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The AI Copyright Vacuum
What In-House Counsel Must Do Now Before the Window Closes Client Advisory | April 2026 The intellectual property landscape has not faced a structural disruption of this magnitude since…
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The Supreme Court Changes the Landscape for Contributory Liability
By Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
In Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, No. 24-171, 2026 WL 815823 (U.S. Mar. 25, 2026), the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the circumstances in which a company may be…
The IPKat
EUIPO Grand Board refuses registration of ‘GEORGE ORWELL’ as a trade mark for inter alia books
George OrwellCan you register, as a trade mark, the name of an author, including an author – like George Orwell – whose works are no longer protected by copyright? Perhaps…
Legal Theory Blog
Simon on Copyright, Moral Rights, and Authors’ Subjective Harms
David A. Simon (Northeastern University School of Law) has posted Monastic Moral Rights on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Copyright law grants authors special non-economic “moral rights” to prevent others…
Legal Theory Blog
Blaszczyk on Posthuman Copyright
Matt Blaszczyk (University of Michigan Law School) has posted Posthuman Copyright: AI, Copyright, and Legitimacy on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Copyright's human authorship requirement is an institutional attempt to…
Legal Theory Blog
Agbelade on AI Disruption
Oluwole Agbelade (Lagos State University - Faculty of Law) has posted The Jurisprudence of AI Disruption: Copyright, Business Innovation, and the Future of Cyber-Regulation on SSRN. Here is the abstract:…
Legal Theory Blog
Rimmer on AI and Digital Cultural Heritage
Matthew Rimmer (Queensland University of Technology (QUT)) has posted Night at the Artificial Museum: Copyright Law and Artificial Intelligence (Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research 2025) on SSRN. Here…
Legal Theory Blog
Dosad on Access to Culture and IP
Mukesh Dosad has posted Art, Access, and Ethics: The IPR vs. Piracy Debate on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper delves in moral dilemma of IP laws and Piracy.…
IP wars
Is there a Lenah Game Meats constructive trust?
By War
The short answer is: not in this case in which Snaden J awarded The Game Meats Company $130,000 damages against Farm Transparency International for trespass but rejected Game Meats’ claim…
Legal Theory Blog
Lim on Governing Generative AI
Daryl Lim (Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson Law; Fordham University - Fordham Intellectual Property Institute) has posted Governing Generative AI (Akron Law Review: Vol. 57: Iss. 2) on SSRN. Here is…