On the original Star Trek series, actor Lenoard Nimoy actually created many of the best-loved traits of his character, Mr. Spock,...

Artists, courts, and governments worldwide continue to wrestle with the issue of whether or not 'art' created by artificial intelligence...

It (probably) isn’t what you think The "public domain" refers to a body of creative works, inventions, and knowledge that is not...

The Public Domain is a real legal concept with significant consequences for those who mistakenly rely on the many myths and...

As you’ve probably already read, The New York Times has filed a civil lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft in Federal District Court in...

In one of the least surprising court rulings of 2023, the estate of the late writer J.R.R. Tolkien and the entertainment and consumer...

Let it know what you think about AI model training, artist permission and compensation, infringement liability, and likeness or imitation...

It (probably) isn’t what you think The "public domain" refers to a body of creative works, inventions, and knowledge that is not...

He couldn’t afford litigation, so creator Bill Willingham put Fables in the public domain In an unexpected twist, Bill Willingham, the...

Competitor Upper Deck has filed suit and tried to prevent the release In a fascinating legal battle that has caught the attention of the...

Unless you count their ginormous do-it-yourself furniture stores as a joke As much as any trip to an IKEA furniture superstore may seem...

IP LAW FUNDAMENTALS Fair use isn't what most people think it is. Ask someone about the doctrine of "fair use" and they're most likely to...

On April 5, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a long-awaited decision in the contentious copyright battle between tech giants...

Just when you thought it was impossible for the art world to get any weirder, this happens: A non-fungible token (or “NFT”) of a digital...

Luckily, there are always new developments in the IP world to keep us distracted. Whether it was street artist Banksy’s recent social...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that a publishing company, ComicMix, LLC, was in the wrong when it published a...

Last month, the CASE Act was signed into law by President Trump as part of the massive 5,593-page, $1.4-trillion omnibus spending and...

Copyright protects "original works of authorship" that are fixed in "a tangible form of expression." The fixed form does not have to be...

IP LAW FUNDAMENTALS Fair use isn't what most people think it is. Ask someone about the doctrine of "fair use" and they're most likely to...