Copyright law

Puma fails to block registration of Tiger Woods-backed Sun Day Red trademark in Singapore

Even though both brand marks feature big cats in motion, the tribunal found that the differences in form, style and concept are decisive

Reddio's mark, which includes a stylised device resembling a radio or robot face, suggested a more technical or functional form of communication, according to the IP adjudicator.

US social media giant Reddit fails to block Singapore firm’s ‘Reddio’ trademark registration

The US firm operates a popular online platform made for thousands of user-created communities known as subreddits

Luckin, a coffee chain, successfully sued a business in Thailand that had opened cafes under the same name with an almost identical logo.
THE BOTTOM LINE

China once stole foreign ideas. Now it wants to protect its own

The country’s courts are inundated with intellectual-property cases

Ng Say Keong sued Jia Le Aluminium and 9 Power Aluminium & Glass in 2024, accusing them of infringing his patent and passing off their products as SK doors.

Singapore inventor wins High Court suit against rivals who passed off similar doors as his design

The Malaysian company by Ng’s former employee Goh Song Guan, manufactures a similar slide-and-swing door known as “SD Door”

Under the agreement, Anthropic will destroy the original pirated files and any copies made, though the company retains rights to books it legally purchased and scanned.

AI giant Anthropic to pay US$1.5 billion over pirated books

The settlement, which requires judicial approval, comes as artificial intelligence companies face growing legal pressure over their training practices

Social media is both a boon and bane for luxury fashion brands. Images and videos of new designs unveiled at the seasonal runway shows are widely circulated just minutes after, or even streamed simultaneously. While this can boost sales, it also gives fast fashion copyists immediate access to the designs.
THE BROAD VIEW

While creatives fight AI, fashion may profit from its ‘negative space’

In a world demanding protection from GenAI, fashion’s low-IP zone offers some surprising lessons

Elton John has sold more than 300 million records over a six-decade career.

‘Criminal’: Elton John condemns UK’s AI copyright plans

The government says it is seeking a solution that will enable creative industries and AI companies to flourish

SAS has filed another lawsuit against Sheeran based on its rights in Gaye’s recording.

Ed Sheeran beats copyright appeal over ‘Thinking Out Loud’ song

ED SHEERAN, his record label Warner Music and music publisher Sony Music Publishing persuaded a US appeals court on Friday (Nov 1) to uphold a decision that his 2014 hit Thinking Out Loud did not ille...

Unlike ChatGPT or Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity’s tool provides up-to-date answers that often include links to source materials, allowing users to verify information.

Perplexity seeks news allies as it challenges Google

PERPLEXITY AI chief Aravind Srinivas said on Wednesday that he hopes to collaborate with news publishers which accuse the Google challenger of freeloading off their work.

Some 11,500 stars of music, literature, screen and stage had put their names to the statement by Tuesday, as fears mount over tech companies using existing creative works to train up AI models without permission from their original creators.

Abba’s Bjorn among 11,000 artists issuing AI warning

THOUSANDS of artists including Abba singer Bjorn Ulvaeus, Hollywood actress Julianne Moore and Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro have signed a statement warning about the unlicensed use of artificial inte...