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- Utah has introduced five new bills that further shape its existing Artificial Intelligence Policy Act and add new requirements.
- Both the scope of disclosure requirements surrounding the use of AI...more
5/23/2025
/ AI Act ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Privacy ,
Deep Fake ,
Disclosure ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Mental Health ,
New Legislation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Safe Harbors ,
State Privacy Laws ,
Technology
The first substantive decision on the fair use defense in an artificial intelligence (AI) copyright case came down against the defendant, who used AI to create a competing product. However, as the decision expressly limited...more
3/27/2025
/ Appeals ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Fair Use ,
Legal Research ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Summary Judgment ,
Technology
Earlier this year, the U.S. Copyright Office released part two of its artificial intelligence (AI) report addressing the copyrightability of outputs created using generative AI. This new report is largely consistent with the...more
3/19/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Authorship ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Office ,
Copyright Registration ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legal Technology ,
Machine Learning ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Technology Sector ,
USPTO
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares for his second term, his administration is poised to influence the future of policy surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP), including regulations...more
12/20/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Copyright ,
Deep Fake ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Immigration ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patents ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Retailers ,
Trump Administration
Last week, over the course of a single day, California Governor Gavin Newsom made headlines by signing into law five new bills tackling complex issues involving digital replicas and deepfakes. Two of the bills are aimed at...more
9/27/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Artificial Reproduction ,
California ,
Deep Fake ,
Governor Newsom ,
Legislative Agendas ,
New Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
State Legislatures ,
Technology Sector
Fresh off the heels of strikes by both the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) that effectively halted the making of movies and TV shows...more
In the fall of 2023, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) each ratified new agreements, amending and building upon their collective...more
4/25/2024
/ AFTRA ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Commercial Contracts ,
Contract Drafting ,
Contract Terms ,
Entertainment Industry ,
Movies ,
SAG ,
Screen Actors Guild ,
Screenwriters ,
Strike ,
Television
2023 was a breakout year for generative artificial intelligence (AI), but it was a rough year for protecting the content generated using such technology. The U.S. Copyright Office issued several rulings last year on the...more
3/7/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Authorship ,
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Office ,
Copyright Ownership ,
Copyright Registration ,
Innovative Technology ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
Technology
The last few months have seen a flurry of activity in cases involving artificial intelligence (AI), including some of the first major rulings involving generative AI.
Andersen et al. v. Stability AI Ltd.
As we have...more
12/15/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
Privacy Laws ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks
The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit’s decision that the licensing of an image Andy Warhol created of musician Prince (titled “Orange Prince”) based on a photograph by Lynn...more
7/7/2023
/ Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc v Goldsmith ,
Appeals ,
Artists ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Derivative Works ,
Fair Use ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Photographs ,
SCOTUS ,
Transformative Use
This year’s news has been full of stories about “generative” artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Generative AI tools create code, text, images, and other content in response to text prompts, queries, and other inputs....more
6/15/2023
/ Acceptable Use Policy ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Ethics ,
Infringement ,
Machine Learning ,
New Regulations ,
Risk Management ,
Third-Party
This is the second of a three-part series on the hot legal topics surrounding generative artificial intelligence (AI) (see Part 1: The Latest Chapter in Copyrightability of AI-Generated Works).
As the quality of...more
4/21/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Artists ,
Authorship ,
Copyright ,
DMCA ,
Entertainment Industry ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Investors ,
IP License ,
IP Litigation ,
Machine Learning ,
Technology Sector ,
The Copyright Act
Since 1998, the Children’s Online Protection Act (COPPA) has governed how websites directed to children in the United States must approach data privacy for individuals under age 13. COPPA focuses mostly on the collection,...more
3/31/2023
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
COPPA ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Online Advertisements ,
Parental Consent ,
Personal Data ,
UK ,
Websites
There have been two important developments in recent weeks regarding the U.S. Copyright Office’s position on registering works created by the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. First, on February 21, 2023, the...more
3/22/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Authorship ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Applications ,
Copyright Office ,
Copyright Registration ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Machine Learning ,
New Guidance ,
Patent Applicants ,
Photographs ,
Policy Statement
From artificial intelligence (AI) tools that can generate highly sophisticated art, music, and conversation to technology capable of recreating Elvis on the big screen, a recent explosion and maturing of generative AI...more
1/27/2023
/ Advertising ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Artists ,
Authorship ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Office ,
Copyright Registration ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internet ,
Privacy Laws ,
Technology ,
Trademarks
Last November, the U.S. Copyright Office issued its Final Rule regarding designating copyright agents under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and announced a new electronic system for filing such designations....more
11/9/2017
/ Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Office ,
Designated Agent ,
DMCA ,
Electronic Filing ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Filing Requirements ,
Final Rules ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Safe Harbors ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Websites
On December 19, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized amendments to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule (the Rule), which applies to operators of commercial websites or online services that (1) are...more