June 05, 2014
The Beastie Boys scored a $1.7M win over Monster Energy Co. on Thursday when a federal jury sided with the legendary New York City band's claims of "egregious" infringement by the energy drink maker for its unauthorized use of their songs in a promotional video.
June 04, 2014
Hip-Hop icons the Beastie Boys on Wednesday made their final case to a federal jury in New York that energy drink maker Monster Energy Co. must pay up for its unlawful and "egregious" use of the band's songs in a promotional video in the wake of founding member Adam "MCA" Yauch's death in 2012.
June 02, 2014
The Beastie Boys on Monday urged the New York federal judge overseeing their copyright infringement trial against Monster Energy Co. to reconsider the exclusion of emails from a Monster marketing manager detailing his knowledge of the company's licensing policy.
May 27, 2014
Attorneys for the Beastie Boys kicked off a jury trial on Tuesday contesting Monster Energy Co.'s use of the band's music in a promotional video by claiming that the energy drink maker owes millions for "egregious" copyright infringement and manufacturing a false endorsement.
May 08, 2014
A New York federal judge Wednesday ruled that the Beastie Boys' expert witness in an upcoming copyright trial contesting Monster Energy Co.'s use of the band's songs in an ad could not reference toymaker GoldieBlox's $1 million settlement with the band.
January 13, 2014
Monster Energy Co. and the Beastie Boys are too far apart to settle a lawsuit over the beverage company's use of the band's songs in a promotional video, saying on Monday they are prepared go to trial in the copyright case.
November 25, 2013
A federal judge on Monday ordered Monster Energy Co. and the Beastie Boys to enter settlement talks in a copyright suit over the beverage company's use of Beastie Boys' songs in a promotional video, saying he thinks the suit should not go to trial.
November 04, 2013
A New York federal judge on Monday threw out Monster Energy Co.'s claims that a disc jockey gave it permission to use Beastie Boys songs, calling the beverage company "reckless" and "unseemly" for claiming it could obtain those rights from anyone other than the hip-hop group.
July 18, 2013
A disc jockey who energy drink maker Monster Energy Co. claims gave it permission to use songs by the Beastie Boys on Thursday told a New York federal judge that just because he called a Monster video of him remixing the rappers' material "dope" doesn't mean he was authorizing the use of their music.
November 16, 2012
Hip hop group the Beastie Boys is willing to mediate a copyright suit against Monster Energy Co. over the company's use of its songs in promotional videos if the drink maker reveals other potential infringement, the plaintiffs' lawyer told a New York federal judge Friday.