Is it Plagiarism to Use Chat GPT or Other AI Language Models?
The short answer is that it depends on what type of content you’re using the models to generate and whether you properly acknowledge the original source of your content. In Read more....
What Does “Human” Element Mean as it Applies to Copyright?
The U.S. Copyright Office will only register a work of authorship if that work is “eligible” for copyright protection. The “human” element to copyright is essentially o Read more....
Web Scraping: Pitfalls and Proactive Best Practices
If your business relies on insights from reviews, comments or other aggregated data, chances are that you are tempted to engage in a little (or a lot of) web scraping. Web scra Read more....
Can you Keep a (Trade) Secret? The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016
Before May 11, 2016, only three out of four forms of intellectual property – patents, trademarks and copyrights – were protectable and enforceable at the federal level. The Read more....
Who wore it better? The grey area of copyright in the world of fashion design and imitations.
Trends in fashion tend to spread like wildfire amongst both retailers and consumers. Clothing companies endeavor to keep up with current styles and popular trends to market to Read more....
Copyright & Copywrong: What are Derivative and Transformative Works?
Recently, we’ve been asked several times about the nature of a certain work as it relates to copyright infringement. “Is my work a derivative of theirs? I should be Read more....