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In today’s digital economy, where brand identity is both a strategic asset and a frequent target of infringement, artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming indispensable in trademark enforcement. Serving as both sword and shield, AI is transforming how legal professionals anticipate disputes, monitor brand usage and enforce intellectual property rights across complex digital environments.
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Partner James Sherer appeared on the Cloud Security Podcast titled “EP276 – AI Governance vs. The Hyper-Velocity Agentic Future: A Lawyer’s Take,” which was produced May 11, 2026. The episode examines the unique governance challenges of AI and building a defensible, risk-adjusted security framework that uses automated technical controls to monitor and audit AI behavior…
Partner Chad Rutkowski will join a panel discussion titled “AI Authorship and Inventorship” at the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association, May 12, 2026, in New Haven, Connecticut. The panel will focus on the future of AI Authorship and Inventorship of intellectual property in view of the Supreme Court’s recent cert denial in Thaler v. Perlmutter.…
Partner Benjamin Wanger participated in a panel titled “AI Changes the Game. Cybersecurity Determines Who Wins” at ZogForward 2026, April 30, 2026, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The discussion centered on how AI is changing business operations, where organizations have the most exposure and how aligning AI innovation with cybersecurity and compliance is essential to protect trust,…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has become nearly ubiquitous in everyday life, and given AI’s widespread use across industries, it is no surprise that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has taken a keen interest in AI, issuing guidance on how AI should be treated and used by USPTO personnel and patent practitioners alike.
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As businesses increasingly turn to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools to develop brand and marketing assets – such as names, logos and product designs – they face novel legal questions, including who owns the copyright or trademark rights when GenAI contributes to the creation process.
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Some inventors find their inventive spark through science fiction. Tasers, for example, were inspired by (and named after) the 1911 novel Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle.[1] Likewise, Motorola’s early cellphones were heavily influenced by the communicators in Star Trek.[2] Hugo Gernsback, the author of countless sci-fi classics and a prolific patent holder…
On March 6, the White House released its “Cyber Strategy for America.” Its goal is to “communicate[] the Trump [a]dministration’s cyber vision” and to identify “six policy pillars, which will guide action and resourcing through the follow-on policy vehicles.” Obviously, the policy pillars are nonprescriptive and will generate numerous questions from agency and industry stakeholders.…
