North America: Intellectual Property

On February 25, 2026, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed Legislative Bill 717 (LB 717) into law. LB 717 will expand the scope of the Nebraska Installment Loan and Sales Act (the “ILSA”) —Nebraska’s primary licensing law that governs the origination, making, and servicing of non-mortgage consumer-purpose loans—by raising the threshold loan amount for licensing under the ILSA, imposing new disclosure requirements for ILSA licensees, and expanding the prohibition against making l

Artificial intelligence is no longer a technology on the horizon — it is embedded in the daily operations of healthcare organizations, financial institutions, marketing teams, law firms, and manufacturers worldwide.

For the second time in less than a year, the USPTO, along with the DOJ's Antitrust Division, has stepped into a patent case pending in the Eastern District of Texas.

As the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments reach their most-watched stages this weekend, a legal contest has been simultaneously unfolding off the court.

For years, US multinational companies routinely placed their global intellectual property in affiliates in low-tax jurisdictions outside the US. This may no longer become routine.

Now that you have started your business and launched your brand, what comes next? Should you register your trademark? What makes a trademark protectable? What happens if someone else uses it?

Patent infringement, which includes direct infringement and indirect forms such as inducement and contributory infringement, is the unauthorized act of making, using, selling, or importing of an invention for which a patent has been issued, per the Patent Act

Imagine a pharmaceutical company that deploys a network of AI agents to accelerate early-stage drug discovery.

For years, US multinational companies routinely placed their global intellectual property in affiliates in low-tax jurisdictions outside the US. This may no longer become routine.

For years, US multinational companies routinely placed their global intellectual property in affiliates in low-tax jurisdictions outside the US. This may no longer become routine.

Imagine a pharmaceutical company that deploys a network of AI agents to accelerate early-stage drug discovery.

On March 23, 2026, Governor Ferguson signed HB 1155 into law, banning all non-competition agreements in the state—including those already in effect—regardless of worker income, requiring employers to notify affected...