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The IPKat
AG Szpunar’s Opinion in Like Company is here: a landmark take on several questions facing AI and copyright/related rights, even though the CJEU is advised not to answer the questions on LLM training
This morning, Advocate General (AG) Szpunar delivered his long-awaited Opinion in Like Company, C-250/25, the first referral to reach the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) regarding the…
The Legal Wire
Amicus briefs filed in New York OpenAI copyright litigation
Actors, writers groups, advocacy organizations, law professors, and current and former political leaders filed or joined briefs in the OpenAI copyright multidistrict litigation in New York federal court, Law360 reported…
The Trichordist
ARI Comment to Copyright Office on Streaming Music Fraud
When did Noah build the Ark? Before the rain.The Artist Rights Institute has prepared comments responding to the Copyright Office’s inquiry into music streaming fraud, arguing that the industry’s approach…
GAVC Law
The Court of Appeal in Aviator v Spribe. A correct approach imo to res judicata and its non-inclusion in Rome II, and an obiter trigger of the evidence and procedure carve-out of Rome II.
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Technology & Marketing Law Blog
It’s Hard to Win a Schedule A Case Without Filing the “Schedule A”–Speedy Simulator v. Schedule A Defendants
By Eric Goldman
Hanlon’s razor says, “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by [incompetence].” (Consistent with a standard substitution, I’ve replaced “stupidity” with “incompetence”). This adage is constantly on my…
Indiana Intellectual Property Blog
October 2026 Indiana Intellectual Property Litigation Update
October was quiet on the named-party side of the Indiana copyright and trademark dockets. One local trademark case was filed and received its own post. The remaining filings were the…
The IP Law Blog
The Briefing: An Answer, Not the Answer: What ROSS Settles and Unsettles About AI Training
https://youtu.be/lYhSWnO_rKE Does using copyrighted content to train AI make it fair use? In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin partners Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler break down Thomson Reuters…
IT Law Blog
Using AI-Generated Content in Business: Legal Risks and Working Rules. A Practical Guide
By Publisher
Artificial intelligence has become a routine working tool for many companies. Teams use it to create text, graphics, videos, music, software code, and even components of digital products. This can…
Lathrop GPM
What Are Property Rights in Physical Art? Understanding Ownership, Rights and Valuation
By Lathrop GPM
Owning a painting is not the same as owning the intellectual property rights associated with that artwork. In this opening session, intellectual property attorneys Bansari Amin and Amy Brozenic explore…
IP wars
Hytera v Motorola 2: the substantial part appeal
By War
Motorola has won its appeal alleging Hytera had infringed its copyright in the source code for its digital mobile radios. Previously, the Full Court (Beach, O’Bryan and Rofe JJ) had…