Explore the intricacies of transforming individuals into AI avatars and the key legal issues and provisions to keep in mind. Informed by our team’s talent-side and tech-side experiences, we’ll navigate: - Likeness License...more
Legal tech can learn a lot about what to expect in the coming year by looking to the most common and interesting trends in the global Silicon Valley. We have officially come to the time of year when everyone is putting...more
Avatar technology, also sometimes referred to as “soundboard technology,” provides an interactive experience for telephone call recipients. Rather than simply listening to an entirely pre-recorded message, recipients can...more
While the use of AI tools is not new, public awareness of, and debate around, these tools will continue to increase as these tools become more widely available. Talk of AI and in particular generative AI is now ubiquitous in...more
A federal district court judge in the Central District of California recently dismissed a choreographer’s claims against Epic Games Inc. (“Epic Games”) arising out of Epic Games’ alleged use of his dance moves in its...more
“Danger, Danger Will Robinson!” That was the warning of the guardian robot in the 60’s television show, Lost in Space. Intellectual property lawyers are giving similar warnings when it comes to protecting intellectual...more
This week’s News of Note includes a Foo Fighters VR concert, a peek inside Trickbot’s operations, an NFT makeover for Beatles memorabilia, some personal space for avatars, and more. ...more
A few years ago, NFTs were the subject of interest only for tech geeks and the cryptocurrency community. It seems, however, that nowadays, NFTs are almost everywhere. For those who don’t yet know, NFTs (non-fungible tokens)...more
Just two months ago, we published a post about an Eastern District of Pennsylvania decision in the Pellegrino v. Epic Games case regarding Epic’s online battle royale video game, Fortnite. In that case, saxophonist Leo...more
Lenwood Hamilton, also known as Hard Rock Hamilton, claimed that Gears of War character Augustus Cole infringed his publicity rights because the video game character had a number of features he felt were identified with him....more
As real-world celebrities continue to expand the reach of their persona into the digital realm, the potential benefit for advertisers, game developers and esports event promoters is exceedingly high. But with increased...more
If you know how to Floss and Milly Rock, then you are way more hip than most, including the author of this post. Both are popular dance moves, along with the Shoot, Running Man, and the Carlton, the latter made famous by...more
Meet Lil’ Miquela. - She has 1.2 million Instagram followers: She’s modeled such famous brands as Diesel, Versace, Fendi and Chanel. In March, she appeared in a fashion spread in V Magazine as “The Face of New Age...more
A recent decision from the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, ended the hopes and dreams of a copyright owner from receiving a share of the $2.8 billion earned by James Cameron’s Avatar film. In this...more
U.S. Patent to Consumer Marketing, Based on Avatar Choices, Survives § 101 Challenge - On March 22, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware issued a Memorandum Opinion in a case captioned Treehouse...more
Misunderstood heroes. Space travel. Alien worlds. Humanoids. Greed. Imperialism. Violence. Exploitation. Intercultural war. Redemption. And Copyright Infringement? Everyone’s seen the movie Avatar. How many...more