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Oreo maker sues Aldi for having same packaging as 'Milk's Favorite Cookie'
Snack food maker Mondelez International is suing the Aldi supermarket chain, alleging the packaging for Aldi's store-brand cookies and crackers “blatantly copies” Mondelez products like Chips Ahoy, Wheat Thins and Oreos.
Big Tech's dirty secret — AI runs on theft
Most tech companies have made the conscious choice to steal others' content to power their AI models and earn ad money — threatening critical sectors of the US economy.
Trump fires head of US Copyright Office -- stoking fears about deregulation of AI
Shira Perlmutter, who has served as Register of Copyrights since 2020, was informed Saturday afternoon that her employment had been “terminated.”
'Fantasy-themed' sex toys ripped off by Brooklyn company, lawsuit claims
Bad Dragon claims its colorful products, including ones named Crackers the Cockatrice, Fenrir the Wolf Dragon, Razor the Doberman and Nocturne the Enderfang were duplicated by Coney Island-based Sinsaint Inc....
Miley Cyrus loses bid to dismiss lawsuit alleging she copied Bruno Mars hit
Pop star Miley Cyrus is accused of unlawfully copying Bruno Mars' song "When I Was Your Man" for her number-one hit "Flowers."
Google, OpenAI want 'license to steal' from publishers with AI proposals, newspapers warn in scathing editorial
Big Tech giants like Google and ChatGPT maker OpenAI are seeking a “license to steal” as they push the White House to allow them to train AI models on copyrighted...
Disney sued for $10B over ‘Moana,’ writer's lawsuit cites ‘breathtaking’ similarities to his script
The writer wants "at least $10 billion" in damages and 2.5% of the gross revenue from "Moana 2."
Gibson threatens to sue maker of Trump Guitars for allegedly ripping off iconic design
The 120-year-old maker of historic instruments such as the Les Paul electric guitar sent a cease and desist letter to 16 Creative.
Miley Cyrus 'categorically' denies ‘Flowers’ plagiarized a Bruno Mars song as she files to dismiss copyright lawsuit
Miley's lawyers: let her have her "Flowers."
Boy, 7, denied passport for family vacation over shared name with iconic movie character: 'Modern names are evolving'
A "Star Wars"-loving, military family's vacation hit a snag because their son was denied a passport as officials ruled that his peculiar name was too out of this world.
Shein sues Temu for copyright infringement, claiming rival copied its designs
Shein is suing rival Temu over the same stolen design allegations Shein itself has faced.
Authors file lawsuit against AI startup Anthropic over copyright infringement
While Microsoft-backed OpenAI has been hit with a growing number of copyright infringement lawsuits, the suit filed Monday represents the first legal challenge of its kind against Anthropic.
Skechers sues L.L.Bean for allegedly copying patented shoe designs
The copycat shoe in question is LL Bean's Freeport casual shoe.
'Poohniverse' horror flick with Bambi, Pinocchio coming next year as iconic Disney characters enter public domain
"Winnie the Pooh" is slated to star in a horror flick next year alongside a slew of other iconic Disney characters whose copyright protections have expired -- including Bambi, Pinocchio,...
Bad news for AI as copyright lawsuits may spell startups' doom: experts
Copyright infringement lawsuits against OpenAI could threaten the firm's entire business model, according to experts.
Why the original Mickey Mouse copyright is expiring on New Year's Day
Steamboat Willie, the 1928 version of Mickey Mouse, will now enter the public domain, despite Disney trying to save its copyright on the iconic character that started it all.
New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft for seeking to 'free-ride' on its articles to train chatbots
The newspaper said it “seeks to hold them responsible for the billions of dollars in statutory and actual damages."
Beyonce accused of ripping off 'Renaissance' tour visuals from Japanese artist
Japanese illustrator Hajime Sorayama, 76, insinuated that Beyonce, 42, copied his artwork to use for her world-wide tour.
Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' to top charts again amid copyright lawsuit
Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is set to top the holiday charts yet again this year, though so far this season, the singer has only been...
Inside the Cabbage Patch Kids craze that turned Black Friday shopping into a rite of violence
The new documentary "Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids" looks at how the mega-popular dolls fueled shopping riots in 1983.