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Taylor Swift’s Trademark Era: How The Life of a Showgirl Reinforces Her IP Empire

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Taylor Swift isn’t just a pop icon—she’s a master of intellectual property strategy. With the announcement of her twelfth studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, Swift once again demonstrated how to blend creative storytelling...more

Loeb & Loeb LLP

How Private Equity Is Shaping Modern Music Catalog Deals

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Ann Chen, deputy chair of the firm’s Capital Markets & Corporate department, provides an insider perspective on the crossroads of corporate law and entertainment, particularly in the music catalog space....more

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Sound and Color, LLC v. Samuel Smith

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Ninth Circuit reverses summary judgment in favor of pop singer Sam Smith in music copyright dispute, holding in unpublished opinion that hook in plaintiff’s song may be protectable as unique selection and arrangement of...more

Brooks Pierce

Music Law 101: What Rights Does A Copyright Owner Have?

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So you’ve already written and recorded a song and determined who owns it, but now what can you as an owner do with it? What rights in the song do you have, that no one else does? The owner of the copyright in a work has...more

Knobbe Martens

Music Licensing Basics: How to Legally Use Someone’s Music in Your Business

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Introduction - •Music copyrights: –Musical works – sheet music and lyrics •Author is generally composer/lyricist and controls •Can be administered through a music publisher - ...more

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