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
/ Appeals ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Data Protection ,
Fair Use ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Risk Management ,
Technology ,
Transformative Use
Often, individuals joining together on a project believe they should each own the name they choose. Indeed, it only seems fair. But having multiple owners of a single trademark is a recipe for trouble, and the partners would...more
7/8/2025
/ Business Entities ,
Business Ownership ,
Contract Terms ,
Corporate Governance ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Joint Ownership ,
Lanham Act ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Ownership ,
Trademarks
A lawsuit between the Chicago Cubs and the owner of a rooftop venue near Wrigley Field raises important questions about the scope of intellectual property rights and the extent to which a property owner can profit from the...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
It is a basic tenet of trademark law that rights are jurisdictional. Trademark owners only have rights in the mark in the jurisdictions in which they have registered (or, in some cases, used) the mark....more
5/13/2025
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Foreign Trademark ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trade ,
Jurisdiction ,
Trademark Cancellation ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks
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
Trademark owners have the right to stop third parties from using marks that could cause a likelihood of consumer confusion. Third-party use of a trademark that is the same or similar to the owner's trademark for goods related...more
6/10/2024
/ Appeals ,
Certification Marks ,
Goods or Services ,
Inherently Distinctive ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
Third-Party ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Ownership ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks
Even with the A's leaving the Bay Area, we're getting an extra SF-Oakland matchup. This trademark infringement case will have some interesting issues to be decided (if it gets that far)...more