PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - Cease and Desist Letters: Protecting Your Intellectual Property the Right Way
PODCAST: PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - Cease and Desist Letters: Protecting Your Intellectual Property the Right Way
The Briefing: Anthropic, Copyright, and the Fair Use Divide
Will I Get Sued if I Create Another Hospital Drama? — No Infringement Intended Podcast
The Briefing: The Supreme Court Dodges the Discovery Rule Question—What That Means for Copyright Enforcement
Mickey Mouse: un ratón con abogado
The Briefing: The Ninth Circuit Puts the Brakes on Eleanor’s Copyright Claim
How IP Can Fuel Your Startup's Growth
JONES DAY TALKS®: Women in IP – AI and Copyright Law Need-to-Knows
The Briefing: NBA Teams Fight Back Against Trolling – The Validity of the Discovery Rule at Stake
What Were the Cooler Wars? (Part 1) — No Infringement Intended Podcast
The Briefing: Westlaw v. Ross AI - Is This The End of AI Training or The Future of AI Training
The Briefing: Federal District Court Adopts Problematic “Vibe Copyright” Protection in Influencer Fight
The Briefing: Copyright Troll or Rightful Enforcer? The Fifth Circuit’s Curious Ruling In Sports Doc Copyright Litigation
The Briefing: 2025 IP Resolutions Start With a Review of IP Assets
Can My Band Cover Another Famous Song? — No Infringement Intended Podcast
(Podcast) The Briefing: Is This Just A Copycat Influencer Case or Something More Problematic?
The Briefing: Is This Just A Copycat Influencer Case or Something More Problematic?
Can You Copyright AI-Generated Content? - On Record PR
(Podcast) The Briefing: Turkey, Trademarks, Copyright, and Cranberry Sauce – IP and Recipes
Vibe coding is revolutionizing software development. The integration of generative AI tools into software development, such as ChatGPT's Agen, GitHub Copilot, Coursiv, and similar platforms, is revolutionizing how code is...more
Japan adopts a soft law approach to AI governance but lawmakers advance proposal for a hard law approach for certain harms. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (“AI Regulations”) On May 28, 2025, Japan's Parliament...more
The use of AI in banking was a topic in April, as Bank of America revealed it will spend $4 billion on AI initiatives in the coming year. The bank cited AI’s usefulness in reducing IT support calls and the over 90% usage...more
As we move further into 2025, the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape continues to evolve at a rapid pace; indeed, nearly every week seems to bring news of another major AI breakthrough. In this post, we highlight the...more
As legal and business professionals focused on protecting intellectual property—especially those of us in business litigation—it's crucial to stay attuned to the expanding influence of generative AI (“GenAI”). While patents...more
While the question of fair use has dominated much of the discussion on whether copyrighted material can be used to train AI models, of equal importance are questions involving the application of the Digital Millennium...more
In the quest for a sustainable future, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent goalposts, albeit lofty ones, that countries can aim for. These 17 interconnected goals address pressing global...more
In a recent presentation by Ward and Smith attorney Angela Doughty, in-house counsel received an overview of Artificial Intelligence (AI), how it can be used for various legal tasks such as research, discovery, and contract...more
On the third day of Christmas, Microsoft Corp. (“Microsoft”) and OpenAI, Inc. (together with its named affiliates, “OpenAI”) didn’t get any French hens: Instead, the software giant and leading artificial intelligence research...more
Generally, an employer owns all rights in software code created by its employee in the scope of their employment. As outlined in the last edition of this series, this general rule typically applies to independent contractors...more
The concept of the metaverse, a virtual world where users interact with digital environments and each other in immersive ways, has gained significant attention in recent years. With advancements in virtual reality (VR) and...more
UK strives to “be a leader in AI technology” as it sets out its next steps for the regulation of artificial intelligence. On 23 March 2021, the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) published the outcome of its...more
Content owners and their attorneys have been enthusiastically anticipating the use of blockchain as a mechanism for royalty accounting, recording the chain of title of intellectual property interests, and protecting, tracking...more
Intellectual property (IP) issues are increasingly important factors in merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions. Of the various industry sector transactions included in recent American Bar Association (ABA) Business Law...more
We’ve previously addressed the hype that it is only a matter of time until brick and mortar retail succumbs to its online competitors. While we concluded that brick and mortal retail is not in danger of immediate extinction,...more
Intellectual property (IP) law is undergoing a major transformation just as additive manufacturing? or 3D printing? has begun to revolutionize the manufacturing industry. The interplay between these two forces could end up...more
New technology continues to generate business models that test the limits of intellectual property laws enacted before such technologies were ever contemplated. The latest example is the use of “geofencing” in an attempt to...more