Policy

On January 23, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hosted an Anti-Piracy Symposium at its headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The symposium highlighted piracy issues and trends affecting […]

In the previous blog post, we covered various copyright-related legislation during last year’s Congressional session. 2024 also proved to be a busy year for the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) whose […]

As usual, Congress considered a host of copyright issues in 2024. Most of these issues fall into one of three buckets: (1) Artificial Intelligence (AI); (2) Piracy; or (3) U.S. […]

The proliferation of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) models over the past few years has given rise to well over thirty copyright infringement lawsuits by copyright owners against GAI developers. While […]

Over the past year, all eyes have understandably been on the various ongoing cases brought by copyright owners against generative AI companies. But while we await decisions in those cases, […]

There are now well over thirty lawsuits that have been filed by copyright owners in U.S. federal court against AI companies, accusing them of direct copyright infringement for using copyrighted […]

In November, a lawmaker introduced an important bill addressing AI transparency issues related to the use of copyright-protected works. Internationally, OpenAI faced new lawsuits filed by foreign creators and copyright […]

In October, the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) concluded the Ninth Triennial Rulemaking which established exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA) prohibition on circumvention of technological protection measures controlling […]

In September, courts remained busy with copyright cases, with a major decision handed down in a crucial case for publishers. Here is a quick snapshot of some of copyright-related activities […]

During the year, several bills have been introduced in Congress that, if passed, would require generative AI companies to be transparent and disclose to the public the makeup and source […]