Nike last Wednesday (5 January) filed a lawsuit against sports apparel brand Lululemon, accusing the brand of patent infringement over Lululemon’s Mirror Home Gym.
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The production teams behind award-winning Indonesian film “Penyalin Cahaya” (“Photocopier”) removed the name of a crew member from the movie’s credits. The said crew member was reported to have committed a sexual harassment in the past
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Hitmaker John Legend recently sold his music catalogue to KKR-BMG, as confirmed by Variety. According to a regulatory filing, under this deal, the singer/songwriter sold both the copyrights and the rights to receive royalties from his music from late 2004 through early last year. This includes his most popular songs “All of Me” and “Ordinary People”.
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The Indonesian government through the Director of Extension, Services and Public Relations at the Directorate General of Taxes (DGT) Neilmaldrin Noor announced that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are now subject to tax, hence must be declared in the annual tax return.
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The biggest democratic event in the country, the presidential election, is approaching.
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Teman Startup last month held its end-year event “Archive 2021” for two weeks.
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Sri Lanka recently registered sasando with the World Intellectual Property Rights Organisation (WIPO).
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On 23 August 2021, Spencer Elden, a man whose photo was used for the cover of Nirvana’s album “Nevermind” filed a lawsuit
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Late British rock star David Bowie's entire music catalogue for six decades was purchased by Warner Music Group (WGM) on Monday (3 January).
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On 3 December which was also the first trading day of this year, Apple hit a market cap of $3 trillion as its stock price reached the $182.86 mark during the intraday trading. 16 months ago in August 2020, it reached its $2 trillion market cap. In August 2018, Apple’s market value reached the $1 trillion mark.
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Italy’s highest administrative court has ruled that McDonald’s may not build a drive-thru restaurant near the ancient Roman Baths of Caracalla. According to its ruling, the court reached this decision on the basis of the “importance of protecting cultural heritage”.
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Ride-hailing services company Gojek along with its founder Nadiem Makarim were sued over an alleged copyright infringement. The lawsuit was filed by Hasan Azhari on 31 December.
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Dermatologist Richard Lee on 28 December was arrested for the second time. Illegal access to his Instagram account that has been confiscated and is currently investigated as evidence is known as the reason behind the arrest. Evidence tampering is also suspected to be the other reason.
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Former Bukalapak CEO Rachmat Kaimuddin has joined the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment as a special advisor for technology & sustainability development.
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Net Visi Media or generally known as NET TV recently announced its plan to hold an initial public offering (IPO) on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) on 25 January. The company holds the book building process from 27 December to 3 January.
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Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell on 29 December was found guilty by a New York jury on five counts. Maxwell is infamously known as Eipstein’s partner-in-crime who assisted him in his sex scandals
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2021 has been a productive year for Collabonation, an initiative from IM3 Ooredoo. The initiative has launched cross-disciplinary collaborations between music and film, as well as brand and performing arts.
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Former boxing athlete Adrianus Agal on 2 November filed a police report for alleged misleading nutrition content in protein formula he purchased. As reported by multiple news outlets, the athlete decided to purchase the product after seeing a celebrity endorsement on social media.
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