Intellectual Property Law and Copyright Laws

On July 9, 2025, the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs ("JURI") published a study examining how generative artificial intelligence ("AI") interacts with European Union copyright law.

Expanding a brand into a new category can be an exciting time. It can also be one of the riskiest moves a brand can make. Branding is more than logos or ad campaigns.

Perceptix Technologies LLC has accused Meta Platforms (8:25-cv-01404) of infringing a single patent generally related to a certain "headset for a user specific audio service...

In today's digital age, your company's most valuable assets might not be the equipment on your factory floor or the inventory in your warehouse – they might be the confidential information stored on your servers.

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Cybersecurity and intellectual property protection are inseparable in today's climate. Legal safeguards such as NDAs, patents, and court statutes are only meaningful...

As trademark infringement and counterfeit sales continue to disrupt legitimate business on Amazon, Amazon has developed and expanded its intellectual property enforcement tools.

On June 18, 2025, Nike, Inc. ("Nike") and Dominic Ciambrone ("Ciambrone"), founder of the shoe customization outfit, The Shoe Surgeon, entered into a confidential settlement and agreed to an accompanying...

Ninth Circuit affirms dismissal of Lanham Act claims regarding use of drag queen Vicky Vox's image and likeness in animated Netflix show and teaser trailer, holding, under Rogers test...

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.

In a case with major implications for retailers and marketers, the Supreme Court of California ruled on February 10, 2011 that state law prohibits businesses from requesting and recording ZIP codes from consumers prior to credit card transactions, including requests for use in marketing.

On March 11, 2011, the FTC announced that it had reached a settlement with the social networking site Twitter regarding privacy failures on the site to adequately safeguard user information, which led to two high-profile hacker attacks in 2009.