5/7/2026 5:07:38 PM Embedded Posts, Copyright Infringement & TOS Licensing (Again!) By Brian Murphy It’s been a minute since we blogged about embedded videos. (See this post and this one.) The Second Circuit recently gave us a good...
5/7/2026 3:37:41 PM How Courts Are Starting to Apply Cox By Joshua Goldman When the Supreme Court reversed a billion-dollar copyright verdict against Cox Communications in March, the message seemed clear: merely...
5/6/2026 10:53:29 PM California Civil Code § 1670.15: What Businesses Need to Know About California's New Limits on Arbitration Agreements By Caren Decter Peter Devlin For years, companies have relied on broad arbitration agreements in their terms of service that mandate arbitration of all consumer...
4/30/2026 8:47:40 AM Taylor Swift and Her Mastermind Strategy of Using Trademark Law to Protect Against AI By Francesca Campione Taylor Swift is no stranger to using trademark law to protect her brand and identity. She has used filings with the United States Patent...
4/29/2026 6:37:07 PM Jury Awards Mobile Game Company $420 Million in Lost Profits for False Advertising By Kimberly Maynard Last week a Manhattan jury awarded mobile game company Skillz Platforms $420 million for actual damages sustained as a result of false...
4/24/2026 3:37:40 PM Judge Dismisses Laura Loomer's Defamation Suit Against Bill Maher By Molly Rothschild On Wednesday, a federal judge tossed far-right activist Laura Loomer's defamation lawsuit against comedian Bill Maher. The court held...
4/23/2026 1:51:24 PM FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for $250 million. By Amanda Barkin On Monday, FBI Director Kash Patel sued The Atlantic and one of its reporters, alleging defamation over an April 17 story detailing the...
3/26/2026 4:45:47 PM Washington State Enacts Broad Deepfake Personality Rights Law By Joshua Goldman Washington State has enacted one of the most expansive deepfake-related personality rights statutes in the country. Rather than creating...
3/25/2026 1:53:22 AM NCAA Sues DraftKings Over Use of MARCH MADNESS Trademarks By Christopher Chase Just as the NCAA Men’s and Women’s College Basketball tournaments were getting underway, the NCAA itself entered its own competition –...
3/24/2026 10:26:04 PM Florida Court Says that Docuseries Can Be Considered Multiple Publications in a Defamation Action By Molly Rothschild The makers of a docuseries about a man who was allegedly scammed by his wife are appealing a Florida appellate court’s decision. Paul T....
3/5/2026 8:11:35 AM Taylor Swift Knows Trademark Enforcement All Too Well: SWIFT HOME Application Abandoned Following Swift’s Opposition By Kendra Berry Cathay Home, a New York-based homeware company, recently abandoned its application for SWIFT HOME & Design following an opposition by TAS...
3/1/2026 7:12:05 PM Pickleball Litigation?! By Edward H. Rosenthal I am getting to the point in my life (or at least my legal career) where it is time to turn my attention to pickleball. It was inevitable...
1/25/2026 9:14:18 PM Fifth Circuit Stunner: The Court Holds that Statutory Termination of Grant of Copyright Reverts Rights Throughout the World. By Edward H. Rosenthal In an important decision issued on January 12, 2026, the Fifth Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling and held that the statutory...
1/24/2026 9:49:16 PM What You Need to Know About the Anthropic AI Copyright Settlement By Molly Rothschild In September 2025, Anthropic AI, the company behind the Claude, agreed to pay $1.5 billion to authors and publishers for using...
1/7/2026 4:34:16 PM Copyright Bill Aims to Improve Copyright Registration Process for High Volume Visual Artists and Creators By Francesca Campione In December 2025, Senator Marsha Blackburn, joined by Senator Peter Welch, introduced a bill aimed at simplifying and streamlining the...
12/16/2025 3:16:44 PM Did Coca-Cola Walk the Line or Did it Violate Johnny Cash's Right of Publicity? By Edward H. Rosenthal In late November, the John H. Cash Revocable Trust sued The Coca-Cola Company for allegedly using the country music legend's voice in a...