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Royalties
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Energy & the Law
Royalty on Production from Cotenant’s Wells Doesn’t Wait for Payout
Co-Author Gunner West In Pioneer Nat. Res. USA, Inc. v. Elberta M. Royalty, LLC, a Texas court held that a lease calling for payment of royalty on the “net amount…
Spicy IP
Room Service, Rates, Licenses: IPRS v Hotel Appolo
You switch on the TV in a hotel room, and you have entered into a licensing quagmire! Does a hotel need to pay royalties to copyright societies for the content…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Dolly Parton’s net worth at time of death revealed
By Teddy Groce
Dolly Parton was worth an estimated $450 million, according to Forbes, between her 3,000-song music catalog and 50 percent stake in the Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Dollywood is where Parton earned…
Texas Oil and Gas Attorney Blog
Underpayment of Royalties is Nonpayment
By Aimee Hess
An interesting case was decided a few months ago by the Federal District Court for the Western District. That case is YMC Royalty Co. LP v WPX Energy Permian LLC,…
The Trichordist
Selected Phonorecords V Objections: The Society of Composers & Lyricists
As part of our series highlighting selected objections to the NMPA-backed Phonorecords V Subpart B settlement, we turn to the filing of the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL), representing approximately 4,000…
Energy & the Law
Despite a Long Royalty Clause, Royalty “Free of Cost” Means What it Says
Co-author: David Pruitt Gringita, Ltd v. Ineos USA Oil and Gas, LLC et al is in a way a typical Texas royalty dispute in which the lessor’s royalty is “free…
The Indian Lawyer Blog
Stamp Duty on Mining Leases Based on Anticipated Royalty, Not Dead Rent: Supreme Court
INTRODUCTION The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India examined a dispute regarding the appropriate metric for calculating stamp duty on a mining lease agreement, specifically addressing whether the determinant should be…
Southern California Appellate News
$COTUS royalites
Bloomberg Law has Supreme Court Justices Report $2.4 Million in Book IncomeFour Supreme Court justices reported a combined income of roughly $2.4 million from recently authored books, further demonstrating how lucrative…
The Trichordist
Kafka’s Hypothetical Market Strikes Again: The DSPs’ Latest Move to Silence Songwriters by Throwing GMR Out of Phonorecords V
If you want to understand how the streaming services really view songwriters, look no further than their joint motion to exclude Global Music Rights (GMR) from Phonorecords V. It is…
Oil and Gas Lawyer Blog
The Oil and Gas Lease Part IV Revisited: The Royalty Clause
The only three essential terms of an oil and gas lease are the granting clause, including a description of the property, the habendum clause, which defines the term of the…