(800) 594-4480
Menu   

Archives: Copyrights

New York Times v. OpenAI and Microsoft Copyright Case


A few days ago, the New York Times filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI (creators of ChatGPT) and Microsoft (who own part of OpenAI). The full complaint can be read here. This is an extremely complex case, addressing arguably novel issues in copyright law. Meaning, depending on how you look at it, the court may have to consider legal issues that have never been previously addressed. Note that the U.S. Copyright Act was written in 1976, before OpenAI, ChatGPT, or the World Wide Web existed. Ideally, Congress would step in and pass sensible legislation addressing copyright issues as they…

Read More

AI and Copyright Law


Artificial Intelligence (AI) is having a profound impact on a variety of industries, but it also brings about complex legal questions that are not fully answered by existing copyright laws. Among these are questions surrounding the training of large language models (LLMs) by AI companies. Many of these LLMs are trained on an extensive range of text data that may include copyrighted material. The use of such content raises pressing concerns about the infringement of intellectual property rights. This blog post aims to delve deeper into this complicated legal issue, explore the challenges businesses face, and understand why it is…

Read More

NFTs & Copyright Law


What is an NFT, and how does copyright law come into play? The term NFT stands for “non-fungible token”. A Bitcoin is a fungible token, just like dollars are fungible. One Bitcoin is the same as another, exactly as one U.S. dollar is equal to any other U.S. dollar. Unlike Bitcoins or dollars, each NFT is unique. An NFT is a digital certificate of ownership. It’s simply a way of stating, and verifying, who is the owner of any digital asset, such as a piece of art. The reason anyone cares about NFTs is that they make it easy for…

Read More

Should You Register Your Logo With the Copyright Office?


This is Part 3 of a series of blog posts about logos. Here are Part 1, “Who Owns Your Logo?” and Part 2, “Should You Register Your Logo As a Trademark?” So, to summarize, you own your logo, and you’ve considered whether to register it with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The final step is to decide whether you should register the logo with the U.S. Copyright Office. [If you want to skip to the bottom line: the cost to register your logo with the Copyright Office is low, and the benefits can be huge. You should probably…

Read More

Want to receive all the latest updates? Contact me today

Click Here

Receive updates from the Keep it Legal blog

I’m glad you enjoy the blog, and I’d love to keep you updated with all the latest legal tips and business law strategy news.

Enter your name and email below, and we’ll be in touch!