5/27/2025 9:16:20 PM Walters v. OpenAI: A Game-Changing Verdict Reshaping AI, Defamation and Tech's Future By Erick Robinson In a decision that could reshape the legal and technological landscape, the Superior Court of Gwinnett County, Georgia, issued a ruling...
5/27/2025 3:16:48 PM German Court Allows Meta to Use Public Data for AI Training: Implications for Europe’s AI Landscape By Erick Robinson On May 23, 2025, the Higher Regional Court of Cologne delivered a landmark ruling by rejecting an emergency injunction sought by...
3/24/2025 6:05:50 PM New PTAB Ruling Highlights Critical IPR Petition Requirements: Consistency Between PTAB and District Court Proceedings By Erick Robinson The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently designated a significant Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision as...
3/7/2025 11:52:47 AM USPTO Rescinds Vidal Memo: A Return to Broad PTAB Discretion in Discretionary Denials By Erick Robinson Introduction: A Significant Shift in PTAB Discretionary Denials The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has rescinded the...
2/11/2025 5:06:50 PM The Hidden Truth About (Some) Provisional Patent Applications: A Comprehensive Guide for Inventors and Startups By Erick Robinson After years of reviewing thousands of provisional patent applications and digging into countless court decisions as a patent attorney and...
1/16/2025 3:41:25 PM AI and Confidentiality: Not Mutually Exclusive (But Be Smart, Too!) By Erick Robinson Ever wondered how to harness the power of AI without accidentally spilling your client's secrets all over the internet? If you're a...
7/29/2024 4:28:29 PM AI Implemented Invention for Making Music Recommenations Not Patentable By David Knight On July 19, 2024, the U.K. Court of Appeal rejected a patent application by Emotional Perception AI Limited (EPL), essentially because...
6/19/2024 11:44:30 AM Alaska Airlines Must Pay to Use Virgin Brand Even Though It Is Not Using the Brand By David Knight A recent judgment of the English Court of Appeal demonstrates the importance of examining licence agreements in corporate transactions....
6/14/2024 6:05:09 PM Supreme Court: Ban on Registering Someone Else’s Name as a Trademark Withstands the First Amendment By Michael R. Graif Vincent Badolato Katherine Dearing In Vidal v. Elster, Case No. 22-704 (slip op.) (June 13, 2024), the U.S. Supreme Court issued its third decision in the last seven years...
5/22/2024 4:21:03 PM English High Court Ruling: Wright Lied About Being Inventor of Bitcoin By David Knight In a post dated 26 March 2024 we reported on the English High Court case concerning the identity of the inventor of Bitcoin who goes by...
5/10/2024 4:30:14 PM Supreme Court 6-3 Decision: Timely Copyright Claims Not Subject to 3-Year Damages Limitation By Michael R. Graif Jason Sobel In Warner Chappell Music, Inc. et al. v. Nealy et al. (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that music producer Sherman Nealy is not barred...
4/1/2024 9:25:00 PM In NYLJ, Partner Ian DiBernardo Examines Customer Agreements in AI Era By Ian DiBernardo Partner Ian DiBernardo authored an article for the New York Law Journal about how to manage risk and preserve the value of customer...