Deepfake technology creates synthetic images, videos, and audio that mimic real people with near-perfect accuracy. What started as novelty content now powers scams, impersonation, political interference, and nonconsensual pornography. The threat is no longer hypothetical. The law is working to catch up.
While there is still no broad federal ban on all deepfakes, Congress passed
AI and Copyright Infringement: What the Law Is Still Deciding
AI models are generating content at scale and pulling data from copyrighted sources to do it. That’s triggered lawsuits across publishing, photography, code, and music, most of which remain unresolved. This article unpacks the legal fault lines: how the law views training data, who owns AI outputs, and how companies can limit their copyright exposure.
Hottest Patent Term of 2026? SMED.
Every year has its “it” term.In 2025, the crown belonged to AI, and rightfully so. AI dominated the headlines, flooded the USPTO’s dockets, and triggered more §101 rejections than any examiner would care to admit. If you worked in tech, you had to talk about AI. If you worked in patent law, you likely had
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Patenting Handbook: Version 3.0
PatentNext Summary: Announcing the IPO’s AI Patenting Handbook V3.0, which is a newly updated third edition of IPO’s practical guide for attorneys working with AI-related inventions and technologies. It offers a clear framework for understanding modern AI (including foundation models and generative AI), drafting and prosecuting stronger AI patent applications, and navigating enforcement, global practice,
AI Heists Santa’s Secrets: Elfred’s High-Tech Plot to Hijack Christmas
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—unless you’re Santa and your trade secrets just got swiped by a disgruntled elf with no holiday cheer, wielding powerful magical artificial intelligence (AI) tools like “ElfGPT.” As snow falls over the North Pole and elves frantically race to meet their Christmas Eve deadline, a new kind of
AI Healthcare Claim Denial Lawsuits and Patient Harm
AI healthcare claim denial lawsuits are accelerating, and they’re not about technical glitches. They target how automation shapes patient access and drive harm. And the lessons being learned by healthcare apply across a variety of other industries from insurance, finance, housing, HR, and many others.
Insurers no longer manage liability through policy design alone. Once
When AI Notetakers Take the Stand: The Legal Risks Lurking in Your Virtual Meetings
As platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet have cemented themselves as the backbone of modern collaboration, a quiet revolution has unfolded in our meeting rooms, one where digital notetakers often outnumber the people actually present. Tools like fireflies.ai and Otter.ai promise the magic of effortless, automated meeting transcription. But as reliance on these
Privacy Tip #470 – Consumer Group Warns that AI Chatbots in Toys Contain Sexually Explicit Messages
In its 40th anniversary report, Trouble in Toyland 2025, the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) warns that “[T]oys with artificial intelligence bots or toxics present hidden dangers. Tests show A.I. toys can have disturbing conversations. Other concerns include unsafe or counterfeit toys bought online.”
The report outlines PIRG’s testing of four toys (Curio’s Grok,
Product Liability Directive 2024/2853 provides Protection against Digital-Era Defects. Member States still have One Year to Implement the Directive into National Laws (9 December 2026)
The new Product Liability Directive adopted last year on 23 October 2024 came into force on 8 December 2024 providing Member States with two years to implement the provisions. Its goal: to address and tackle the new product liability challenges of the digital age.
Amongst a host of new provisions, the new product liability rules
Are Patent Offices Being Inundated with Low-Quality AI-Generated ‘Slopplications’?
