In Part I of this NRF blog series, posted here, we reported on three AI-related cases published in 2025 by the Beijing Internet Court as being ‘model’ (precedent-illustrating) AI cases. In this article, we continue with the remaining three cases.
Cheng v. Sun – AI misuse
The plaintiff and the defendant were both members
With the increasingly widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI) in all walks of life, disputes relating to AI are also rapidly emerging. In a press conference last year, the Beijing Internet Court published eight ‘model’ (precedent-illustrating) cases involving AI. These cases relate to various aspects of AI usage, including AI-created graphics, voice generation, face swapping,
Context
In recent months there has been a lot of commentary on the timelines for the implementation of key requirements under the EU AI Act, with discussions of extending deadlines, delaying implementation and introducing ‘stop the clock’ mechanisms. It is difficult to keep track of how the implementation of the EU AI Act might change
Cybersecurity firm Darktrace recently issued its Annual Threat Report, which offered some startling statistics and findings. The Threat Report provides a “comprehensive assessment of the global cyber threat landscape and the trends shaping cyber risk in 2026.”
Findings are summarized below, but we strongly encourage read the whole report.
Founders Legal Expands Enterprise AI Patent Strategy for Software Innovators by Kevin Bastuba
Founders Legal Expands Enterprise AI Patent Strategy for Software Innovators
Atlanta, GA — March 5, 2026 — Founders Legal has expanded its enterprise AI and software patent strategy practice to address evolving patent eligibility standards and heightened investor scrutiny surrounding AI-driven platforms.
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear Dr. Stephen Thaler’s appeal seeking copyright protection for his AI‑generated artwork A Recent Entrance to Paradise. The decision allows to stand the long series of administrative and judicial rulings holding that a work created autonomously by an AI system cannot be protected by copyright under U.S. law because
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