Civil Litigation,
Intellectual Property,
Entertainment & Sports
Aug. 5, 2019
Katy Perry’s defeat in infringement suit leaves industry lawyers looking to the 9th Circuit
A shrug of the shoulders has increasingly become an honest response to high profile clients seeking advice on music infringement claims, some attorneys say, and decisions like the one last week against Katy Perry are the reason why.
A shrug of the shoulders has increasingly become an honest response to high profile clients seeking advice on music infringement claims, some attorneys say, and decisions like the one last week against Katy Perry are the reason why.
A federal jury ordered Perry and other defendants on Thursday to pay $2.78 million to a Missouri-based Christian rapper named Marcus Gray, who performed under the name FLAME. They'd earlier held the defe...
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