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- Did Elon Musk Let the Twitter Brand Fly Away?
- The Supreme Court Case that Could Raise Your Internet Bill or Let Piracy Run Amok
- The First Settlement in a GenAI Training Case Has Implications for Content Creators and Business Users
- Act Before the Breakup: Use a Contract to Keep Your Brand Whole
- What Will the New American Revolution of Limiting the Power of the Regulatory State Mean for Businesses?
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Did Elon Musk Let the Twitter Brand Fly Away?
When Elon Musk rebranded Twitter as X, did his rights in the Twitter brand fly away, opening the door for someone else to hatch a new Twitter without his permission? This issue is currently incubating in federal court in Delaware and at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). Any businesses considering rebranding should watch Read the full article…
The Supreme Court Case that Could Raise Your Internet Bill or Let Piracy Run Amok
Ponder this question: You run a business that provides internet access to many people, such as a company, coffee shop, or hospital. Of course, some people use it to access pirated content, such as NFL games or movies. Are you at risk that your internet service provider (ISP) will cut off your business even though Read the full article…
The First Settlement in a GenAI Training Case Has Implications for Content Creators and Business Users
The first-ever monetary settlement in a generative AI (“GenAI”) copyright infringement case was recently announced. Anthropic, maker of the Claude GenAI, agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion, reportedly the biggest settlement ever for a U.S. copyright infringement case. The settlement concerns the use of pirate databases – places where illegally made copies of books Read the full article…
Act Before the Breakup: Use a Contract to Keep Your Brand Whole
Let’s start with a Richmond-connected trivia question: What was the greatest hit of the 1990s R&B three-girl group JADE? In 1992, the song sold 1.5 million copies and was certified “gold” by the Recording Industry Association of America. Answer at the end. JADE consisted of Joi Marshall, Tonya Harris (who used the stage name Tonya Read the full article…
What Will the New American Revolution of Limiting the Power of the Regulatory State Mean for Businesses?
A new American Revolution is going on in the Supreme Court. In recent years, it has issued four major decisions curtailing the power of the regulatory state. In March, it heard oral arguments in a fifth case. What does this trend mean for businesses? This harkens back to the Declaration of Independence. In it, the Read the full article…
What Will the New American Revolution of Limiting the Power of the Regulatory State Mean for Businesses?
A new American Revolution is going on in the Supreme Court. In recent years, it has issued four major decisions curtailing the power of the regulatory state. In March, it heard oral arguments in a fifth case. What does this trend mean for businesses? This harkens back to the Declaration of Independence. In it, the Read the full article…
The Copyright Office Issues Its Long-Awaited Report on AI Training Material and Fair Use. Will It Stymie the U.S. AI Industry?
On May 9, the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) finally released its report analyzing whether training an AI on the copyright property of others without their permission is fair use. The analysis makes some key calls in favor of content creators and against generative AI (GenAI) companies. What does this portend for U.S. AI businesses, content Read the full article…
What Risk Does Your Business Face for Creating Social Media Posts in the Studio Ghibli Style?
Have you noticed the Internet meme fad of AI-produced images in the Studio Ghibli style? Studio Ghibli is a Japanese film company that creates animated movies. Think Japanese Pixar. Each film has its own plot and characters, but there is an overarching animation style: warm and soft colors, rich backgrounds, dream-like atmospheres, and characters with Read the full article…
Going From March Madness to Trademarks Madness
How’s your March Madness bracket doing? For U.Va. Cavaliers fans, good basketball is a distant memory, and the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA basketball team just reminded us of the good old days. The Cleveland Cavaliers recently applied to register CAVALANCHE as a trademark. That sent many U.Va. fans into a tizzy. When U.Va. was better at Read the full article…
An AI Maker Was Just Found Liable for Copyright Infringement. What Does This Portend for Content Creators and AI Makers?
The makers of generative AI (GenAI), such as ChatGPT, just lost the first legal battle in the war over whether they commit copyright infringement by using the material of others as training data without permission. If other courts follow this ruling, the cost of building GenAI will dramatically increase. First, some tech background. To learn Read the full article…