Discover how royalties work as payments to asset owners, including authors and innovators, for usage rights on patents, ...

A new proceeding has begun to set the music copyright royalty fees that stations streaming on the Internet will pay to record companies and recording artists for 2006-2010. The new fees are not likely ...

McDonald's is increasing royalty fees for new restaurants by 25% from January. This will be the first increase in the fees in nearly 30 years. It won't affect franchisees who buy a restaurant from ...

McDonald's is raising its royalty fee for new franchisees from 4% to 5% in 2024. Of the fast-food giant's 13,500-plus locations in the US, about 95% are operated by franchisees. Anadolu Agency via ...

An importer of Giorgio Armani apparel secured victory from the Court of International Trade (CIT) in its dispute with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) over whether the importer was required ...

As the satellite broadcaster rebrands in search of revenue, a class action lawsuit in Washington state is accusing SiriusXM of misleading consumers with a hidden “US Music Royalty” fee, which is not ...

Web hosting company WP Engine has filed an amended complaint with brow-raising new allegations in its ongoing legal battle with WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg and his company Automattic ...

Tim Westergren's Pandora Radio site and others like it allow users to determine musical programming tailored to their tastes. Music companies want to charge such sites higher royalties. Westergren ...