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Oregon’s New AI Companion Law: What You Need to Know
This post was originally published on the Oregon State Bar Technology Section blog.
States continue to race to keep up with each other and with technological innovations in privacy, data protection, and artificial intelligence.
In Oregon’s 2026 “shor...
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Bringing AI Use Out of the Shadows: Why AI Governance and Policy Matter
In an era where employees are increasingly expected to do less with more, “shadow AI” is a growing problem for businesses of all sizes—whether they know it or not. Shadow AI refers to the use of AI by employees outside of officially sanctioned IT, security, or compliance frameworks.
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From Colorado to Texas: How States Are Rewriting AI Laws
AI is reshaping how we work, learn, and interact, but the law is scrambling to keep up. In 2025, states rolled out a mix of AI regulations, from broad “privacy style” frameworks to narrowly targeted rules for healthcare, therapy, and online platforms...
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First Machine Learning Patent Ruling: Invalid or Just Obvious?
On April 18, 2025, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled in Recentive Analytics Inc. v. Fox Corp. et al. that new uses for established machine learning do not make the claims patent-eligible.
Recentive Alleges Fox’s Infringement...
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When Man Beats Machine: The Latest in Artificial Intelligence and Copyright
Summer must be coming, because the courts are starting to heat up with copyright decisions in artificial intelligence (AI) cases.
We’ve previously written here, here, and here
about Dr. Stephen Thaler’s attempts to register copyright in “A Recent Ent...
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That’s Not Fair! Fair Use Defense Denied for AI Training Materials
“A smart man knows when he is right; a wise man knows when he is wrong. Wisdom does not always find me, so I try to embrace it when it does—even if it comes late, as it did here.”
It’s not common for a federal judge to make such an admission, but tha...
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