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.…

In this issue:

• US Payments Companies Continue Crypto Acquisitions, Integrations
• Digital Asset Companies Announce IPOs, AI Initiatives, Strategic Acquisitions
• SEC Issues Interpretation Clarifying Application of Securities Laws to Crypto
• SEC Approves Pilot for Trading Tokenized Securities on US Stock Exchange
• CFTC Issues No-Action Letter to Provider of Self-Custodial Crypto Wallet
• Congressional Research Service Addresses Stablecoin

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Partner JR Lanis and Bryan Wasser led a team that included Associates Richard Reis and Alexander Davis as they represented media, entertainment, technology and onchain treasury company GameSquare in its acquisition of TubeBuddy, an AI-enabled software and workflow platform for creators and brands who want to focus on optimizing YouTube channel performance and audience growth,…

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) jointly announced a request for public comment concerning new antitrust guidelines for collaborations among competitors. The previous guidelines, the 2000 Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors (the 2000 Collaboration Guidelines) were withdrawn in 2024, leaving no clear guidance in their place.

Competitor collaborations and…