The Briefing: Trademark Basics - Protecting Names, Logos, and Brands in Entertainment
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The Walt Disney Company and Universal City Studios Productions are among the latest plaintiffs to bring a lawsuit against an artificial intelligence (AI) developer....more
After receiving input from thousands of stakeholders during a public comment period, the U.S. Copyright Office has released the first of four reports in its Copyright and Artificial Intelligence series, this one to address...more
A properly maintained copyright portfolio is essential to any successful brand owner. Copyright can extend to advertisement copy, manuals, visuals, art, photography, storyboards, scripts, film, video, online components,...more
Artificial intelligence (AI) and its ability to generate content closely resembling human output present issues with respect to IP ownership. Maybe you have asked ChatGPT to create a flashy advertisement or write some code...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). While...more
Trade secrets have become a de facto intellectual property right for securing valuable artificial intelligence information. Despite regulatory trends toward greater transparency of AI models, federal policy acknowledges,...more
As 2023 came to an end, it offered a prime opportunity to examine significant legal developments in intellectual property case law and implications for the real estate industry in the year to come. Among other things,...more
In a decision issued November 27, 2023, a Chinese court ruled that AI-generated content can enjoy protection under copyright law. The finding, the first of its kind in China, is in direct conflict with the human authorship...more
The growth of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and generative AI is moving copyright law into unprecedented territory. While US copyright law continues to develop around AI, one boundary has been set: the bedrock requirement of...more
Using generative AI raises numerous copyright issues. In response, the US Copyright Office (USCO) has undertaken a new Artificial Intelligence Initiative (“AI Initiative”). This guide is a high level overview and a collection...more
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not just a technological innovation; it’s a transformative force that has permeated multiple sectors, from healthcare to finance. As AI startups and companies creating AI tools (“AI...more
Whether it is a smartphone, a fraud alert received from a financial institution, a vehicle modifying its settings based on current driving conditions, or political ads that will soon infiltrate our airwaves, artificial...more
The U.S. Copyright Office published new guidance on the registration of works containing artificial intelligence ("AI")-generated material and announced public roundtables on the intersection of AI and copyright....more
In recent months, we have been saturated with media coverage involving artificial intelligence (“AI”). Almost daily there are articles about AI platforms including DALL-E, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion and ChatGPT,...more
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to create works of art and inventions raises interesting legal challenges to the protection of intellectual property (IP). The plain language of the Copyright Act and Patent Act present...more
Marketing on social media is nothing new, but with the world in various forms of lockdowns, social media has become one of the main forms of communication to the public. Therefore, every marketing professional should think...more
With the ever increasing adoption of AI technology, no industry will unlikely be left untouched by Artificial Intelligence in the coming years. The worldwide spending on AI systems is estimated to increase as much as 100...more
The Situation: Advances in artificial intelligence ("AI") are providing the ability to automatically create and design innovations without human assistance. AI's impact on patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, and other...more
All companies that conduct business online should take note of an upcoming deadline for “safe harbor” from copyright infringement liability. Online service providers that allow users to store or post content (essentially, any...more
Under regulations issued late last year by the United States Copyright Office, to receive safe harbor protection, all “service providers” must electronically register an agent to receive notices of copyright infringement...more
Online Service Providers Re-File Your DMCA Agent Designations to Prevent Expiration - If your company has a website that allows third parties to post any kind of content (text, pictures or video), then it may be liable...more
A Smooth Patch in a Rough Road? Governmental Transition and Intellectual Property - Whenever a new Congress convenes, some IP issues come to the fore while others take a back seat. Transition to a new administration in the...more