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In case you missed it, here are some of the top copyright law cases and legal developments we wrote about in 2024: American Girl, LLC v. Zembrka. The Circuit Court found that the defendant Chinese company transacted business in New York State by maki… Read More

Illinois recently enacted a law making changes to the state’s Right of Publicity Act to create a private right of action to sue those creating or distributing unauthorized copies of a person’s identity using artificial intelligence (AI). Under th… Read More

A group of music companies including the three major US record labels—Sony Music, Warner Music Group, and Universal Music Group— have sued the artificial intelligence (AI) music companies Suno and Udio over alleged copyright infringement of music… Read More

In relation to a recorded musical performance, there are three things that can be protected by copyright: the lyrics the music (musical notes in sequence) the recording of the performance of the lyrics and music (in the studio or in concert) As the U… Read More

Several recent developments have occurred in intellectual property law disputes over the use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI or GenAI). In April, eight major US newspapers filed suit in federal court in the Southern District of New York, a… Read More

What should you do if you get a scary letter on law firm letterhead claiming that a photo on your website or in your social media post infringes someone’s copyright and demanding thousands of dollars in damages? Your first step should be to call yo… Read More

At the end of December, the New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, claiming that their generative AI (GAI or GenAI) tools were trained on articles published by the Times without its authorization. There have been similar… Read More

A US district court has granted Netflix’s motion to dismiss a claim for copyright infringement by a tattoo artist whose work was shown in the Tiger King series. The case is Cramer v. Netflix, Inc. In March 2020, early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Moll… Read More