Artificial intelligence may be global, but patent eligibility remains stubbornly local. A recent decision out of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom seems to have nudged UK practice for computer-implemented inventions closer to the approach historically taken by the European Patent Office. The decision lowers the threshold for exclusion from patentability, reducing the likelihood
As part of Seyfarth’s 2026 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, our panel presented The Modern Insider Threat: Shadow IT, BYOD, and Trade Secrets, examining how evolving workplace technology is reshaping trade secret risk, discovery obligations, and governance strategy.
Matthew Catalano, Peter Tsai, and Danny Riley led a practical discussion for general counsel, employment counsel,
Tech companies lose value when internal know-how leaks. A rival does not need your whole product roadmap. A rival only needs one process, one list, one model, one playbook. Trade secret law gives you a tool to protect that value when you treat the information like an asset.
This article walks through examples of trade
On February 20, 2026, Gadgets, Gigabytes and Goodwill Blog co-editor Owen Wolfe spoke at the Fordham School of Law as part of the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal Symposium, The Meaning of Ownership: Rethinking Intellectual Property, Creativity, and Control in the Age of Innovation. Owen discussed how courts have so far applied
The fight between creators and big tech has mostly been focused on the alleged copyright infringement of using creative works in AI training data. However, trademark law might be the next battleground as creators look for additional ways to protect their work from AI-related misuse. Actor Matthew McConaughey recently received U.S. Registration No. 8,070,191 for
CIPA pen register claims now drive a new wave of website tracking lawsuits. A recent federal ruling in Camplisson v Adidas gave plaintiffs more room to pursue claims tied to pixels and similar tracking tools. Site owners who rely on analytics or ad pixels should treat this shift as a compliance trigger, not background noise.
If worrying about our soon-to-be AI overlords wasn’t enough, two rulings recently dropped that illustrate the risk that an AI platform’s terms of use and privacy policy limitations may pose to confidential information. On February 17, 2026, in U.S. v. Heppner, Judge Jed Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New
AI copyright memorization now drives real product risk, not academic debate. A new paper, Extracting books from production language models, reports a method for pulling long blocks of in-copyright book text from several production-grade language models.
Model output matters because it sits in front of customers. If a model reproduces protected text, plaintiffs can frame
How 2026 Will Reshape Technology and AI Law by David Pierce
How 2026 Will Reshape Technology and AI Law
Technology and AI Risk in 2026 Is Governed Through States, Enforcement, and Contracts
In 2026, the legal risk that technology and artificial intelligence pose in the United States is shaped less by a single comprehensive federal
As the 2026 Winter Olympics captivate audiences, one sport in particular―curling―stands out as the perfect metaphor for the challenge of prosecuting AI inventions before the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Both arenas demand foresight, adaptability, and strategic thinking, whether it’s guiding a stone across the ice or shepherding an AI patent application through evolving