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This post is an update. Read the original post here and the first addendum here. As of June 16, 2022, the Copyright Claims Board (“CCB”) is open for business. As we have previously reported, the new tribunal, established by the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (the “CASE Act”) is intended to provide an […]

What is the Metaverse? As terms like metaverse expand into the popular lexicon, it becomes easy to fall into the same hyperbolic craze around futurism and virtual reality that was common in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Depictions of interconnected virtual worlds have invoked media like Ready Player One, the 2011 science fiction novel […]

This post is an update. Read the original post here, the first addendum here, and the second addendum here. We have previously reported on the announcement by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) that it would require filer’s biometric data through ID.me, and its subsequent announcement that it would postpone the initial effective date […]

We have previously highlighted the inadequacy of current intellectual property laws to protect the intangible culture of indigenous populations. The collective and multi-generational ownership of assets such as traditional knowledge, legends and storytelling – often secret or sacred – fall outside the confines of traditional copyright and trademark law and leave these communities with few […]

We have previously written about the growing trend for companies to collect biometric data on individuals and the concerns around how that data is used and stored. We have also discussed how certain state laws, like the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), can hold companies accountable through private rights of action, i.e., where consumers have the […]