In this article, Josie Croce discusses the legal challenges that AI company Anthropic faces as music publishers bring suit against it. Although the music publishers’ make a multitude of claims of infringement, this blog will focus on the allegation that using copyrighted lyrics to train Anthropic’s chatbot constitutes infringement and deprives artists of deserved licensing fees. Against the backdrop of internet search engine jurisprudence, it is possible that Anthropic may invoke the defense of fair use because of the transformative nature of its use.
Ready Player One: Video Game Emulation and the Law
In this article, Noah Cothern examines the legality of video game emulation. He analyses two essential steps required for emulation and discusses how they can cross into copyright infringement.
Jack Daniel’s or Bad Spaniels: A chew toy’s effect on trademark protection and First Amendment defenses
In this article, Emilio Tovilla discusses the Supreme Court's decision in Jack Daniel's v. VIP Products, LLC and its impact on trademark protection. He concludes by making suggestions on how the Rogers test could be applied.
Community Guidelines: The Death of Third-Party Tournaments
In this article, TJ Cleary discusses how video game developers have used their intellectual property rights to affect and regulate esports, specifically third-party tournaments not sponsored by them.
Chat, is my invention novel and non-obvious? Questioning whether AI can represent the PHOSITA
In this article, Emilio Tovilla discusses AI, specifically language models like ChatGPT, as potential sources to represent patent law’s PHOSITA (person having ordinary skill in the art). He argues that different possibilities and limitations should be explored to determine AI's place, if any, within intellectual property.
Congress Action Wanted: The Current U.S. Data Privacy Landscape is in Disarray
In this article, Caroline Gallo examines the current environment of data privacy laws in the United States and where it should be heading.