Worldwide: Intellectual Property

In another case addressing the use of copyrighted works by artificial intelligence technology ("AI"), the Southern District of New York denied a partial motion to dismiss a direct copyright infringement claim...

On November 19, 2025, the European Commission published a package of legislative proposals known as the "Digital Omnibus."

The Federal Government recently announced Australia's first statutory orphan works scheme by way of the Copyright Amendment Bill 2025 (Cth) (Bill).

With the growth of e-commerce and the escalation of foreign counterfeiting, protecting IP rights has become more challenging and more important than ever.

On November 26, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office released a new Revised Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions, rescinding in full the USPTO's February 2024 guidance and replacing it with a clarified framework for evaluating inventorship when AI systems are used within the innovation process.

For the second time in just a few months, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division (DOJ) have teamed up to weigh...

On November 20, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) seeking stakeholder input on how it could streamline approval for post-licensing activities at hydropower projects...

California, Louisiana, and Illinois have established comprehensive crypto licensing frameworks that mirror New York's BitLicense regime.

A decision in May from the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has extended the long-standing and well-publicized dispute over inventorship of use of CRISPR-Cas9 technology in eukaryotic cells.

In the second article of our new series, we explain how trade secrets can be safeguarded to prevent misappropriation or unauthorised publication...

Trade secrets are a versatile asset in the modern intellectual property landscape, offering flexible and cost-effective safeguards for innovations best let out of the public domain...

The Ninth Circuit's recent decision in Quintara Biosciences, Inc. v. Ruifeng Biztech, Inc. underscores an important distinction in trade secret law between California's Uniform Trade Secrets Act...