Skip to main content

IP & Technology Law Trends

Legal insights into intellectual property & technology trends

All Articles

Another Stumble for AI in the Copyright Office
The topic of copyright registration for AI-generated works has been popular on this blog, with posts from my colleagues you can find here, here, and here. Today, we bring another update—but still, not a clear answer. The United States Copyright Off...
Continue Reading >
Man v. AI Machine: The Continuing Paradise Saga
We recently wrote about Dr. Stephen Thaler’s challenge to the Copyright Office’s refusal to register copyright in “A Recent Entrance to Paradise,” in which he has asked a federal appellate court to grant him summary judgment on both copyrightabi...
Continue Reading >
Jury Delivers Verdict in Closely Watched Trademark/NFT Case
A jury verdict Wednesday morning in a closely watched dispute between an iconic fashion house and a creator and seller of NFTs is a dramatic new development in the ongoing dialogue over the question “What is an expressive work and when may it incorpo...
Continue Reading >
Why the Law Encourages Copycats (And What You Can Do about It)
I recently read an article saying that Thomas Blug, the founder of guitar amplifier maker BluGuitar, accused Blackstar Amplification of “stealing” Blug’s amplifier design. In short, Mr. Blug noted that his product was named the BluGuitar Amp1, while...
Continue Reading >
The Most Important Trademark Fact You Probably Don’t Know
Client: “I’ve been in business for a couple of years now, and I want to trademark my company’s name.” Trademark Lawyer: “What do you mean you want to ‘trademark’ it?” Client: “I want to get a trademark on it.” Lawyer: “Do you mean you want your compa...
Continue Reading >
Paradise Denied: Copyright (Or Not) In AI-Generated Images
“A Recent Entrance to Paradise,” generated by an AI system created by Dr. Stephen Thaler. The U.S. Constitution provides the basis for copyright protection “by securing for limited times to authors . . . the exclusive right to their respective writi...
Continue Reading >

Blog Information

Editors

Contributors

  Edit IP & Technology Law Trends category page