The global patent system was designed during the Industrial Revolution to reward human ingenuity and foster technological progress. But today, we find ourselves in the midst of an AI revolution,...
While the legal battles between generative AI and copyright have dominated the headlines, a secondary, equally volatile storm is brewing in the world of intellectual property: trademarks. Trademarks...
The landscape of intellectual property has been fundamentally disrupted. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools have altered the creativity process, enabling anyone with an internet connection...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to deny Stephen Thaler’s petition for writ of certiorari in Thaler v. Perlmutter effectively solidifies – at least for now – the human authorship requirement as the...
Short answer: maybe. As of early 2026, the law surrounding AI and fair use is in a state of active transition. Federal courts are still figuring out the contours of copyright law given the new AI...
The question of who – or what – can be an author has become one of the most contentious issues in modern copyright law. As artificial intelligence systems generate increasingly sophisticated creative...
The Controversy In late May 2025, President Trump fired Shira Perlmutter, who led the U.S. Copyright Office. This was just days after he also dismissing the Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden. The...
Consistency in intellectual property regimes is essential for a uniform practice of those intellectual property laws. Case in point is Thaler v. Perlmutter, a copyright case holding that works...
On January 31, 2025, the U.S. Copyright Office issued examination guidelines related to registration of works either assisted or generated by artificial intelligence tools. This blog discussed these...
The U.S. Copyright Office issued its second report on issues related to registration of works using artificial intelligence (AI). The second report, issued on January 29, 2025, discusses...