.com. In a novel intellectual property case, longtime luxury fashion house Hermès has brought a trademark infringement action against the creator of NFTs depicting faux-fur Hermès Birkin handbags.[1] The allure of an …
By Alyssa R. Garcia Image used under license from Shutterstock.com. In her latest attempt to defeat a copyright infringement claim concerning her 2014 hit song “Shake It Off,” Taylor Swift filed a motion to exclude the plaintiffs’ expert witnesses.[1] The …
