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9 August 2026

Eleanor Vance-Hartley · 5 min read

GEMA v. Suno: Munich Court's First European AI Music Ruling Puts Every Generative Platform on Notice

Germany's highest-profile AI copyright verdict yet bars Suno from training on protected repertoire and asserts jurisdiction over US-based AI companies serving European users - a precedent that reaches far beyond music.

TrademarkDashboard: Don't let someone else file your name before you do.

3 August 2026

Eleanor Vance-Hartley · 6 min read

The Trademark 100 Weekly: Tesco's All-Class Sweep, Walmart's AI Brand Push, and a Quiet Signal in the Class 42 Numbers

This week's Trademark 100 data reveals a supermarket filing all 45 Nice classes in one sweep, two US tech giants racing to lock down AI-adjacent marks across both registers, and a 61.6% collapse in UK Class 42 software-services filings that tells a more uncomfortable story about where AI brand-building is really happening.

The Archive

9 August 2026

GEMA v. Suno: Munich Court's First European AI Music Ruling Puts Every Generative Platform on Notice

3 August 2026

The Trademark 100 Weekly: Tesco's All-Class Sweep, Walmart's AI Brand Push, and a Quiet Signal in the Class 42 Numbers

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