Michelle Usitalo

Subscribe to all posts by Michelle Usitalo

Serial: A Story Stopped Short by the USPTO

By Michelle Usitalo on April 8, 2016 Posted in Trademark

Serial is an award-winning podcast narrated by journalist Sarah Koenig. It is a long-form story examining a criminal legal case. Season 1 focused on the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee and the resulting conviction of her former boyfriend, Adnan Syed. Season 1 was downloaded over 100 million times, and is even credited with creating … Continue Reading

The Beastie Boys Fight for Their Rights and Win

By Michelle Usitalo on March 11, 2016 Posted in Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Music Industry

On Wednesday Judge Alison J. Nathan of the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York ordered record label TufAmerica, Inc. to pay the Beastie Boys (Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, and Adam Yauch), Universal-Polygram International Publishing, Inc. and Capital Records LLC, $845,597.23 in attorneys’ fees and costs. TufAmerica brought suit in 2012 against … Continue Reading