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Federal judge orders Oakland airport to stop using 'San Francisco' in name amid lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge ordered the Port of Oakland to stop using San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport as its airport’s new name while a lawsuit by the city of San Francisco is ongoing. San Francisco sued in April over what it says is a trademark violation...
EU Commission fines Teva $500 million for trying to stop rival's multiple sclerosis drug
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission said Thursday it has fined Israeli generic drugmaker Teva more than 460 million euros ($500 million) for improperly seeking to protect the patent for its multiple sclerosis drug and for disparaging a rival company's development of a competing medicine. ...
Jury paves the way for 2 Live Crew to retake control of records that changed hip-hop
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Miami's 2 Live Crew helped redraw the legal landscape around what hip-hop could be, pushing the boundaries of free speech and taste with their provocative and sexually explicit recordings that led to landmark court decisions protecting the rights of artists. ...
The world’s second Sphere will be built in the UAE capital after the first opened in Las Vegas
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world’s second Sphere is planned to be built in the capital of the United Arab Emirates after the opening of the first giant dome entertainment complex in Las Vegas. Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism and Sphere Entertainment Co....
Mark Zuckerberg faces deposition in AI copyright lawsuit from Sarah Silverman and other authors
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be deposed as part of a lawsuit brought by authors including comedian Sarah Silverman accusing the company of copyright infringement to train its artificial intelligence technology. U.S. District Judge Thomas Hixson rejected...
Woman whose company was linked to exploding pagers in Lebanon has received threats, her mother says
ROME (AP) — The woman whose company was linked to thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria in an attack on Hezbollah this week has received unspecified “threats” in the days since and has been advised by the Hungarian secret services “not to talk to media,” her mother told...
LL Flooring reverses course and will keep hundreds of stores under new owner
NEW YORK (AP) — After securing a last-minute buyer, LL Flooring is reversing course on shutting down all of its stores. The hardwood flooring retailer formerly known as Lumber Liquidators signed an agreement with private equity firm F9 Investments for a sale of its business on...
An appeals court upholds a ruling that an online archive's book sharing violated copyright law
NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court has upheld an earlier finding that the online Internet Archive violated copyright law by scanning and sharing digital books without the publishers' permission. Four major publishers — Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, John Wiley &...
She made ‘very demure’ go viral. Now she wants to trademark its use
NEW YORK (AP) — “Very demure, very mindful” has become the latest vocabulary defining the internet’s summer. And TikTok creator Jools Lebron is working to trademark uses of her now-viral words. Lebron filed to trademark “very demure very mindful” for various entertainment...
Trump campaign must stop using 'Hold On, I'm Coming' after lawsuit from family of song's co-writer
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge in Atlanta ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump and his campaign must stop using the song “Hold On, I'm Coming” while the family of one of the song's co-writers pursues a lawsuit against the former president over its use. The estate of Isaac Hayes Jr....
