The End of the Writers’ Strike. The Beginning of a Better Future?
The 2023 writers’ strike, the second longest one in Hollywood history, ended on September 27. As writers struggled to make ends meet, studio tourists turned to join the picket line,…
At Least Our AI Overlords Won’t Get Copyright Protection
Artificial intelligence may be all the rage in Silicon Valley, but it seems to be gaining admirers a bit further south in Hollywood. While many of Tinseltown’s finest are interested…
The Intellectual Property Implications of AI-Generated Images
AI-generated imagery is taking the world by storm. Consumer-facing AI systems such DALL-E 2, Stable Diffusion, and Midjourney are able to near-instantly generate impressive visual works based on textual prompts.…
Clearing Opacity on Machine Learning Models for Health Data
Knowledge is power. Ask an owner of a valuable trade secret, and they will provide multiple reasons for taking their secret to the grave. Trade secret law is credited with…
Can AI be a Patent Inventor?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a field of technology that leverages computer science and data science to enable problem solving. AI programs can synthesize a variety of inputs to make decisions…
Influencing IP: How The Right Of Publicity Should Adapt to the Influencer Age
So, a lot of you have been asking … is the right of publicity in its current state working? While the right of publicity has long been used by singers,…
Recipe for Success?: An Assessment of an Algorithm’s Ability to Change Copyright Litigation
Nicholas J. Isaacson is a J.D. Candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Will music copyrights lawsuits soon be a thing of the past? If Damien Riehl and Noah Rubin…
Litigating Government Use of Risk Assessment Tools
Neha Mehta is a J.D. candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. Introduction to Government Use of Algorithmic Decision Making Amazon’s Alexa. Roomba vacuums. Tesla’s self-driving vehicles. In today’s economy,…
Learning Robots Confront Copyright Law
Siyu Yan is an L.L.M. candidate, 2020 at NYU School of Law. With the development of AI, many learning robots are emerging in China. A learning robot is a type…
Artificial Intelligence as an Inventive Tool and Its Implication to the PHOSITA Standard
Daniel Y. Lee is a J.D. Candidate, 2021 at NYU School of Law. The age of AI-inventors may already be here. This year saw the first patent applications filed in…