In a significant decision, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently ruled that the Copyright Act of 1976 requires human authorship to register a work, affirming
Continue Reading AI and Copyright: What a Recent Court Ruling Means for AI Creators and Intellectual Property RightsYesterday, in the first U.S. ruling on the closely scrutinized question of fair use in the AI-related copyright litigation context, U.S. Circuit Judge Stephanos Bilbas, sitting in the U.S. District
Continue Reading The First U.S. AI Copyright “Fair Use” Ruling Favors Copyright OwnersRecently, influencer, Sydney Gifford is suing fellow, influencer, Alyssa Sheil, claiming misappropriation – this claim exceeds imitation, instead Gifford argues that Sheil appropriated her entire look, including her atheistic and
Continue Reading INFLUENCER SUING OVER AESTHETIC AND BRAND IDENTITYThe Copyright Claims Board (CCB) was established by the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act passed by Congress on December 27, 2020 and began accepting claims in June 2022. It
Continue Reading Copyright Claims Board StatsThe advent of generative-AI tools has brought challenging questions of accountability to the forefront, especially when those tools generate content that may infringe on someone’s copyright. Determining liability—whether it falls
Continue Reading Developers’ Liability for Infringing Generative-AI OutputsLast week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion holding that the U.S. Copyright Act does not have a time limit for monetary recovery. That means that copyright owner can
Continue Reading SCOTUS Extends Copyright DamagesIn February, a bill was introduced in the United States House of Representatives by Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) called the “Bolstering Intellectual Rights against Digital Infringement Enhancement
Continue Reading Protecting Golf Courses with BIRDIEsThis week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted a comment to the U.S. Copyright Office to advocate for renewed and expanded exemptions to the Digital
Continue Reading New Comment on Right to Repair ProductsThe U.S. Copyright Office has issued a final rule amending the procedures for the still-new “small claims court” proceedings before the Copyright Claims Board (CCB) established last year that we
Continue Reading Copyright Smalls Claims ProceedingsThese days, does a week go by without something new in the artificial intelligence (AI) world? This week the Copyright Office issued a Policy Statement to “clarify its practices for
Continue Reading Copyright Office Addressing AI