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Tammy Livingston v. Jay Livingston Music, Inc.

Sixth Circuit affirms dismissal of lawsuit brought by granddaughter of late composer Jay Livingston, holding that termination notices served and filed by Livingston's daughter were valid...

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Lehrman v. Lovo Inc.

District court denies in part and grants in part AI startup's motion to dismiss claims by voice actors involving creation and use of AI-generated voice clones, allowing breach of contract and right of publicity...

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Readily Ascertainable—WilmerHale's Trade Secret Bulletin: June 2025

Welcome to WilmerHale's bulletin on recent trade secret case law and relevant news items. We've affectionately nicknamed it "Readily Ascertainable" because, unlike a trade secret, it should be easy to figure out.

United States IP

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WilmerHale

EU Designs: Genuine Design Activity And Intellectual Effort Are Not Required For Protection

Advocate General Nicholas Emiliou has delivered his opinion in the case Deity Shoes, S.L. v Mundorama Confort, S.L. and another (Case C 323/24).

United States IP

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K&L Gates LLP

Salt-N-Pepa Pushes It To The Courtroom In UMG Copyright Battle Over Master Recordings

United States IP

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Berenzweig Leonard

AI Copyright Rulings Signal A New Era For Fair Use

United States IP

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Michael Best

The Katten Kattwalk | Issue 29

United States IP

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Court Sides With Meta On Fair Use And DMCA Questions, But Leaves Door Open For Future Challenges

United States IP

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Perkins Coie LLP

One Minute Matters [Video]: Are AI Companies Winning The Copyright Battle? (With Diego Freire)

United States IP

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Dykema

Beige Battle: Social Media Influencers Settle Dispute Over Minimalist Brand Identity

United States IP

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

United States Technology

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Baker Botts LLP

Code Of Practice For General-Purpose AI Models Published: Compliance Just Got Clearer (Participation Still Optional)

European Union IP

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Brand Guardians: Effective Strategies Against Cyber Counterfeiting: Part 2

United States IP

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K&L Gates LLP

Another EU AI Act Milestone – Nearly Final Version Of The General-Purpose AI Code Of Practice Published

United States IP

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WilmerHale

The Art Of The (UK) Deal

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Business Tax Law Provisions Of The OBBA

United States Commercial

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Offit Kurman

Workplace Violence: Why Employers Can't Afford To Ignore The Warning Signs

United States Employment

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Offit Kurman

Tariffs And The Future Of U.S. Beef

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Trump's Plan B For Tariffs

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

From Input To Impact: The Market Harm Standard Emerging In AI Fair Use

Another federal court recently ruled that using copyrighted books to train artificial intelligence (AI) systems can qualify as fair use under the U.S. Copyright Act.

United States Technology

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Up, Up, And Litigated: Superman's 87-Year Copyright War

Superman has soared back onto the big screen, and unless you've been locked in the Fortress of Solitude, you already know his origin story: Rocketed from the doomed planet Krypton.

United States IP

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

New Fair Use Rulings On AI Training Platforms

Two courts recently issued decisions of note regarding the use of copyrighted material for training generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms. Both decisions...

United States Technology

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

AI Reporter - July 2025

Much of the AI conversation in June focused on the Trump Administration's "Big Beautiful Bill" and its proposed 10-year moratorium on state AI regulation.

United States Technology

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Voices On Trial: Voice Actors, AI Cloning, And The Fight For Identity Rights

United States Technology

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

The EU Commission Publishes General-Purpose AI Code Of Practice: Compliance Obligations Begin August 2025

European Union Technology

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Supreme Court To Hear Cox Communications Case On ISP Copyright Liability

United States IP

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Offit Kurman

Bartz v. Anthropic PBC

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

New Fair Use Rulings On AI Training Platforms

United States Technology

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Davis+Gilbert LLP

Authors vs. AI – Two Key Federal Copyright Decisions

United States IP

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Lerner David

Complying With The DMCA Process: Service Providers Don't Always Make It Easy

United States IP

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Harness IP

Pryor Cashman Secures Full Defense Win In Copyright Infringement Case Involving Karol G, Tiësto, And Major Music Publishers

United States IP

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Pryor Cashman LLP

When Does A Service Provider Become Liable For Its Users' Piracy? The Supreme Court Grants Cert In Cox V. Sony To Address Issues Of Contributory Infringement And Willful Infringement

United States IP

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Authors vs. AI – Two Key Federal Copyright Decisions

The Northern District of California recently rendered two decisions in rapid succession concerning the legality of using copyrighted works to train artificial intelligence large language models ("LLM").

United States IP

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Lerner David

Complying With The DMCA Process: Service Providers Don't Always Make It Easy

"It is not in the service provider's interest to help you submit a compliant DMCA takedown. As such, copyright owners should consider drafting their own notices, or having an attorney draft one...

United States IP

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Harness IP

Pryor Cashman Secures Full Defense Win In Copyright Infringement Case Involving Karol G, Tiësto, And Major Music Publishers

Pryor Cashman music industry litigators secured a complete victory in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on behalf of clients Karol G, Tiësto...

United States IP

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Pryor Cashman LLP

When Does A Service Provider Become Liable For Its Users' Piracy? The Supreme Court Grants Cert In Cox V. Sony To Address Issues Of Contributory Infringement And Willful Infringement

Twenty years ago, the Supreme Court held that "one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by clear expression or other affirmative...

United States IP

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Use Of Floorplans In Real Estate Listings Is Permissible Under U.S. Copyright Law

United States IP

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Northern District Of California Decides AI Training Is Fair Use, But Pirating Books May Still Be Infringing

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...

United States IP

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Duane Morris LLP

Why So Many Sequels? Squid Game, Spinoffs, And The Use Of Copyright

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.

United States IP

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Lerner David

Making Sense Of The First Two—Often Contradictory, Sometimes Confounding—Gen AI Fair Use Rulings

After a long wait, we received the first two generative AI (GAI) fair use rulings in rapid succession. The headline findings of fair use for these particular GAI trainings mask deeper lessons in these mixed rulings...

United States Technology

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

June 2025 FZLZ Minute

Prior to a new law enacted this year, companies that wanted to register DBA names in Delaware had to do so in each county they wanted to use them in, which usually meant all of them.

United States Technology

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Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, PC

First Two Opinions Drop On AI And Copyright Fair Use

United States Technology

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Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, PC

Promise, Peril And The Path Forward: Legal Industry AI

United States Technology

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Ward and Smith, P.A.

District Court Finds That Using Copyrighted Works To Train Large Language Models Is Fair Use

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Second District Court Finds Fair Use In Evaluating Use Of Copyrighted Works For LLM Training

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Artificial Intelligence And Copyright: Significant U.S. Judgment

United States IP

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William Fry

AI Companies Prevail In Path-Breaking Decisions On Fair Use

United States IP

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Crowell & Moring LLP

US Federal Judges Back AI Training As Fair Use — But Questions Remain

United States IP

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Beyond The Strikes: How AI Is Reshaping The Media & Entertainment Landscape—and How Global Regulators Are Responding

United States IP

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Northern District Of California Judge Rules That Meta's Training Of AI Models Is Fair Use

United States Technology

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Pair Of Federal Court Rulings Find Fair Use In AI Model Training

United States IP

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Lowenstein Sandler

In Re: OpenAI Inc., Copyright Infringement Litigation

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Meta's AI Copyright Victory: What It Means For The Future Of AI Training

United States IP

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Jones Walker

Federal Courts Issue First Key Rulings On Fair Use Defense In Generative AI Copyright Claims

United States Technology

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Barnes & Thornburg

Court Finds Fair Use For AI Training, But Distinguishes Library Of Pirated Works

United States Technology

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Baker Botts LLP

New York Expands Legal Protections To Models In The Fashion Industry

United States IP

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Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

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