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Federal Court Says Salt-N-Pepa's Music Was Never Theirs

In early January, a federal court dismissed a high-profile lawsuit filed by legendary hip-hop duo Salt-N-Pepa against Universal Music Group (UMG).

United States IP

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Marks Gray

Part II: A Business Owners Guide To Works Made For Hire

In the last installment, we discussed the potential pitfalls of relying on the employer/employee relationship to secure the copyright to your company's creative works.

United States IP

K

Klemchuk

Selling Your AI Digital Twin - The Brave New World Of Identity-led IP Transactions: The Khaby Lame Deal Analysed

The reported US$975 million Khaby Lame transaction marks a genuinely new development in intellectual property (IP) transactions.

United States IP

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Double Shot (Of Copyright Termination): The Vetter Judgment And Worldwide Copyright Terminations

A Louisiana appeals court recently ruled that termination rights under US copyright law extend to worldwide rights, not just US rights.

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Gowling WLG

2025 IP Law Year In Review Ebook: Top Legal Changes & Trends – Free Download

United States IP

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Klemchuk

AI Adoption, Advertising, And Copyright—Managing Risk In A Rapidly Evolving Landscape (Video)

United States Technology

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Lowenstein Sandler

Technology And IP In The Opening Ceremony Looks For Milano Cortina 2026

United States IP

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Foley & Lardner

Intellectual Property Ownership Conundrums In Business Transactions

United States IP

ABA Business Law Section

Facts Not Feelings: Is The Intrinsic Test Getting Inked Out?

United States IP

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Irwin IP

Rewriting Reality: How AR And VR Are Reshaping Art

United States IP

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Intellectual Property Report

United States IP

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Baker Botts LLP

Who Really Owns Your Startup's IP?

United States IP

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Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation

Out Of The Shadow Library: Fair Use And AI Training Data

United States Technology

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Baker Botts LLP

Social Media Misuse-A Cautionary Tale

United States IP

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K&L Gates LLP

Signed, Sealed, But Not Delivered? Don't Wonder About Taxes Under New Postal Service Rules

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Nossaman LLP

December 2025 Crypto Update: New Changes And Challenges In U.S. Regulation Of Digital Assets

United States Technology

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

How The GENIUS Act Is Reshaping Stablecoin Regulation And Emerging Financial Disputes

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JAMS

What Foundations And Other Nonprofits Need To Know About The Foreign Agents Registration Act

United States Government

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WilmerHale

The Empty Chair At Johannesburg: What It Says About US Power

United States International

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Steptoe LLP

The Art Of The Steal—Estate Planning For Writers, Artists And Composers (With Just A Little Bit Of Copyright Law) (Podcast)

In this episode of Splitting Heirs, host Warren K. Racusin invites Lowenstein partner Matt Savare and Bart Feller, Principal flute of the New Jersey Symphony, New York City Opera Orchestra...

United States IP

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Lowenstein Sandler

Disney–OpenAI's Sora Deal: What It Signals For IP, Licensing, And Responsible AI

Soon, Sora will be able to generate short, user-prompted videos using a defined set of over 200 Disney characters, including costumes, props, vehicles, and environments. Likewise, ChatGPT will be able to generate still images from the same IP.

United States Technology

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Adams and Reese

Authors Hit Salesforce Copyright Class Action For Training AI On "Shadow Library" Data

A few months back, a group of authors filed a class action lawsuit against Salesforce in federal court in the Northern District of California, alleging that the company used pirated copies...

United States Technology

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Marks Gray

January 2026 FZLZ Minute

The leading Federal legislative effort is the "Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2025" a/k/a the "NO FAKES Act."...

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Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, PC

New House Bill On AI Transparency Aims To Pull Back The Curtain On AI Training Data

United States Technology

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

The TRUMP AMERICA AI Act: Federal Preemption Meets Comprehensive Regulation

United States Technology

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Jones Walker

The High Risk Of Selling Dupes: What Lululemon v. Costco Reveals About Legal Dangers

United States IP

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Klemchuk

The Furniture Wars | Fashion Law Network (Podcast)

United States IP

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Caldwell

Fifth Circuit Stunner: The Court Holds That Statutory Termination Of Grant Of Copyright Reverts Rights Throughout The World

United States IP

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

What You Need To Know About The Anthropic AI Copyright Settlement

United States IP

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

DMCAR Trend #9: Artificial Intelligence Impacted The Class Action Landscape On Multiple Levels (Video)

United States Technology

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Duane Morris LLP

When 600 Prompts Still Aren't Enough: What Allen Vs. Perlmutter Means For Ownership, Copyright, And Creative Contracts

United States IP

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Roth Jackson

The Ninth Circuit Affirms Non-Infringement Verdict Concerning Tattoo Artist's Use Of Miles Davis Photo, But Two Concurring Opinions Invite En Banc Review

United States IP

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Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

YouTube, Safe-Harbors, and the Future of Platform Liability

United States IP

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

DMCAR Trend #9: Artificial Intelligence Impacted The Class Action Landscape On Multiple Levels (Video)

Bar associations have compiled dozens if not hundreds of instances of attorneys misusing generative AI in complaints, legal memoranda, expert reports, and appellate briefs

United States Technology

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Duane Morris LLP

When 600 Prompts Still Aren't Enough: What Allen Vs. Perlmutter Means For Ownership, Copyright, And Creative Contracts

Who owns creative work produced by AI? This has become a common question in litigation and the U.S. Copyright Office continues to answer the same way: not the person who merely prompts the system...

United States IP

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Roth Jackson

The Ninth Circuit Affirms Non-Infringement Verdict Concerning Tattoo Artist's Use Of Miles Davis Photo, But Two Concurring Opinions Invite En Banc Review

In a per curiam decision issued on January 2, 2026, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg, No. 24-3367 (9th Cir. January 2, 2026) affirmed the jury's verdict for celebrity tattoo artist...

United States IP

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Cowan Liebowitz & Latman PC

YouTube, Safe-Harbors, and the Future of Platform Liability

What Copyright Owners and Creative Companies Need to Know About the Eleventh Circuit's Athos Overseas v. YouTube Decision, and How the Supreme Court's Cox Communications Case Could Shift the Ground...

United States IP

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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Rethinking Worldwide Copyright: Ownership And Termination After Vetter v. Resnik

United States IP

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Irwin IP

California's GenAI Data Training Compliance Law AB 2013: Challenges And Practical Next Steps For Protecting IP

California's new Generative Artificial Intelligence law, AB 2013, ushers in a new era of transparency for developers of generative AI (GenAI) systems.

United States IP

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Mintz

IP Lawyer Explains The Legal Chaos Around AI (Copyright, Privacy And Trust) (Podcast)

In this episode of IBJ's Authentic & Agentic, partner Brian McGinnis joins host Jayson Manship to unpack the rapidly evolving legal landscape around AI.

United States IP

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Copyright Infringement: Risks Of Copying Images From The Internet

In the United States, an original work of authorship, for example, an image, a book, and/or a musical composition, is protected by copyrights. The protection occurs as soon as the work is "fixed in a tangible medium...

United States IP

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BrownWinick Law

Klemchuk Mediation For Intellectual Property Disputes

DALLAS, Texas – Klemchuk PLLC proudly announces the launch of Klemchuk Mediation, an affiliated mediation practice focused solely on intellectual property (IP) matters.

United States IP

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Klemchuk

Why Disney Told Google To Stop Using Its IP While Making A Deal With OpenAI

United States IP

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Marks Gray

In Re OpenAI, Inc. Copyright Infringement Litigation

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Yonay v. Paramount Pictures Corp.

United States Media & IT

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Copyright Bill Aims To Improve Copyright Registration Process For High Volume Visual Artists And Creators

United States IP

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

OpenAI Loses Privacy Gambit: 20 Million ChatGPT Logs Likely Headed To Copyright Plaintiffs

United States Technology

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Jones Walker

Protecting AI Assets And Outputs With IP Strategies In A Changing World (Podcast)

United States IP

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Mayer Brown

Marketing Meets IP: How To Stay Creative Without Crossing Legal Lines

United States IP

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Foley Hoag LLP

Copyright In Applied Art: CJEU Sets A Clearer, Stricter Test

United States IP

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Jones Day

As The Calendar Turned Its Page, New Works Entered The Public Domain

United States IP

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Disney's $1 Billion OpenAI Bet Isn't About AI—It's About Survival

United States IP

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NovoTech Patent Firm

IP Strategy For Businesses: 5 Key Steps To Protect, Grow & Maximize Your Intellectual Property

United States IP

K

Klemchuk

AI Divergence: Why Germany And The UK Are On Different Paths

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

IP Mediation Saves Litigation Costs

United States IP

K

Klemchuk

Copyright For AI-Generated Visual Content In Video Games

United States IP

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Perkins Coie LLP

AI Intellectual Property And Transactions Digital Advertising Playbook

United States Technology

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Lowenstein Sandler

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DMCAR Trend #9: Artificial Intelligence Impacted The Class Action Landscape On Multiple Levels (Video)

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Duane Morris LLP

Cross-border Tech Deals: Safeguarding Innovation Without Slowing The Business (Podcast)

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Mayer Brown

What's Scary (And What's Not) About Copyright: Lessons From Horror Film & TV (Video)

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Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

Why Your Tech Business Needs Employee Agreements (IP & Confidentiality) (Video)

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Crowley Law LLC

AI Twins And Avatars: Legal Risks For Companies Using Synthetic Voice And Likeness Technology (Video)

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