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Universal Music Group has already been issued with two patents related to AI technologies, but it has big ambitions to swell ...
UMG said it's filed for 15 patents through the partnership already, including one related to AI threat protection.
The European Commission is launching an ‘in-depth investigation’ into Universal Music Group’s planned acquisition of Downtown ...
The Netherlands-based music conglomerate said it had filed a confidential registration statement with the Securities and ...
Universal Music Group has formed a strategic partnership with IP asset management, investment and advisory firm Liquidax ...
Universal Music Group unit Virgin Music Group's $775 million acquisition of Downtown Music may hinder competition and remove ...
As previously reported by MBW, the UMG-Downtown deal did not meet the EU’s standard turnover thresholds that would typically ...
J ust two weeks after Universal Music Group’s chief digital officer said that, when it comes to AI, corporations without a seat at the table may “wind up on the menu,” UMG has launched a strategic ...
Drake initially filed his lawsuit against UMG in January 2025, accusing the music giant of knowingly defaming him. His ...
UMG's Downtown deal has hit another snag, as the European Commission announced it would launch a bigger investigation into the attempted acquisition.
Universal Music Group (UMG) responded to Salt-N-Pepa ’s effort to regain control of their masters for their albums. In the ...
In its initial disclosures, UMG has a shorter list of potential witnesses, with Kendrick Lamar named as “likely to have ...