If Hancock lost, Goodyear stood to have his own British patent application granted, allowing him to claim royalties from both Hancock and Moulton.

Legal disputes have arisen when musical ghostwriters have tried to claim royalties, when an allegedly ghostwritten song becomes a money-making hit.

He subsequently developed a genetic screening test for it and began claiming royalties whenever the test was used.

RCA's momentous victory in the courts left Armstrong unable to claim royalties on any FM receivers, including televisions, which were sold in the United States.

Many high-profile musical artists, however, object to the company, claiming lost royalties and infringed copyrights because of Napster's free downloading service.

Owing to Mokgatle's purchasing of the land, the Bafokeng were able eventually (post apartheid) to claim royalties from platinimum mining industry mines within the nation.

In 2003, Daisley filed a lawsuit against Osbourne, claiming lost royalties for his significant songwriting contributions.

The magazine also described a suggestion by the family's lawyer that they may be able to claim royalties from Hitler's Mein Kampf.

Russell Alexander Smith, Ms. Thomson's lawyer, said this was the first time a dramaturge had claimed royalties under copyright law.

His family's lawyer has suggested that, if their descent from Hitler could be proven, they may be able to claim royalties for Hitler's book, Mein Kampf.