North America: Intellectual Property

On June 11, 2025, The Walt Disney Company ("Disney") and Universal Pictures ("Universal") filed a joint copyright infringement lawsuit against AI image generator Midjourney...

Two groundbreaking decisions from the Northern District of California—Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc. and Bartz v. Anthropic PBC—shed light on how courts are approaching the use of copyrighted materials...

With the highly anticipated release of Squid Game season 3 last week, Netflix once again dives into the unique story that has captivated much of the world for the past several years.

In the wake of the Federal Trade Commission's recently failed attempt to ban non-compete agreements between employers and workers, individual states have once again taken up the mantle...

You are invited to listen to Episode 78 of Greenberg Traurig's Trade Secret Law Evolution Podcast, "When Are Misappropriators Dangerous Enough to be Enjoined?"

The convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and clean technology (cleantech) is rapidly transforming industries across the globe.

After years of preparation and a decidedly rocky start to ICANN’s New gTLD Program due to a glitch in the gTLD application system, the applications are in, and ICANN will soon begin evaluating the TLD candidates.

In a recently rendered decision the Higher District Court of Hamburg considered Rapidshare to be liable for copyright infringements taking place on Rapidshare’s servers and thereby upheld its previous line of decisions.

Over the past decade, pundits have predicted that new companies harnessing the internet and related electronic devices would bring about the end of the record industry, print newspapers, and brick-and-mortar bookstores.

Many organizations perform penetration tests on their computer networks (also called ethical hacking).

The Supreme Court of California held that it is a violation of California law for businesses to request and record a credit card holder’s ZIP code in connection with credit card transactions. Under California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971, businesses are prohibited from requesting that cardholders supply personal identification information in connection with credit card transactions.

This paper summarizes selected developments in Internet law that occurred in 2010.