Intellectual Property Law and Copyright Laws

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In this special two-episode podcast series, Finnegan partner Jeffrey Totten chats with Finnegan attorney Alissa Green about the Federal Circuit's inaugural ruling...

The Ninth Circuit's recent resurrection of Trader Joe's trademark infringement suit over an independent union's sale of apparel, mugs, tote bags...

The Really Simple Licensing Collective ("RSL Collective"), a nonprofit dedicated to creating collective licensing solutions for content creators and publishers, has announced Really Simple Licensing ("RSL"), a new standard designed to stop crawlers from scraping websites for content without permission or compensation. If adopted, RSL could have major implications for both online platforms and the AI technologies that source content for training data from them.

On September 23, the Massachusetts Division of Banks finalized amendments to the Small Loans Law, the Truth in Lending Act, and the Mortgage Lender and Broker Licensing Law.

The health care community made an unexpected appearance at the 2025 Emmys! This week's BL Business Branding newsletter takes a pulse...

Since serving as a Federal Circuit clerk, Michael Hawes has monitored that court's precedential opinions and prepares a deeply outlined index by subject matter (invalidity, infringement, claim construction, etc.)...

With the continued rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI), the question of how the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the "USPTO") and courts will apply patent-eligibility requirements...

Federal Circuit decisions applying the new standards for design-patent obviousness continue to inform how patent challengers should frame their plans of attack, both in the PTAB and in the courts.

On June 11, 2025, The Walt Disney Company and Universal Studios jointly filed a landmark federal lawsuit against Midjourney, an artificial intelligence...

The opening brief in a first-of-its-kind appeal of an AI copyright infringement case was recently filed, framing the issues that could result in legal precedent reshaping the AI industry.

In a recent issue of IP Litigator, Marshall Gerstein Partner and patent attorney Ryan Phelan explores two recent rulings that offer the first merit-based guidance on how "fair use" applies to large AI training...