Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 4: NIL Developments with Andy Johnson, Co-Founder of Hail! Impact
Podcast: The Briefing - Deepfakes vs Right of Publicity: Navigating the Intersection Between Free Speech and Protected Rights
The Briefing - Deepfakes vs Right of Publicity: Navigating the Intersection Between Free Speech and Protected Rights
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Trending Now: An IP Podcast - NCAA NIL - Where Things Stand One Year Later
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Court Melts Ice Cube's Trademark Lawsuit against Robinhood + Update
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Court Melts Ice Cube's Trademark Lawsuit against Robinhood + Update
College Sports, Video Games & the Right of Publicity With Guest Michael McCann of Sportico
Game On: College Sports, Video Games & the Right of Publicity With Guest Michael McCann of Sportico
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Defamation Lawsuit Against Netflix Dropped + NY Protects Dead Celebrities
Defamation Lawsuit Against Netflix Dropped + New York Protects Dead Celebrities
JONES DAY TALKS® Game Changer? California's Fair Pay to Play Act and the Future of College Sports
Wearables and the Future of Intellectual Property Law
Captain Phillips' Crew Lawsuit Has No Merit
Image-generating technology is accelerating quickly, making it much more likely that you will be seeing "digital replicas" (sometimes referred to as "deepfakes") of celebrities and non-celebrities alike across film,...more
Illinois continues to enact legislation regulating artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI technologies. •A little less than a year ago, Gov. JB Pritzker signed H.B. 2123 into law. That law, becoming effective...more
Last year, the U.S. Copyright Office commenced a far-reaching policy study concerning copyright and related issues raised by the widespread availability and use of artificial intelligence (AI). This week, the Office released...more
Last week, for the second time ever, members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) in the gaming industry (e.g., voice actors and motion capture artists) voted to strike...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is holding a roundtable discussion, on August 5, 2024, about the intersection of AI technology and legal protections for individuals’ reputations and name, image, voice,...more
With artificial intelligence (AI) taking the world by storm and generative AI making content creation easier than ever, legal problems regarding intellectual property and rights to publicity have inevitably started popping...more
Join Sterne Kessler’s Global Trademark & Brand Protection team for our mid-year review webinar, when we will take a closer look at the latest developments in trademark law. From recent court decisions to industry-trends, our...more
Global music superstar Taylor Swift began her music career in Nashville, so we thought it fitting that on July 1, with the end of the Eras Tour in sight, the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act went into...more
Bette Midler. Vanna White. Marylin Monroe. Each of these women has undoubtedly shaped pop culture in some meaningful way. Perhaps what is lesser known is that litigation surrounding each of these women has shaped the legal...more
Every industry today is abuzz with the possibilities of artificial intelligence, and music is no exception. In the year since the AI-generated hit “Heart on My Sleeve,” courts have started to tackle AI issues in the arts...more
“A voice is as distinctive and personal as a face. The human voice is one of the most palpable ways identity is manifested. We are all aware that a friend is at once known by a few words on the phone. . . The singer manifests...more
On March 21, 2024, in a bold regulatory move, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (“ELVIS”) Act (Tenn. Code Ann. §47-25-1101 et seq.) – a law which, as Gov. Lee stated, covers...more
It seems like every week brings a new dispute over artificial intelligence (AI), mostly focused around new features and uses of generative AI. Last week was no exception, with OpenAI unveiling human-like voices soon being...more
Tennessee recently amended its 1984 right of publicity statute with passage of the ELVIS Act. The existing law already protected individuals’ rights in their image and likeness. As amended, the statute will specifically call...more
Last month, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed into law the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act of 2024—known as the “ELVIS Act”—making Tennessee the first state to address head-on potential misuses of artificial...more
Laws prohibiting the use of a person’s likeness for commercial gain have been in effect for some time, testing everything from the value of an influencer’s endorsement to “freemium” reports by people search companies....more
A new Tennessee law seeks to impose liability on generative AI companies and internet platforms related to unauthorized use of a person’s voice or likeness. On March 21, 2024, Tennessee enacted the Ensuring Likeness,...more
Tennessee has joined the ranks of states regulating, in various ways, the use of artificial intelligence to manipulate an individual’s likeness. On March 21, 2024, Gov. Bill Lee said “thank you very much” to the Tennessee...more
Tennessee has passed a law, considered one of a kind, geared at deterring unauthorized use of an individual’s voice via artificial intelligence (AI). Tennessee’s new AI law is inspired by the state’s close connection with...more
A new proposed rule would prohibit impersonating individuals or knowingly providing tools for unlawful impersonation — dramatically expanding the FTC’s AI enforcement capabilities. On February 15, 2024, the Federal Trade...more
With the advent of AI technology capable of replicating a person's voice and utilizing it for commercial purposes, several key legal issues are likely to emerge under California's right of publicity law. The right of...more
Recent advances in technology and artificial intelligence have the power to completely disrupt the world of advertising, media, music, sports, and entertainment by manipulating digital content to create synthetic photos and...more
Proposed bills at the federal and state level were announced January 10, both intended to protect recording artists and the music industry from unauthorized “soundalike” vocals created using artificial intelligence (AI)...more
In part one of this article, we discussed the challenges artists face as they seek to protect their intellectual property from generative AI using copyright law. In part two, we explore a legal approach that may be more...more
Artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes—video, audio, or photographic content that mimics some or all of the characteristics of one’s identity—have captured the wary attention of the public, politicians and the...more