Brands and designers often use existing typefaces and fonts to adapt and create logos, product packaging, websites, and other commercial assets that establish the identity of a brand. Whether these creative uses require a license from a font owner or type foundry is complex and depends on how the typeface or fonts are adapted and

Artificial Intelligence tools continue to permeate every aspect of professional business operations, from drafting emails to organizing calendars, and now, attending attorney-client meetings in lieu of their real-life counterparts. The use of AI tools in sensitive legal environments raises concerns about the accuracy and reliability of the information captured and transcribed by these tools, and

In the United States, copyright protection is afforded to original works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible medium of expression. But what does it mean for something to be “fixed”? Must it be motionless? In the case of sculpture, can it be “fixed” if it can take on different poses? Here, Tangle, Inc.

On September 19, 2024, the California AI Transparency Act (CA S.B. 942) was signed into law by the governor adding Chapter 25 to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code effective January 1, 2026. The bill creates a host of compliance requirements for covered providers of generative AI including the creation of an AI

In 1953, Valparaiso University, a small, private Lutheran institution of higher education in Indiana, received a charitable gift from the estate and trust of Percy Sloan.1 The donation included a sum of cash and a collection of paintings, many of which were created by Sloan’s father. The remainder came from other painters from the mid-19th

California enacts one of the first AI transparency laws, on September 28, 2024, to commence on January 1, 2026. California A.B. 2013  adds Title 15.2 to Part 4 Division 3 of the California Civil Code and requires certain disclosures in connection with the creation of AI training models. Coverage  The primary targets of the bill

The CDAS litigation team—led by partners Scott Sholder and Ben Halperin with assistance from associates CeCe Cole and May Gunther—won a decisive victory on behalf of longstanding firm client Artists Rights Society, Inc. (ARS) in the action McKenzie v. Artists Rights Society, Inc., No. 22 Civ. 1619 (JHR) (S.D.N.Y.). On November 15, 2024, Judge Jennifer

Overview On September 17, 2024, California A.B. 2602 was signed into law adding section 927 to the Labor Code, effective January 1, 2025. The Law is designed to protect individuals from unfair contracts and the possibility of being replaced by their digital replica. After the effective date, to create enforceable contracts with performers that would

Overview California A.B. 1836 amends section 3344.1 of the California Civil Code, which covers the post-mortem intellectual property rights for a deceased personality. It expands the coverage of those rights to include digital replicas and lays down new penalties for violating those post-mortem digital replica rights. According to the new regulations, a person that produces,