The United States is the world leader in investments into intangible assets, including intellectual property. A new study by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) shows the US invested $4.72 trillion dollars in 2024: bit.ly/4lQ23nK

NLRB Acting General Counsel Cowen Directs Regions to Prosecute Secret Recordings of Collective Bargaining Sessions as Per Se Violations of the NLRA bit.ly/3U5shqk #Work #Government #Laws @ihumanresources

Thank you Charles Lane for this coffee infused The Wall Street Journal Street article reminding us to live life not sip through it. wsj.com/arts-culture/f…

Amen Matthew Hennessey "If we can learn to like a bat-biting metal star, we can learn to like each other "

Polar Beverages escaped, at least temporarily, a proposed class action alleging it falsely advertises its line of “100% Natural” seltzers as free from synthetic ingredients. news.bloomberglaw.com/product-liabil…

A watch item that may find application in other industry trade associations

Bringing HBO The Guilded Age aspirations to life in the 21st Century wsj.com/business/logis…

The growing use of artificial intelligence risks making white-collar employees like accountants and human resources professionals potentially eligible for overtime pay. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…

August, an AI startup founded by Columbia University alumni and that caters to midsize law firms, said on Tuesday it had raised $7 million in a seed funding round led by venture capital firms NEA and Pear VC. reuters.com/legal/legalind…

USPTO patent examiners get a preview of the latest inventions and cutting-edge technologies before the public—and we’re currently hiring them! If you have a STEM degree, check the job announcements for coursework qualifications. Apply now: bit.ly/patent-26

Opinion: Olshan's Andrew Lustigman and Morgan Spina explain why marketers shouldn't ignore their subscription and program renewal policies even after the FTC's "Click to Cancel" rule was vacated. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/ma…

Like the buoys and channel markers that guide us across the ocean, self-regulatory efforts can aid in mitigating the dangers in the digital experience so that all can participate without worry. Read the full blog by Ann-Marie Adams of Ithaca College: hubs.la/Q03Bm2Cd0

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. and a real estate franchise failed to get summary judgment on various trademark use arguments in a case centered on HGTV show “Ugliest House in America.” news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/hgt…

It’s no secret that AI models—including gen AI—tend to discriminate against racial and gender minorities. When government agencies start using biased AI to make decisions, real people suffer. eff.org/deeplinks/2025…

Branding shift

This is problematic for businesses but also consumers

Songs created using generative AI don’t infringe the copyrights protecting music the model was trained on, AI developer Suno Inc. told a federal court as it seeks to trim a proposed class action. news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/ai-firm…

I'm a fan of OOH and will applaud Adams Outdoor Adv. for this "Yellow Duck" launch. adamsoutdoor.com/blog/yellow-du…

Check out our #AI Licensing page that showcases the existing AI licenses and ongoing negotiations. You'll quickly notice that there are multitudes of AI license agreements being struck across a wide spectrum of creative disciplines. copyrightalliance.org/artificial-int…

Age verification has arrived in the UK and, to no one’s surprise, users hate it. We cannot accept these censorship regimes as our new norm. eff.org/deeplinks/2025…