Music Business News: North America

A trademark infringement complaint was filed on Thursday June 11

Manager known for his work with Lil Wayne, Drake and Nicki Minaj becomes the startup's first US-based music industry investor.

Hagens Berman has joined forces with Delgado Entertainment Law to represent indie artists whose recordings were allegedly copied without permission.

For about 50 years, the industry believed termination only affected US rights. This ruling would make those rights worldwide for the first time.

Jamendo is seeking an injunction, plus actual damages and Nvidia's profits of "no less than" EUR €17.8 million (approx. USD $20.3 million).

Trimontium says its target areas also include "uncorrelated" asset classes such as IP rights and royalties.

In November 2025, rapper RBX claimed Spotify failed to curb "mass-scale fraudulent streaming," stripping royalties from other rights holders.

Rob Stringer, Patti Smith, Alicia Keys, the Lipmans, Merck Mercuriadis, and more pay tribute to legendary record exec