The Daily Brief with Zola Ndlovu Zola Ndlovu

LeBron James's tattoo artist seeks compensation for the use of his designs on NBA 2K games; Ed Sheeran faces revival of a lawsuit filed by the copyright owner of Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get it On" composition, and Meta AI launches in English-speaking countries, including several African countries.

Links:

Hayden v. 2K Games Inc, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
[https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/akpemwrmnpr/TATTOO%20COPYRIGHT%20TRIAL%20verdict.pdf](https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/akpemwrmnpr/TATTOO%20COPYRIGHT%20TRIAL%20verdict.pdf

Structured Asset Sales LLC v. Sheeran, 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 23-905
https://www.courthousenews.com/financier-asks-2nd-circuit-to-revive-lets-get-it-on-copyright-claims-against-ed-sheeran/

MetaAI Terms
https://www.facebook.com/policies/other-policies/ais-terms?paipv=0&eav=AfZROBAoJnjweJpbBOzbqYGr36G1YV6XBNfHNEeh4BJtW0Py4fJ1OeurH-uk4S9Y31A&_rdr

Meta releases new AI assistant powered by Llama 3
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/18/24133808/meta-ai-assistant-llama-3-chatgpt-openai-rival

On today's show - Timberland's trade dress application refused by US appeals court, South African Airways ordered to delete illegally obtained confidential information and Google's VC arm backs AI-powered patent analytics tool.

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TBL Licensing LLC v Vidal, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 23-1150
https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/klvydrxdwpg/TIMBERLAND%20TRADEMARK%20APPEAL%20ruling.pdf

South African Airways Ordered to Delete Illegally Obtained Confidential Information
https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/courts/saa-must-delete-data-from-airlink-court-orders-airline-to-stop-using-info/ (The Citizen)

Google's Gradient backs Patlytics to help companies protect their intellectual property
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/11/googles-gradient-backs-patytics-to-help-companies-protect-their-intellectual-property/ (TechCrunch)

On today's show, the Pablo Escobar brand is rejected in the EU on grounds of immorality, an update on the ongoing battle for an anti-apartheid symbol in South Africa, and a development in copyright infringement cases against Open AI and Microsoft. I'm Zola Ndlovu and this is the daily brief.

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Escobar Inc. v EUIPO
https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=284821&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=3226233

uMkhonto weSizwe Trade Mark Assigned to the ANC
https://www.enca.com/news/2024-elections-umkhonto-wesizwe-trademark-ceded-anc (eNCA)

Authors Guild, et. al. vs Open AI, et. al
https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/AuthorsGuildetalvOpenAIIncetalDocketNo123cv08292SDNYSep192023Cour/3?doc_id=X46OOQRFJ2G8TDPBLMOPQPUDE22

On the show today, a trademark tug-of-war takes us to Zambia, a never-before-heard collection of Marvin Gaye songs sends us to Belgium, and a tentative triumph for artists in the coming age of AI. I'm Zola Ndlovu and this is the daily brief.

Links:

Intercontinental Great Brands LLC v Zayaan Investments Limited (2023/HPC/0224) [2024] SMHC 1
https://zambialii.org/akn/zm/judgment/zmhc/2024/1/eng@2024-01-30

Marvin Gaye: Never-before heard music surfaces in Belgium
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68674814

SAG-AFTRA, record labels reach tentative sound recordings agreement
https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-record-labels-reach-tentative-sound-recordings-agreement

On today's show Paramount Secures Top Gun Copyright Infringement Win; a case where politics and IP intersect and UK MPs weigh on the status of creators' rights in the age of AI. This is the daily brief.

Links:

Yonay et al v. Paramount Pictures Corp, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, No. 22-03846
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/yonay-vs-paramount-ruling.pdf

Battle over uMkhonto weSizwe Symbol
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-04-06-battle-over-umkhonto-wesizwe-symbol-intensifies-as-npo-signs-trademark-over-to-anc/ (Daily Maverick)

House of Commons Culture Media and Sport Committee, 26 March 2024, Creator remuneration, (Fifth Report of Session 2023–24) https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/44143/documents/219382/default/

Google wins a victory in its ongoing dispute with Sonos over smart speaker patents. Will Apple Inc. overcome the Apple Watch import ban? And a new AI assistant that will help football coaches make tactical decisions. All of these, coming up in today's episode of the daily brief.

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Google wins a victory in a smart speaker patent infringement battle
https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/jnpwxoyayvw/ALPHABET%20SONOS%20APPEAL%20ruling.pdf

Apple Inc. v International Trade Commission, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/zjpqwgxlmpx/APPLE%20APPLE%20WATCH%20ITC%20APPEAL%20brief.pdf

TacticAI: an AI assistant for football tactics
https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/tacticai-ai-assistant-for-football-tactics/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TacticAI/