SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court says a sequence of 26 poses and two breathing exercises used in hot yoga classes is not entitled to copyright protection. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

No matter how graceful the flow or beautiful the poses may be, the Federal Appeals Court for the Ninth Circuit held that Bikram Choudhury’s sequence known as Bikram Yoga – 26 poses performed in the ...

(CN) - Indian yoga guru Bikram Choudhury cannot copyright a sequence of 26 yoga poses and breathing exercises that he has been offering since 1971, a federal judge ruled. In 1994, over 20 years after ...

Sure, DC Comics can copyright the Batmobile. However, Yoga guru Bikram Choudhury, infamous for his hot yoga, cannot copyright his popular 26-posture sequence that also contains two breathing exercises ...

On Friday, the Central District of California held that a series of yoga poses designed to improve health is not copyrightable, dismissing claims of copyright infringement bought by Bikram Choudhury ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Bikram yogis are fiercely committed to their practice. For many Bikram practitioners, no other yoga class will suffice. That’s because ...

Bikram Choudhury — the multimillionaire founder of Bikram Yoga, a 90-minute sequence of 26 traditional poses performed in a heated room — has long maintained the inviolability of his technique, so ...

Bikram Choudhury had sued his former protege for copying trademarked yoga poses. Dec. 3, 2012— -- Bikram Choudhury, one of the world's most successful yoga gurus and a pioneer of "hot yoga," has ...

To his hard-bodied disciples, Bikram Choudhury is a yoga rock star. Jan. 16, 2012— -- To his hard-bodied disciples, Bikram Choudhury is a yoga rock star. Bikram, who, like Madonna, tends to go by ...

Flow classes are having their moment as the practice du jour at New York City yoga studios. So it’s easy to forget the yoga schools that go their own way... Bikram Choudhury (at left) and K. Pattabhi ...