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Disney–OpenAI's Sora Deal: What It Signals For IP, Licensing, And Responsible AI

Soon, Sora will be able to generate short, user-prompted videos using a defined set of over 200 Disney characters, including costumes, props, vehicles, and environments. Likewise, ChatGPT will be able to generate still images from the same IP.

United States Technology

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Adams and Reese

Ohio Walks Back Prior Small Loan Act Guidance, Eases Licensing Position For Bank Partnerships

Around Christmas 2024, the Ohio Division of Financial Institutions ("DFI") left a lump of coal in marketplace consumer lenders' proverbial stockings by issuing guidance that asserted a license...

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

Ohio Walks Back Prior Small Loan Act Guidance, Eases Licensing Position For Bank Partnerships

Around Christmas 2024, the Ohio Division of Financial Institutions ("DFI") left a lump of coal in marketplace consumer lenders' proverbial stockings by issuing guidance that asserted...

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

Illinois Revamps The Scope Of Its Collection Agency Licensing Law

Illinois is making important changes to the scope of the state's Collection Agency Act and the reach of its collection agency licensing obligation.

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

Illinois Revamps The Scope Of Its Collection Agency Licensing Law

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

Licensing Agreements: What Every IT And Service Business Needs To Know

United States Commercial

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Sterlington PLLC

FDA Approves MAbxience And Amneal's Denosumab Biosimilars

United States IP

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Scaling A Business Through Strategic IP Partnerships And Brand Licensing (Podcast)

United States IP

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Mayer Brown

Current State Of US Export Controls In Response To The Russian Federation's Invasion Of Ukraine – As Of December 5, 2025

Worldwide International

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BakerHostetler

Hot Issues At The Intersection Of AI, Antitrust, And Intellectual Property

United States Anti-trust

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Steptoe LLP

FERC Requests Information On Streamlining Post-Licensing Hydropower Approvals And Issuance Of A Blanket Rule For Post-Licensing Amendments

United States Energy

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Van Ness Feldman

State-Level Digital Asset Licensing: What To Watch As We Head Into 2026

United States Technology

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Implications Of CRISPR Dispute On Licensees

United States IP

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Massachusetts Finalizes Comprehensive Money Transmission Regulations

United States IP

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

The Trump Gold Card And Proposed Trump Platinum Card: Legal, Practical, Tax, And Economic Considerations For High-Net-Worth Immigrants

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Ohio's New E-Verify Workforce Integrity Act: What Construction Employers Need To Know

United States Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

Food Venture Financing News – Weekly Issue No. 264

United States Commercial

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Davis Wright Tremaine

Back To School 2025: Title IX Updates And How ADR Can Help Universities Resolve Disputes (Podcast)

United States Litigation

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JAMS

The X Factor In Mediation Success: Why A Consistent Client Experience (CX) Fosters Trust

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Three Of Six Patentholders With The Same Secured Party Have Now Filed Suit

Inventor-backed OnePass Data Technology LLC has filed its first litigation, suing AT&T (AT&T Mobility) (1:25-cv-01111) and Verizon (Verizon Wireless) (1:25-cv-01112) in separate District of Delaware complaints.

United States IP

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RPX Corporation

FCC Rulemaking On Space Station Licensing And Spectrum Sharing In The Upper Microwave Bands

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Oct. 28, 2025, adopted two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that reflect the Commission's broader push to modernize its licensing framework...

United States Media & IT

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Holland & Knight

Navigating The Gray-Market Landscape

Gray-market goods, also known as parallel imports, are genuine products imported into the United States without the consent of the US trademark owner...

United States IP

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Mayer Brown

BIS Rescinds Biden-Era Firearms Export Rule: Key Regulatory Changes For Exporters

The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) recently released a new final rule effectively rescinding almost all of a Biden-era interim...

Worldwide International

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Wiley Rein

Cisco Falls Under Harfang IP's Golden Eye

United States IP

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RPX Corporation

Our Key Takeaways From The 2025 Licensing Executives Society Annual Meeting

United States IP

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Ballard Spahr LLP

Licensing Link October 2025

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

Integrating The IP Of New Technologies: Global Tax And IP Risks

United States IP

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Mayer Brown

Does The Anthropic Settlement Give Authors The Upper Hand? (Video)

United States Technology

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Gamma Law

2025 Video Game Development Primer: Is Your Studio Ready For New Legal Realities? (Video)

United States Media & IT

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Gamma Law

Real-Estate Listings And Copyright Law: What Zillow vs. CoStar Teaches Us

United States IP

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Marks Gray

UPC Grants Landmark Anti-interim-licence Injunction

United States IP

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J A Kemp LLP

How Really Simple Licensing May Change Online Content Licensing

United States IP

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Massachusetts Finalizes Amendments To Mortgage Licensing, Truth In Lending, And Small-Loan Regulations

United States Consumer

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Real-Estate Listings And Copyright Law: What Zillow vs. CoStar Teaches Us

As an IP attorney, I often get asked what kinds of things really land someone in copyright trouble these days. Obviously, the answer to that depends, but the recently filed lawsuit by CoStar (owner of Homes.com)...

United States IP

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Marks Gray

UPC Grants Landmark Anti-interim-licence Injunction

In a significant development for SEP litigation in Europe, the Mannheim Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has issued an ex parte order in UPC_CFI_936/2025...

United States IP

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J A Kemp LLP

How Really Simple Licensing May Change Online Content Licensing

The Really Simple Licensing Collective ("RSL Collective"), a nonprofit dedicated to creating collective licensing solutions for content creators and publishers, has announced Really Simple Licensing ("RSL"), a new standard designed to stop crawlers from scraping websites for content without permission or compensation. If adopted, RSL could have major implications for both online platforms and the AI technologies that source content for training data from them.

United States IP

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Massachusetts Finalizes Amendments To Mortgage Licensing, Truth In Lending, And Small-Loan Regulations

On September 23, the Massachusetts Division of Banks finalized amendments to the Small Loans Law, the Truth in Lending Act, and the Mortgage Lender and Broker Licensing Law.

United States Consumer

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

FIGS' Emmy Winning Marketing Strategy

United States IP

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Berenzweig Leonard

Another ETRI Exclusive Licensee Files US Suit

Perceptix Technologies LLC has accused Meta Platforms (8:25-cv-01404) of infringing a single patent generally related to a certain "headset for a user specific audio service...

United States IP

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RPX Corporation

Pantech Files Six New Complaints, Five In District Court, One Before The ITC

The plaintiff also seeks claims for breach of FRAND obligations and unjust enrichment against each defendant except OnePlus, which is already a defendant in this campaign

United States IP

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RPX Corporation

NPEs Should Be Able To Win Injunctions, Argues US Government

NPEs have historically struggled to clear that threshold, in part because they typically cannot show competitive harm from infringement beyond what damages, as a remedy at law, could compensate.

United States IP

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RPX Corporation

FCC Updates To Submarine Cable Landing License Rules: New Requirements, Proposals To Address National Security, Regulatory Compliance

On July 17, 2025, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) released a draft Report and Order (Order) and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM).

United States Media & IT

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Georgia And Nebraska Update Money Transmission Statutes

United States Finance

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Licensing University Tech? Critical IP & Agreement Tips (Avoid Patent Pitfalls!) (Video)

United States IP

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Crowley Law LLC

Fair University License Terms: Due Diligence & Negotiation Tips For Startups (Video)

United States IP

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Crowley Law LLC

Understanding Fair Use In The Age Of Generative AI: The U.S. Copyright Office's Perspective

Worldwide Technology

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Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP

How To Leverage Licensing To Grow Your Life Sciences Or Tech Startup

United States IP

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Crowley Law LLC

The Chiplet Shift: Evolving Interface Standards And Commercial Ecosystems

United States IP

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Baker Botts LLP

How Shark Week Became The Apex Predator Of Summer TV

United States IP

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Berenzweig Leonard

Oracle v. Rimini Street: A Decade-Long Legal War Winds Down As Court Stays Proceedings Pending Settlement

United States IP

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Tactical Law Group LLP

Return To Real (Pre-eBay) Injunctive Relief?

United States IP

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Mintz

Cannabis IP Licensing 101

United States IP

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Harris Sliwoski

One Step Closer To EU-Wide Compulsory Licences For Crisis Management

United States IP

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Arnold & Porter

The European Medicines Agency Proposes Streamlined Pathway For The Approval Of Biosimilar Medicinal Products In The EU

European Union Healthcare

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Arnold & Porter

Split Federal Circuit Decision Emphasizes Need For Skilled Counsel

United States IP

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Mintz

When Is A Car A Character? The Ninth Circuit Revisits Copyrightability In Halicki v. Carroll Shelby Licensing

United States IP

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Navigating Joint Ventures In Colorado's Brewing Industry

United States Commercial

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Fairfield and Woods

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2025 Video Game Development Primer: Is Your Studio Ready For New Legal Realities? (Video)

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Gamma Law

Licensing University Tech? Critical IP & Agreement Tips (Avoid Patent Pitfalls!) (Video)

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Crowley Law LLC

Custom Software Development: Practical Strategies To Get What You Pay For (Webinar) (Video)

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Carlton Fields

Managing Intellectual Property In The United States (Video)

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Mayer Brown

The Lucasfilm Empire Strikes Bock Beer

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Stites & Harbison PLLC

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