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Fundamental Copyright Principles Underscored In AI Context: Voice Attributes Are Not Protectable

The Southern District of New York issued a recent opinion in Lehrman et al v. Lovo, Inc., 1-24-cv-03770 (SDNY Jul. 10, 2025) (J. Paul Oetken) regarding copyright infringement issues involving artificial intelligence models...

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Inside Luxury's Move Into Film And TV Financing

Building on the panel discussion at the 2025 Luxury Law Summit in London, Loeb Luxury Brands Chair Melanie Howard posed some additional questions to Nessa McGill...

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

3 Things To Know About Intellectual Property In Construction Law

When most people think about construction law, they picture contracts, building codes, and zoning disputes, not copyrights and patents. But if you're in the construction industry...

United States IP

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Clark Hill

Rethinking IP In The Age Of AI (Part Three): Copyrights And AI-Assisted Creations

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping industries, revolutionizing everything from content creation to complex problem-solving. As AI-generated works become more prevalent...

United States IP

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Calfee Halter & Griswold

No IP Protection Process? You'll Lose Your Intellectual Property (Video)

United States IP

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Crowley Law LLC

Trump v. Woodward

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

White House AI Action Plan Seeks To Establish "Dominance," Boost Innovation, And Scrutinize Regulations

United States Technology

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Crowell & Moring LLP

The 2025 AI Action Plan: Key Business And Legal Implications

United States Technology

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Senate Bill Would Ban Use Of Personal Data And Copyrighted Works In LLM Training Data

United States Technology

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Barnes & Thornburg

Oracle v. Rimini Street: A Decade-Long Legal War Winds Down As Court Stays Proceedings Pending Settlement

United States IP

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Tactical Law Group LLP

Two Key Federal Court Rulings On AI Training And Copyright

United States IP

Meister Seelig & Fein

AI & Copyright: Key Ruling On AI Tool Training

United States Technology

Meister Seelig & Fein

Judge Certifies Authors' Copyright Class Action Against Anthropic

United States IP

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

AI Music Presents Novel Issues Within Current Frameworks

United States Technology

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Jones Walker

CTPAT: An Anchor For Weathering The Trade Storms

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Artificial Intelligence 2025 - Trends And Developments

United States Technology

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Steptoe LLP

ALERT: Key Tax Provisions Provided For In "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"

United States Employment

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Dilworth Paxson LLP

Protectionism Or Free Trade?

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Tariffs And The Future Of U.S. Beef

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Tammy Livingston v. Jay Livingston Music, Inc.

Sixth Circuit affirms dismissal of lawsuit brought by granddaughter of late composer Jay Livingston, holding that termination notices served and filed by Livingston's daughter were valid...

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Lehrman v. Lovo Inc.

District court denies in part and grants in part AI startup's motion to dismiss claims by voice actors involving creation and use of AI-generated voice clones, allowing breach of contract and right of publicity...

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Readily Ascertainable—WilmerHale's Trade Secret Bulletin: June 2025

Welcome to WilmerHale's bulletin on recent trade secret case law and relevant news items. We've affectionately nicknamed it "Readily Ascertainable" because, unlike a trade secret, it should be easy to figure out.

United States IP

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WilmerHale

EU Designs: Genuine Design Activity And Intellectual Effort Are Not Required For Protection

Advocate General Nicholas Emiliou has delivered his opinion in the case Deity Shoes, S.L. v Mundorama Confort, S.L. and another (Case C 323/24).

United States IP

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K&L Gates LLP

Salt-N-Pepa Pushes It To The Courtroom In UMG Copyright Battle Over Master Recordings

United States IP

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Berenzweig Leonard

AI Copyright Rulings Signal A New Era For Fair Use

United States IP

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Michael Best

The Katten Kattwalk | Issue 29

United States IP

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Court Sides With Meta On Fair Use And DMCA Questions, But Leaves Door Open For Future Challenges

United States IP

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Perkins Coie LLP

One Minute Matters [Video]: Are AI Companies Winning The Copyright Battle? (With Diego Freire)

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Dykema

Beige Battle: Social Media Influencers Settle Dispute Over Minimalist Brand Identity

United States IP

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

United States Technology

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Baker Botts LLP

Code Of Practice For General-Purpose AI Models Published: Compliance Just Got Clearer (Participation Still Optional)

European Union IP

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Brand Guardians: Effective Strategies Against Cyber Counterfeiting: Part 2

United States IP

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K&L Gates LLP

Another EU AI Act Milestone – Nearly Final Version Of The General-Purpose AI Code Of Practice Published

United States IP

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WilmerHale

This edition highlights the European Commission's recently launched public consultation on the implementation of the AI Act, primarily focused on the classification (and ultimate regulation) of "high risk" AI systems.

United States Technology

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Baker Botts LLP

Code Of Practice For General-Purpose AI Models Published: Compliance Just Got Clearer (Participation Still Optional)

The European Commission has published the final version of its General-Purpose AI Code of Practice.

European Union IP

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Brand Guardians: Effective Strategies Against Cyber Counterfeiting: Part 2

Our first article in this series highlighted the financial and reputational damage counterfeiting causes to brand owners and the significant societal consequences associated with the reproduction...

United States IP

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K&L Gates LLP

Another EU AI Act Milestone – Nearly Final Version Of The General-Purpose AI Code Of Practice Published

On July 10, 2025, the European Commission released a nearly final version of the General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice (Code) under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act).

United States IP

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WilmerHale

From Input To Impact: The Market Harm Standard Emerging In AI Fair Use

United States Technology

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Kadrey v. Meta Platforms, Inc.

District court holds that Meta's downloading of books from online "shadow libraries" and use of such books to train its Llama large language models constitutes fair use, but endorses...

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

The EU Commission Publishes General-Purpose AI Code Of Practice: Compliance Obligations Begin August 2025

On July 10, 2025, after nearly a year of work involving experts and thousands of AI industry participants, the European Commission published its General-Purpose AI Code of Practice...

European Union Technology

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Supreme Court To Hear Cox Communications Case On ISP Copyright Liability

On June 30, 2025, the Supreme Court accepted a petition for certiorari brought by Cox Communications, and denied one brought by Sony in the same matter, following the advice of Solicitor...

United States IP

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Offit Kurman

Bartz v. Anthropic PBC

Plaintiffs, a group of book authors, initiated a class action against Anthropic PBC, the developer of the AI platform Claude, claiming that Anthropic infringed the authors' copyrights...

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

New Fair Use Rulings On AI Training Platforms

United States Technology

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Davis+Gilbert LLP

Authors vs. AI – Two Key Federal Copyright Decisions

United States IP

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Lerner David

Complying With The DMCA Process: Service Providers Don't Always Make It Easy

United States IP

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Harness IP

Pryor Cashman Secures Full Defense Win In Copyright Infringement Case Involving Karol G, Tiësto, And Major Music Publishers

United States IP

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Pryor Cashman LLP

When Does A Service Provider Become Liable For Its Users' Piracy? The Supreme Court Grants Cert In Cox V. Sony To Address Issues Of Contributory Infringement And Willful Infringement

United States IP

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Use Of Floorplans In Real Estate Listings Is Permissible Under U.S. Copyright Law

United States IP

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Supreme Court Takes Up Cox Communications Copyright Infringement Case

United States IP

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Wiley Rein

Brand Guardians: Effective Strategies Against Cyber Counterfeiting: Part 1

United States IP

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K&L Gates LLP

Can Someone Really Copyright A Red vs Blue Map In Fortnite?

United States IP

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Markowitz Herbold PC

Novel Ruling Offers Framework For 'Fair Use' Of Copyrighted Material For Training AI Systems

United States Technology

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Northern District Of California Decides AI Training Is Fair Use, But Pirating Books May Still Be Infringing

United States IP

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Duane Morris LLP

Why So Many Sequels? Squid Game, Spinoffs, And The Use Of Copyright

United States IP

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Lerner David

Making Sense Of The First Two—Often Contradictory, Sometimes Confounding—Gen AI Fair Use Rulings

United States Technology

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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

June 2025 FZLZ Minute

United States Technology

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Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, PC

First Two Opinions Drop On AI And Copyright Fair Use

United States Technology

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Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, PC

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