Yellow Rose Productions, Inc. v. Pandora Media, LLC

  1. July 31, 2025

    Pandora Says IP Suit Should Be Axed, Backing Special Master

    Pandora Media told a California federal judge on Wednesday that a special master was right to recommend handing it a summary judgment win in high-stakes copyright infringement litigation by a group of comedians who allege that the streaming service lacked licenses for the underlying jokes in their comedy routines.

  2. July 24, 2025

    Pandora Should Beat Comedians' IP Suit, Special Master Says

    A special master has recommended that a California federal judge hand Pandora Media a summary-judgment win in high-stakes copyright infringement litigation by a group of comedians who allege the streaming service lacked licenses for the underlying jokes in their comedy routines, finding that the comedians waited too long to sue.

  3. August 22, 2024

    Comedians Duel With Pandora For Joke Copyright Victories

    A group of comedians and companies that licensed their routines has urged a California federal judge to grant it partial summary judgment against Pandora Media LLC for copyright infringement on the same day that the company argued it should come out on top because it has implied "pass-through licenses" to broadcast those routines.

  4. December 21, 2023

    Pandora's Push For IP Discovery Roasted By Comics' Atty

    Pandora has asked a California federal judge to compel discovery from comedians suing the platform for streaming their performances without permission, prompting the comedians' counsel to fire back that Pandora is putting forth "fabrications, mud-slinging, and conspiracy theories" to distract the court from the "meritlessness of its defenses."

  5. April 06, 2023

    Calif. Federal Court Cuts Counterclaims In Copyright Case

    In a partial victory for two licensing companies, a California federal judge has agreed to toss all of Pandora Media's amended antitrust counterclaims in ongoing $62.8 million copyright litigation that alleges the platform failed to pay the correct amount in royalties when streaming the audio recordings of several comedians.

  6. February 09, 2023

    Mayer Brown, Pandora Media Slam 'Disturbing' Sanctions Bid

    Mayer Brown and its client Pandora Media are firing back at a sanctions bid by licensing company Spoken Giants in an antitrust suit over streamed audio performances, telling a California federal judge that the motion is an "abusive and disturbing document."

  7. January 26, 2023

    Mayer Brown, Pandora Face Sanctions Bid In Comedians' Suit

    Mayer Brown LLP and its client Pandora Media LLC "misleadingly" quoted or paraphrased evidence in an antitrust complaint against Spoken Giants LLC, the licensing agency said Wednesday in a bid for sanctions against the firm and streaming company.

  8. October 27, 2022

    Pandora's Antitrust Claim Flops In Comedians' $63M Fight

    A California federal judge has booted Pandora's competition counterclaim in a multimillion-dollar copyright suit lodged against it by comedians and a licensing platform over streamed audio performances, ruling that Pandora didn't back up its licensing monopoly "conspiracy" argument with enough facts.

  9. September 26, 2022

    Pandora Says Lewis Black, Agency Part Of Antitrust 'Cartel'

    Pandora Media LLC, facing comedians' copyright infringement claims, on Monday hit back at irascible comic Lewis Black and licensing agency Spoken Giants LLC with antitrust counterclaims, saying they are part of a "cartel" seeking to monopolize the licensing of comedians' recorded performances.

  10. August 29, 2022

    Comics' Agent Says Pandora Antitrust Claims Are A Bad Joke

    An agency representing the estates of George Carlin, Robin Williams and active comedians who are suing Pandora for copyright infringement urged a California federal judge Monday to toss Pandora's antitrust counterclaims, arguing the agency isn't illegally withholding individual licenses to its talents' work.