Fighting knock-offs in the fashion industry is notoriously difficult. Copyright, trademark, and trade dress laws offer some protection for branding and marketing materials used to sell fashion products, as well as for...more
The recent ruling in a lawsuit against Anthropic highlights a growing complexity in how courts are approaching fair use in the context of AI training. Judge William Alsup held that developing Anthropic’s Claude model was...more
7/18/2025
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Data Protection ,
Fair Use ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
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Transformative Use
In the linked article about a trademark dispute, the author notes that the plaintiff claimed the defendant used a “copyrighted name.” Just a reminder: one can patent inventions, copyright creative works of expression, and...more
After previously dismissing infringement claims on the ground that using copyrighted works to train a large language model qualified as fair use, a federal judge in California has now also dismissed a key Digital Millennium...more
A recent lawsuit filed by photographer Jackson Lee against MediaNews Group illustrates the important distinction between copyright and the right of publicity. Lee claims the publisher used his photos of Beyoncé, Jennifer...more
A recent lawsuit against actor and comedian Marlon Wayans underscores the practical value created by securing a copyright registration early and the associated risk doing so creates for a third-party user....more
In rejecting an AI company's fair use defense for using Thomson Reuters' Westlaw headnotes to train its competing legal tool, Judge Bilas, the District of Delaware judge in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GMBH and West...more
For wineries, managing intellectual property (IP) is crucial to maintaining brand identity and protecting creative investments. While general IP principles apply across many sectors, wineries face unique challenges and...more
1/14/2025
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Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Employee Training ,
Enforcement ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Patent Applications ,
Patents ,
Trade Dress ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
In today's rapidly changing technological landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) is making headlines and being discussed constantly. To be sure, AI provides a powerful tool to nonprofits in creating content and exploiting...more
9/7/2023
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Charitable Organizations ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Ownership ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Popular ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Right of Publicity ,
Shareholders ,
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