The Briefing: The Supreme Court Limits the Reach of The Lanham Act [PODCAST]
Emerging Strategies for Protecting Global IP Rights
Patent Series: Protecting inventions
Video Game Lawsuit Highlights Intellectual Property Issues with Internet Memes
Harlem Shake's Copyright Issues
Apple Loses First 'Big' Case to MobileMedia, Lawyer Says
Copyright Safe Harbors: Establishing Protection Against Infringement Claims
2024 saw strong interest in M&A involving companies that use or develop artificial intelligence (“AI”) offerings. The rise of AI has brought new issues for companies and dealmakers. In particular, 2024 saw regulators focusing...more
An increasingly competitive and fractured marketplace and a rapidly evolving legal landscape mean that protecting your intangible assets, enforcing your rights, and mitigating intellectual property risks are more challenging...more
The Productivity Paradox: Does more technology mean less growth? Is there scope to use AI in commercial contracts? Will it save time, or ultimately cost more time in review and pose greater risk?...more
Disputes, AI and modern law - Q1 How should parties seek and agree a seat for ADR, and what advantages does your jurisdiction offer?...more
Image Alex Shandro It appears that the debate surrounding the UK’s Text and Data Mining (TDM) exception is about to reignite. TDM exceptions are key to assessing the legality of training generative AI models, and to...more
The U.S. Copyright Office published Part 1 of their report on copyright and artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on digital replicas. Digital replicas are "a video, image, or audio recording that has been digitally created...more
In the rapidly evolving landscape of AI, the valuation and viability of AI companies are extensively tied to their intellectual property assets. For AI companies, safeguarding these assets is not just about legal...more
To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more
Beginning July 1, 2024, Tennessee musicians and artists will have an additional layer of protection for their voices and songs from generative AI cloning models and services that enable human impersonation and create...more
On November 30, 2022, OpenAI captured the world’s attention when it introduced version 3.5 of its ChatGPT service. What began as cocktail hour conversations and funny experiments quickly made its way into boardrooms and...more
In the ever-evolving landscape of intellectual property law, a new federal bill has emerged to address the unique challenges faced by golf course designers and architects. The Bolstering Intellectual Rights against...more
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the world around us, and intellectual property (IP) is no exception. AI is being used to create new and innovative products and services, and it is also being used to...more
Lately, content owners have targeted generative AI providers with infringement suits, which has made some consumers wary of potential infringement liability. Earlier this year, Valve, which operates Steam—the largest online...more
A recent decision by a California district court in J. Doe 1 v. GitHub, Inc., a case brought by computer programmers alleging that their works had been used to train AI models that generate computer code in violation of their...more
As we enter into this second full year of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, a clear understanding of the technology and its legal implications becomes crucial for every General Counsel (GC). From understanding...more
Everyone seems to be talking about AI these days. There is no shortage of news stories about new advances in AI technology, the latest missteps of people using “bad” information generated from AI technology, and conjecture...more
Trends, triumphs and challenges – the first annual BakerHostetler IP Perspectives (BHIPP) provides insights on all three fronts in the complex world of intellectual property (IP). From the potential hazards associated with...more
"I expect to see an increased focus on GenAI-specific inquiries in the due diligence process and corresponding representations and warranties in purchase and merger agreements. Governing legal terms and conditions vary...more
On November 21, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it has approved an omnibus resolution authorizing the use of compulsory process in non-public investigations involving products and services that use or claim...more
Given the recent explosion of interest in Generative AI that came along with the introduction of ChatGPT in November, and the fact that Proskauer is advising clients on AI issues across almost all practice areas, the firm put...more
In an early test of a potential landmark lawsuit involving generative AI coding tools, a claim for breach of open-source licenses partially survived the defendants’ motion to dismiss. The case joins a recent trend of...more
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
While you were asking ChatGPT to create a 3-course menu for the upcoming book club you’re hosting or to explain the Rule Against Perpetuities, several federal government agencies announced initiatives related to the use of...more
AI-based code generators are a powerful application of generative AI. These tools leverage AI to assist code developers by using AI models to auto-complete or suggest code based on developer inputs or tests. These tools raise...more
Do You Really Intend to Offer NFTs, Digital Collectibles and Virtual Goods? If Not, No Trademark - The NFT explosion has led to a “gold rush” of thousands of new US trademark applications covering NFT-based digital files,...more