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A New Framework For AI Permissions In Entertainment: RSL Media’s Human Consent Standard
RSL Media has introduced the Human Consent Standard, a machine-readable protocol allowing individuals to declare whether AI systems may use their creative works, identity, likeness, voice, characters, or marks. While endorsed by major entertainment industry figures and organizations, the voluntary standard's effectiveness depends on pending federal legislation like the NO FAKES Act, voluntary adoption by AI developers, and its ability to withstand contractual pressures that could undermine its protective fu
United States IP
GA
Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
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Orange, Green And Red: The Nike Sneaker That Started A Trademark Fight
A federal trademark lawsuit between 7-Eleven and Nike over an Air Max 95 sneaker raises fundamental questions about brand identity and consumer perception. Can a convenience store claim exclusive rights to a colour combination, and at what point does visual identity become so recognisable that consumers assume a commercial connection exists? The dispute challenges conventional thinking about trademark protection and explores how far brand recognition extends beyond logos and names.
United States IP
FW
Fairbridges
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Trademark Protection Against AI: How Taylor Swift and Other Celebrities Are Protecting Their Identities — Lessons for Creatives, Brands and the General Public
As artificial intelligence gains the ability to replicate voices, images, and distinctive personal characteristics with remarkable accuracy, celebrities like Taylor Swift and Matthew McConaughey are turning to trademark law to protect their identities from unauthorized AI-generated impersonation. This proactive legal strategy offers important lessons for creatives, businesses, and individuals whose personal brands may be vulnerable to digital exploitation in an era where the line between authentic and synth
United States IP
OA
Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL)
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Patents
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Does Using AI On A Government Contract Put Your Trade Secrets At Risk? What Defense Contractors Need To Know (Video)
Defense contractors using artificial intelligence in government contract performance face a critical question about intellectual property rights. While AI-assisted work doesn't automatically transfer proprietary systems to the government, vague transparency and explainability clauses in contracts can quietly expand disclosure obligations and erode decades-old trade secret protections.
United States Government
TS
Taft Stettinius & Hollister
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A New Framework For AI Permissions In Entertainment: RSL Media’s Human Consent Standard
RSL Media has introduced the Human Consent Standard, a machine-readable protocol allowing individuals to declare whether AI systems may use their creative works, identity, likeness, voice, characters, or marks. While endorsed by major entertainment industry figures and organizations, the voluntary standard's effectiveness depends on pending federal legislation like the NO FAKES Act, voluntary adoption by AI developers, and its ability to withstand contractual pressures that could undermine its protective fu
United States IP
GA
Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
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Trademark Protection Against AI: How Taylor Swift and Other Celebrities Are Protecting Their Identities — Lessons for Creatives, Brands and the General Public
As artificial intelligence gains the ability to replicate voices, images, and distinctive personal characteristics with remarkable accuracy, celebrities like Taylor Swift and Matthew McConaughey are turning to trademark law to protect their identities from unauthorized AI-generated impersonation. This proactive legal strategy offers important lessons for creatives, businesses, and individuals whose personal brands may be vulnerable to digital exploitation in an era where the line between authentic and synth
United States IP
OA
Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL)
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Patent

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Subject Matter Eligibility Declarations (“SMEDs”): A New Tool For Overcoming The § 101 Patent Hurdle
The USPTO's new Subject Matter Eligibility Declarations (SMEDs) offer patent applicants a strategic tool to overcome Section 101 rejections by submitting factual evidence that demonstrates technological improvements. This voluntary program, introduced through recent USPTO memoranda, requires examiners to substantively address submitted evidence and provides applicants with a mechanism to frame eligibility analysis before rejections are issued. Patent practitioners must understand when and how to deploy SMED
United States IP
WD
Wiggin & Dana
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Licensing & Syndication

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A New Framework For AI Permissions In Entertainment: RSL Media’s Human Consent Standard
RSL Media has introduced the Human Consent Standard, a machine-readable protocol allowing individuals to declare whether AI systems may use their creative works, identity, likeness, voice, characters, or marks. While endorsed by major entertainment industry figures and organizations, the voluntary standard's effectiveness depends on pending federal legislation like the NO FAKES Act, voluntary adoption by AI developers, and its ability to withstand contractual pressures that could undermine its protective fu
United States IP
GA
Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
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Intelligence Piracy: The Actor Who Was Never There
Artificial intelligence has created a new form of piracy in film and television, one that doesn't steal finished works but instead extracts the craft and identity of performers themselves. From synthetic actors like Tilly Norwood to unauthorized digital replicas of real stars, the industry faces a fundamental question: when AI learns to recreate a performer's face, voice, and mannerisms from their body of work, whose craft has been taken?
United States IP
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Rouse
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