<P> On June 2, 2013, a publicist for Atlantic Records confirmed to the Associated Press that Mars' mother had suffered a brain aneurysm . She died on Saturday, June 1, 2013, at age 55, at Queens Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii . The singer only received the news when he landed in Los Angeles, he went on another plane this time flying to Hawaii . However, his mother died a day later . Later, on June 7, 2013, the singer broke his silence concerning the loss of his mother on Twitter writing: "So thankful for all the love during the most difficult time in my life . I'll be back on my feet again soon . That's what mom wants, she told me ." </P> <P> On January 28, 2014, Demetrius Orlandus Proctor filed a lawsuit, claiming he holds the copyright for the Travie McCoy and Mars' track "Billionaire". Proctor claimed he owned the copyright to the music and lyrics of the track since March 31, 2011, though the song was released a year before . As evidence, Proctor has submitted a United States Copyright Office registration certificate for "Frisky Vol. 1 to 30 (Tapes)", issued in 2000 . Proctor accused the defendants of "willful and intentional" copyright infringement, seeking destruction of all copies of the recording . Proctor claims he has exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the song . His only request: "Defendant shall destroy all copies of Plaintiffs' Recording that Defendants have downloaded onto any computer hard drive or server without Plaintiffs' authorization and shall destroy all copies of that downloaded recording transferred onto any (other) physical medium or device ." </P> <P> In April 2015, it was revealed that a settlement had been reached with The Gap Band's publishing company, Minder Music, to add The Gap Band and producer Lonnie Simmons as co-writers, who will receive 17% of the royalties from Mark and Mars' hit "Uptown Funk". The claim on behalf of The Gap Band and Lonnie Simmons was entered into YouTube's content management system preventing payments to the publisher . Later, on August 12, Serbian pop artist Viktorija has also argued that "Uptown Funk" infringed on her track "Ulice mračne nisu za devojke". She stated that she had no hurry to sue them, since "these processes take a long time, and my life and career does not depend on lawsuits ." She added, "for these lawsuits, there should be a lot of money, the lawyers are working on a percentage . If I still decide to sue them and I win, I have to figure out what to do with that money ." </P> <P> "Treasure" was re-registered in ASCAP with new writing credits, which included Thibaut Jean - Marrie Michel Berland and Irfane Khan Christopher, due to the similarities with Breakbot's "Baby I'm Yours". </P>

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