YMCA Copyrights is back to Victor Willis, It took 35 years.

Victor Willis, a member of disco group Village People, wrote the lyrics of ‘YMCA’ and he reclaimed his copyrights for 33 songs he wrote. 

According to The New York Times, American copyright legislation which effected in 1978 allows songwriters and composers to reclaim their rights.  After 35 years, the music company’s rights are expired, songwriters can recapture their songs' right. 

Record companies had been kept claiming that they have contract expiration rights against the copyright legislation. Willis had legal dispute for years and finally he gets the rights for his 33 song this year, except ‘Macho Man’ which is wrote before 1978.

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Samsung sued by Dyson Technology

According to BBC News on September 10th, British vacuum manufacturer Dyson launched legal action against Samsung for its company’s steering technology infringement.  The company filed the suits on August 29th in London. 

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Dyson alleged that Samsung infringed Dyson’s patent on a steering mechanism for cylinder cleaners. Based on BBC News, Dyson had issued proceedings in the High Court in England, but has not said whether it wished to block the sale of Samsung’s product or impose a license fee.

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Converse Inc files patent and trademark lawsuit on Chuck Taylor

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The company filed a lawsuit in Boston against a small online retailer from Jamaica.

According to The Boston Globe, the company claims that the sneakers by Autonomie have similar design to Chuck Taylor All-Stars and they shared a number of design characteristics with Chuck Taylor sneakers, such as the pattern on the soles, rubber covering the toes, and details in the rubber trim around the bottom of the shoes.

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Autonomie, which is selling “organic sweatshop-free and vegan” products, in the United States and Canada, had been selling the shoes products since 2007.

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