Brown Rudnick Insights

2/27/2023 7:42:13 PM

Copyright Office Rules That AI-Generated Work Is Ineligible for Copyright: Lack of Predictable Output to Prompts Precludes Authorship

By Harold Laidlaw

The U.S. Copyright Office recently issued a decision, in a letter to counsel for artist Kristina Kashtanova, that the AI-generated images...

2/23/2023 1:14:00 PM

By Shlomo Katz

Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and many equivalent state laws, an employee who is “exempt” is not entitled to extra...

2/21/2023 1:25:00 PM

By Adam Schoen

Partner Adam Schoen appeared as a guest on the QuickByte podcast by think tank Disruptive Technologists to discuss his path to patent law...

2/17/2023 11:08:00 PM

By Ivan Chaykovisky

Associate Ivan Chaykovskiy co-authored an article published in the February issue of the Orange County Lawyer entitled “The Howey Test...

2/17/2023 5:08:23 PM

By Doug Cohen

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) latest regulatory agenda indicates that the agency will shortly propose to regulate Per-...

2/13/2023 1:56:57 PM

By Daniel Healy

After roughly three days of deliberations, the jury in the Hermes International et al v. Rothschild found that the defendant had...

2/8/2023 10:38:33 PM

By Sam Wolf

California Assembly Bill 676, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Sept. 29, 2022, makes significant changes to California franchising law. The...

2/7/2023 4:23:13 PM

By Daniel Healy

A current case thrusting NFTs (non-fungible tokens) into the forefront of trademark law involves a defendant arguing that his right to...