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Supreme Court Narrows Contributory Copyright Liability And Reframes The DMCA Landscape - Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment

On March 25, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant decision for copyright litigators and online service providers, reversing a $1 billion jury verdict against Cox Communications...

United States IP

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Mintz

Moving IP Back To The US Involves More Than Saving Tax Dollars

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.

United States IP

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Mayer Brown

Supreme Court Clarifies Limits Of Liability For Contributory Copyright Infringement

On March 25, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant decision reaffirming and clarifying the limits of contributory copyright liability for technology and Internet service providers.

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Supreme Court Unanimously Reverses Fourth Circuit In Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment

On March 25th, in a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Thomas, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a decision of the Fourth Circuit that had held Cox Communications contributorily...

United States IP

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Lando & Anastasi

Freeman v. Deebs-Elkenaney

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Supreme Court Reverses Fourth Circuit In $1 Billion Copyright Case: What ISPs And Digital Service Providers Need To Know About Secondary Liability After Cox v. Sony Music

United States IP

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Baker Botts LLP

In Landmark Decision, SCOTUS Shuts The Door On Expansive Copyright Liability For Internet Providers

United States IP

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Dinsmore & Shohl

White House Publishes National Policy Framework For Artificial Intelligence

United States Technology

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Baker Botts LLP

AI-Generated Country Song Tops Billboard—So Who Cares That It Cannot Be Copyrighted? Wrong.

United States IP

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Klemchuk

Oppenheimer v. DCB And Associates, LLC Et Al. (D. Mass. 25-cv-10363).

United States IP

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Lando & Anastasi

Words Of A Feather Must Be Read Together: Misappropriation Exclusion Held Inapplicable To Copyright Infringement Claims

United States IP

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Wiley Rein

When Courts Become The Regulator: The XAI Decision And What California's AI Transparency Law Actually Means

United States Technology

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Jones Walker

White House Releases National Policy Framework For Artificial Intelligence

United States Technology

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WilmerHale

Proposed Senate Bill Could Bring Sweeping Changes To AI Liability, Section 230, And State Regulation, And Introduces Protections For AI Use

United States Technology

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Congress Proposes Major Overhaul Of WARN: What Employers Need To Know About The Fair Warning Act

United States Employment

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Signed, Sealed, But Not Delivered? Don't Wonder About Taxes Under New Postal Service Rules

United States Tax

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Nossaman LLP

Debt's Grip: What Consumer Bankruptcy Reveals About Financial Risk In America (Podcast)

United States Insolvency

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Sanctions Update: March 9, 2026

Worldwide International

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Steptoe LLP

What Every Multinational Should Know About…Managing The Aftermath Of The Supreme Court's IEEPA Tariff Decision (Part I)

United States International

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Foley & Lardner

MCM Group 22 LLC v. Perry

In copyright infringement action by subject of pornographic film against publisher of social media post that contained still-frame image from film, district court grants motion to dismiss on fair use grounds...

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Boyd v. Webster

District court denies motion to dismiss singer-songwriter’s copyright infringement suit accusing rapper Travis Scott and others of using her demo to create 2023 hit “Telekinesis,”...

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

EU Committee On Legal Affairs Issues Report On Generative AI And Copyright

On February 25, 2026, the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs adopted, on its own initiative, a report addressing the intersection of generative artificial intelligence and copyright law.

United States IP

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Baker Botts LLP

AI Is Rewriting The Rules Of IP Law

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.

United States IP

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

The Changing Discovery Landscape: Takeaways From Seyfarth's 2026 Commercial Litigation Outlook

United States Technology

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

March 2026 FZLZ Minute

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Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, PC

AI Reporter – March 2026

United States Technology

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Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP

4 Strategies For Enforcing IP Rights On Social Media Platforms

United States IP

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Clark Hill

JONES DAY TALKS®: Women In IP – Supreme Court Denies Review Of Thaler V. Perlmutter: AI Authorship Questions Remain (Podcast)

United States IP

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Jones Day

Copyright History Of The Zapruder And Nix Kennedy Assassination Films

United States IP

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Klemchuk

AI Copyright Litigation Risk And The Seedance 2.0 Controversy In Hollywood

United States IP

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Miller Shah

Leveling Up Or Losing Rights? Copyright Challenges Of AI-Generated Content In Gaming

United States IP

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Client Advisory Update: $75.3 Million Jury Verdict Reinforces Urgency Of Protecting Teaching Materials Against Online Theft

United States IP

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Carter Ledyard & Milburn

Pryor Cashman Secures Dismissal And Public Apology In Copyright Lawsuit Over Karol G's "Gatúbela"

United States IP

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Pryor Cashman LLP

Leveling Up Or Losing Rights? Copyright Challenges Of AI-Generated Content In Gaming

Leveling Up Or Losing Rights? Copyright Challenges Of AI-Generated Content In Gaming

United States IP

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

AI Copyright Litigation Risk And The Seedance 2.0 Controversy In Hollywood

A new Artificial Intelligence ("AI") video model was released by ByteDance and sparked immense backlash in the entertainment industry over copyright and intellectual property.

United States IP

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Miller Shah

Client Advisory Update: $75.3 Million Jury Verdict Reinforces Urgency Of Protecting Teaching Materials Against Online Theft

In our October 2025 Client Advisory, we discussed the significance of the federal court's summary judgment rulings in Post University Inc. v. Learneo, Inc.

United States IP

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Carter Ledyard & Milburn

Pryor Cashman Secures Dismissal And Public Apology In Copyright Lawsuit Over Karol G's "Gatúbela"

Pryor Cashman achieved a decisive victory for its clients, Karol G, DJ Maff and UMG Recordings, securing the dismissal of a copyright lawsuit filed based on Karol G's 2022 hit song, "Gatúbela" ("Catwoman")...

United States IP

PC

Pryor Cashman LLP

Supreme Court Denies Cert In AI Authorship Case – Updated With Comments From Dr. Thaler

United States IP

MB

Mayer Brown

Supreme Court Declines To Hear Thaler V. Perlmutter, Leaving Human Authorship Requirement Intact

On March 2, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Dr. Stephen Thaler's petition for writ of certiorari, declining to consider whether an artificial intelligence (AI) system...

United States IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

The Final Word? Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Case On AI Authorship And Inventorship

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to weigh in on whether artificial intelligence (AI) can be an author under U.S. copyright law.

United States IP

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Holland & Knight

Designed To Succeed: Getting Unregistered Design Protection Right

In the High Court decision of Edwards v Boohoo and others, the defendants criticised the claimant for not having a "design document", being a record of the design by a drawing...

United States IP

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Womble Bond Dickinson

Another Music Dispute On Ice: What Repeated Copyright Issues In Figure Skating Tell Us

For more than a decade, athletes and governing bodies have struggled with the legal complexities of using copyrighted music in figure skating competitions.

United States IP

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Marks Gray

AI Update: SCOTUS Declines Review In Thaler Case

United States Technology

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

AI Legal Updates: What's Happening In The Legal Community Specific To Artificial Intelligence

United States Technology

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Klemchuk

Tresona Multimedia v. ClicknClear

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Supreme Court Denies Petition On Copyright Authorship By AI

United States Technology

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Baker Botts LLP

New Copyright Rule Streamlines Registration Of Visual Works

United States IP

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Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

Everybody's Talking About AI: Takeaways From The February 20, 2026 Fordham Law Symposium

United States IP

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

An Entrepreneur's Guide To IP: What To Protect And When To File (February 2026)

United States IP

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Irwin IP

Use Of Kurt Cobain Photo In Blog Post Is Copyright Infringement, But Nevermind The Damages

United States IP

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Can An Idea Be Legally Protected?

United States IP

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Clark Hill

Should Your Startup Register Software Copyrights?

United States IP

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Baker Botts LLP

Judge Applies Well-Established Rules Of Policy Interpretation To Narrow The Reach Of An Exclusion And To Find Copyright Coverage

United States Insurance

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Nossaman LLP

February 2026 FZLZ Minute

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Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, PC

Pryor Cashman Shortlisted For Three Managing IP Americas Awards 2026

United States IP

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Pryor Cashman LLP

Alcon Entertainment, LLC v. Tesla, Inc.

United States IP

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

Copyright Termination Without Borders: Worldwide Recapture Rights Affirmed In Vetter v. Resnik (5th Cir. 2026)

United States IP

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BakerHostetler

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