Most companies create copyright-protected content every day without realizing it. Your company’s website copy, blogs, marketing materials, training manuals, videos, graphics, software code, presentations, and social media content probably all qualify for protection under federal copyright law. For many companies operating in the twenty-first century intellectual property is probably among their most valuable assets. Yet […]
U.S. District Court for Northern District of California Enters Partial Summary Judgment Finding Using Copyrighted Material to Train AI Platforms is a Fair Use
Within a one-week period in June 2025, two federal judges in the Northern District of California entered summary judgment rulings on the application of the fair use defense under the Federal Copyright Act in connection with generative AI platforms’ use of copyrighted materials owned by several authors of works who did not give the AI […]
Copyright Ownership of Generative AI Work Product In Major International Jurisdictions
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools can produce a vast range of new content in a remarkably short period of time. The output may include software code, text, audio, images and video. For business owners like you the speed with which AI produces rems of work product in response to a user prompt is simply breathtaking, […]
U.S. District Court Confirms ‘Human Authorship’ Required for Copyright Protection and Sets Copyright Boundary for AI-Generated Works
On August 18, 2023, Judge Beryl A. Howell of the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued a first-of-its-kind federal court decision in Thaler v. Perlmutter et al., agreeing with the U.S. Copyright Office that works generated entirely by artificial intelligence are not copyrightable for lack of human authorship. The court rejected the plaintiff’s argument […]
How to License Your Company’s Copyrights to Maximize Their Financial Value
When your company owns valuable copyrights, licensing them to customers over and over again is a powerful way to generate revenue, expand your business into new markets, and solidify your company’s presence in those markets. To truly maximize the financial value of your copyrighted works, however, it’s crucial to approach copyright licensing with a strategic […]