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The rapid rise of generative AI has thrust the question of “fair use” into the legal spotlight, especially as courts grapple with whether...
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The UK government has responded to a recent report issued by the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee in April 2025, which...
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Copyright lawsuits relating to artificial intelligence are increasing, and courts are weighing in. In a recent federal copyright suit in...
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UK technology secretary Peter Kyle has acknowledged enormous pushback from the creative industries to the text and data mining exception...
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The DC Circuit's Thaler v. Perlmutter decision primarily considered one question: Can a non-human machine be an author under the...
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As the use of AI tools continues to expand, it's no surprise that leading news publications would look for ways to leverage the...
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Anthropic recently launched its Economic Index initiative, aimed at understanding AI's effects on labor markets and the economy. Its...
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The UK screen sector trade body for independent production and distribution companies, Pact, has this month called on its members to...
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Almost two years since the government abandoned its first proposal for a TDM exception following intense lobbying from the creative...
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As part of our AI explained series, we explore the challenges and opportunities presented by AI. In this video we focus on the copyright...
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The press if filled with articles on how NFTs are making millions for creators. Everyone seems to be chasing them as the next Bitcoin. ...
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The UK government has delayed its decision regarding the IPO's proposal to relax the copyright exhaustion laws. A relaxation would have...
Earlier this week, the European Commission unveiled its Action Plan on Intellectual Property. The focus is clearly on European patents...
The intersection of AI and IP is a subject tackled in part by the recent Directive on Copyright (2019/790). Will the UK follow in the...
The Singapore Academy of Law's Law Reform Subcommittee on Robotics and AI has published two separate reports, titled Applying Ethical...
Most people think about the potential legal issues around AI-created music, they tend to think about the output – the music itself, and...