Judge: Producer Fails To Show He Owns Rap Group’s Trademarks, Copyright

( December 4, 2024, 11:27 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — A New York federal judge dismissed with prejudice trademark and copyright claims stemming from a dispute over ownership of intellectual property associated with a seminal hip-hop group, with the judge holding that the plaintiff music producer failed to show that the trademark in question was valid, along with multiple other failures....