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The Led Zeppelin copyright case over their signature tune “Stairway to Heaven” has survived its latest challenge. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict finding that the song did not infringe on “Taurus.” A lawsuit had alleged that the opening riff of “Stairway to Heaven” was stolen from the 1968 song. The decision…

Georgia-based chicken restaurant franchise Zaxby’s uses a familiar logo. The image shows a red silhouetted chicken inside of a yellow circle. The restaurant has now filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Louisville’s Joella’s Hot Chicken over claims that it uses a similar logo. The Trademark Infringement Lawsuit The trademark infringement lawsuit concerns Joella’s use of…

A motion filed in Los Angeles Superior Court names Hilton Worldwide Holdings in a lawsuit alleging theft of proprietary documents. The motion has Hilton accused of stealing trade secrets from rival hotes for its Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills luxury hotel. The Peninsula Beverly Hills says that Hilton conspired with former Peninsula manager Houssem Tasco to…