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Copyright and Generative AI

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On 19 June 2025 the Data (Use and Access) Act (the "DUA Act") received Royal Assent and became law in the UK, having been passed by the UK Parliament on 11 June 2025. The DUA Act principally reforms the General Data...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Commercially Connected Shorts - 14 May 2025

Welcome to Commercially Connected shorts, our weekly bitesize newsletter summarising the latest updates in UK commercial law. This week we look at: - UK-US and UK-India trade deals - Eversheds Sutherland’s global supply...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

UK’s Collective Licensing Initiative Aims to Harmonize AI and Copyright Law

In a significant move to address the tension between copyright and generative artificial intelligence (AI), the UK’s Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA), Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS), and Publishers’...more

McDermott Will & Emery

House Backs Senate With Its Own Proposed NO FAKES Act to Control Digital Replicas

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Following the introduction of the NO FAKES Act of 2024 in July by a bipartisan group of US Senators, US Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA), María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Rob...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

NO FAKES Here: A New Tool to Protect Against the Misuse of AI?

What do Scarlett Johansson, Drake, The Weeknd, and Taylor Swift have in common (besides being among this millennial’s fav celebs)? They all have the distinct displeasure of becoming a target of deepfake technology – a type...more

Venable LLP

Overview of U.S. Copyright Office Report Regarding Artificial Intelligence and Digital Replicas

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The U.S. Copyright Office published Part 1 of their report on copyright and artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on digital replicas. Digital replicas are "a video, image, or audio recording that has been digitally created...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: U.S. Copyright Office Issues “Digital Replica” Report Finding Urgent Need for New Federal Legislation

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Last year, the U.S. Copyright Office commenced a far-reaching policy study concerning copyright and related issues raised by the widespread availability and use of artificial intelligence (AI). This week, the Office released...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

New Bill Proposes Disclosure Requirements for Use of Copyrighted Materials In Generative AI Development

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With generative AI on the rise, there have been growing concerns amongst copyright owners around the use of their materials in training such systems. AI systems will commonly use banks of content to "learn" how to best...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Longshot Legislation Reflects Interest in AI Regulation

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In the wake of several Congressional hearings over the past year on AI and intellectual property, Representative Adam Schiff (D-California) has introduced the Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act of 2024 (H.R. 7913).  ...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

A Rare Hole-in-One for Copyright Protection?

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A new bipartisan bill relating to copyright protection may be a hole-in-one for golf course architects and owners....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Golf Course Copyright Bill Implications Go Beyond The Green

In the ever-evolving landscape of intellectual property law, a new federal bill has emerged to address the unique challenges faced by golf course designers and architects. The Bolstering Intellectual Rights against...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Congress Tees Up Copyright Protection for Golf Course Designs with the BIRDIE Act

A new federal bill aims to put golf courses on “par” with other architectural designs by expanding federal copyright protection to golf courses. Copyright law in the United States, rooted in the U.S. Constitution, ensures...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Latest Text of EU AI Act Proposes Expanding Obligations for High-Risk and General AI Systems and Banning a Third Category

On 21 January 2024, a near complete draft version of the proposed text for the EU AI Act was unofficially shared with the public by a European media publication, after which a senior advisor in the European Parliament shared...more

Baker Donelson

New Legislation Proposed in Tennessee to Protect Against Deepfakes: ELVIS Act

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Recent advances in technology and artificial intelligence have the power to completely disrupt the world of advertising, media, music, sports, and entertainment by manipulating digital content to create synthetic photos and...more

Polsinelli

Copyright Term Reduction Act, Part 2: Let’s Party Like It's 1909

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As an extension of an effort spearheaded by Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) last year, the Copyright Clause Restoration Act of 2023 (H.R.576) was recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by U.S. Rep. Greg...more

Weintraub Tobin

Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Senator Hawley Targets Disney with So-Called Copyright Reform Bill

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In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss Senator Josh Hawley’s proposed copyright bill and its implications for the Walt Disney Company. ...more

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The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Senator Hawley Targets Disney with So-Called Copyright Reform Bill

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In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss Senator Josh Hawley’s proposed copyright bill and its implications for the Walt Disney Company. ...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - March 2021

The March 2021 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses fair use cases for photographs and three recent developments in the cannabis space. We also highlight recent accolades earned by Sterne Kessler's...more

Hogan Lovells

Bi-partisan legislation would permit U.S. Customs to seize counterfeits infringing design patents

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The Counterfeit Goods Seizure Act of 2019 aims to close a loophole in the current law and provide U.S. Customs the authority to seize counterfeit goods infringing design patents....more

Womble Bond Dickinson

No Copyright Case Too Small: Content Creators Rejoice or Casual Infringers Beware?

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An office jokester emails a funny meme she copied off Google to a colleague. A tourist snaps a picture of a painting in an art gallery and posts it to his travel blog. A teacher prints copies of a recently published Internet...more

Hogan Lovells

Europe: Can new “hate speech” legislation set the mould for the Copyright Directive?

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The phenomenon of so-called “Hate Speech” has been in the public eye for a while now, but particularly in German news. Hate speech denotes verbal attacks and accusations based on personal attributes such as race, religion,...more

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Intellectual Property Bulletin - Fall 2017

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In the Winter 2017 edition of the Intellectual Property Bulletin, we reported on IP-related changes expected with the incoming Trump administration and the new Congress. Here we look at two such changes currently underway:...more

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