YouTube video by Coca-Cola

The US Patent Office is about to gut the only effective tool we have for killing bad patents—and they're doing it by administrative fiat, without Congress, in a way that would make patent trolling easier than it's been in over a decade. They need to hear from you by Tuesday, December 2nd, or this may become reality. Patent trolling was really holding back all sorts of innovation in the 2000s.

My book will be published in print and digital versions by Cambridge University Press on January 22, 2026. You can preorder it on Cambridge's website (email me at [email protected] if you want a 2...

Morgan & Morgan wanted a judge to declare that its proposed “Steamboat Willie” ad would not violate Disney’s intellectual property rights.

Other players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappe, Gareth Bale and Erling Haaland have also had celebration trademarks confirmed.

The much-awaited decision in the lawsuit between stock photography giant Getty Images and AI developer Stability AI has now been released, see: Getty Images v Stability AI EWHC 2863 (Ch). I've discussed this case before, but these are the facts as presented by Smith J in her introduction: Getty Images, an image company that licenses high-quality photographs, videos, illustrations and related metadata through various platforms.

Judge wants to know if his decisions in the complex matter were correct.

A California federal judge has sanctioned Alston & Bird LLP $10,000 for conducting juror research on LinkedIn ahead of a trial in which it fended off $174 million in patent infringement claims aga...

Cameo, a company that creates personalized celebrity videos, has sued OpenAI over the launch of a feature in its Sora video generator also called Cameo that allows users to create videos with AI versi...

The story of how TikTok changed everything you see online.

Podcast Episode · Acquired · 10/06/2025 · 4h 7m

A trademark battle over the "GirlDad" trademark expanded to the marks "GirlMom," "BoyDad" and "BoyMom" as an apparel company accused a rival of infringing all four in Ohio federal court.

A prominent beer competition introduced an AI-judging tool without warning. The judges and some members of the wider brewing industry were pissed.

The Ninth Circuit’s recent resurrection of Trader Joe’s trademark infringement suit over an independent union’s sale of apparel, mugs, tote bags, and…

A must for any new trademark owner. In this module, we’ll cover definitions and types of trademarks, benefits of federal registration, selecting a trademark, filing and registration, and how to find h...