IP Goes Pop! S7 Ep 1- We’re #1! Intellectual Property Firsts
Podcast - Art, Law and the Athlete: Protecting Equine Imagery in the Studio and Market
(Podcast) The Briefing: Protecting Fictional Characters – Copyright and Trademark Strategies
IP Goes Pop! S6 Ep #3 The (Copy)Right Tool for the Job- The Copyright Tool Kit
(Podcast) The Briefing: The Protectability of Short Phrases (Archive)
The Briefing: The Protectability of Short Phrases (Archive)
JONES DAY TALKS®: Paradise Lost: Court Says AI-Generated Work not Copyrightable
The Future of Copywriting in the Era of AI - Legally Contented podcast
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Copyright Office Issues Guidance for Works Containing Material Generated by AI
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Copyright Office Goes After Registration Issued to AI-Created Graphic Novel
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Copyright Office Goes After Registration Issued to AI-Created Graphic Novel
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - What Makes a Character Protectable Under Copyright
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: What Makes a Character Protectable Under Copyright
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - The Case of the Stolen Ampersand and the (Non)Protectability of Fonts
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: The Case of the Stolen Ampersand and the (Non)Protectability of Fonts
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - SCOTUS Issues First IP Ruling of 2022 in Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Maurits, LP
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: SCOTUS Issues First IP Ruling of 2022 in Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Maurits, LP
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Copyright Office Rejects Application for A.I. Created Art Work
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Copyright Office Rejects Application for A.I. Created Art Work
Podcast: The Briefing from the IP Law Blog - Copyright Cases to Watch in 2022
Welcome to the quarterly issue of Sterne Kessler’s MarkIt to Market® newsletter, featuring recent developments in brand protection and emerging issues impacting trademark and copyright owners....more
District court grants defendants’ motion for summary judgment and denies plaintiff’s cross-motion for summary judgment, holding that no reasonable trier of fact could find works substantially similar because similarities in...more
District court denies motion to dismiss singer-songwriter’s copyright infringement suit accusing rapper Travis Scott and others of using her demo to create 2023 hit “Telekinesis,” rejecting defendants’ argument that plaintiff...more
On February 13, 2026, The Copyright Office (“CO”) released a report on the first three years of experience with the Copyright Claims Board (“CCB”) under the CASE Act. The CCB is a voluntary small claims tribunal for...more
In today’s digital world, social media platforms—on which millions of posts and shares happen every minute—can be battlegrounds for intellectual property rights, including rights involving trademarks, copyrights, and patents....more
Recent widespread adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) tools has introduced a fundamental legal question: what cognizable right, if any, attaches to content produced by an AI system? As AI-generated text,...more
On March 2, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in Thaler v. Perlmutter, ending—at least for the moment—the most prominent effort to secure copyright protection for works created entirely by artificial...more
The Supreme Court of the United States on March 2, 2026, denied certiorari in Thaler v. Perlmutter, leaving intact the D.C. Circuit's ruling that the Copyright Act requires copyrightable works to be authored by a human being....more
In a closely watched case regarding copyright protection for AI-created works, on March 2, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to grant review in Thaler v. Perlmutter (Case No. 25-449). In denying...more
On March 2, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the petition for a writ of certiorari in Thaler v. Perlmutter, No. 25-449, ending a multi-year effort to secure copyright protection for a work, “A Recent Entrance to Paradise,”...more
The US Supreme Court has declined to consider the copyrightability of artwork generated purely autonomously by artificial intelligence, leaving in place the “human authorship requirement” for copyright protection. In this...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear Dr. Stephen Thaler’s appeal seeking copyright protection for his AI‑generated artwork A Recent Entrance to Paradise. The decision allows to stand the long series of administrative...more
The Winter Games often bring a global audience in the billions. This large viewership underscores why everything viewers see on screen between graphics, music, uniforms, gear, and logos, carries real commercial value....more
On March 2, 2026, the Supreme Court denied certiorari filed by Dr. Stephen Thaler, who sought review of the U.S. Copyright Office's denial of copyright protection to various works created by Thaler's “DABUS” artificial...more
Effective February 17, 2026, the U.S. Copyright Office’s new Group Registration for Two-Dimensional Works of the Visual Arts (GR2D) is designed to make registration more efficient for creators and organizations that publish...more
“If you’re not first, you’re last!” This week on IP Goes Pop!®, co-hosts Michael Snyder and Joseph Gushue chase down “IP firsts” and explain why these origin stories still matter to creators, brands, and inventors today. The...more
Effective February 17, 2026, creators have the option to register up to 20 different, published two-dimensional works with the U.S. Copyright Office. Examples of eligible two-dimensional works include paintings,...more
The U.S. Copyright Office has implemented a significant procedural change that will benefit visual artists of all kinds. Effective as of February 17, 2026, the Office now offers a new Group Registration for Two-Dimensional...more
Consider a cautionary tale from 2011, as reported by the Department of Justice: a Chinese wind turbine manufacturer, Sinovel, stole proprietary software from AMSC, a U.S. company that had developed technology to regulate the...more
If you're leading a high-tech startup, your source code is likely among your most valuable assets. Based on instinct or suggestions from investors or others, many founders often wonder whether to register claims of copyright...more
Copyright is a key component of intellectual property law, designed to protect original works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible medium. For companies and creatives, copyright applies to a broad range of assets,...more
For many product-focused companies, design often is the product. Differentiation lives in surface ornamentation, overall look-and-feel, and visual details that drive purchasing decisions often long before utility is...more
The video game industry is being transformed by the integration of generative AI into creative workflows. AI-generated characters, environments, and other visual assets are becoming increasingly common, offering new...more
On the third episode of "The Tack Room," Partner Kayla Pragid speaks with senior counsel Terry Middlebrook and nationally recognized equine and sports portrait artist Kyle Lucks about the meeting point between creativity and...more
When you think of intellectual property, what comes to mind? Most likely, it is some combination of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. But what if there were a fifth category of intellectual property you may...more