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In today's digital world, intellectual property (IP) assets are the crown jewels of many businesses. Trademarks, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, photographs and online content need to be carefully managed to maximize their value and protected against a multitude of threats.
Led by two senior partners with decades of cutting-edge IP legal experience, Lutzker & Lutzker LLP provides counseling, transactional and litigation services to a wide range of clients, including:
- Corporations whose in-house counsel need assistance with IP matters
- Large, mid-size and small businesses seeking to grow or protect their IP assets
- International brands and companies entering the U.S. market
- Creative professionals and firms seeking to capitalize on their IP assets
- Nonprofits that need a wide spectrum of legal services.
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It is easy to become lost in the quagmire of privacy obligations for your website. In the absence of a comprehensive federal privacy law in the United States, individual states are enacting their own privacy laws. For a while it was only California, but now many other states either have enacted laws or have pending legislation. And if your website collects any personal information f [ ... ]
On February 12, 2024, video game developer Epic Games, Inc. (“Epic”), and pop choreographer Kyle Hanagami (“Hanagami”) agreed to dismiss with prejudice a 2022 lawsuit accusing Epic of ripping off Hanagami’s dance moves for use in Epic’s popular video game “Fortnite.” The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California dismissed the lawsuit, finding that th [ ... ]
In January 2024 Dudesy, an AI-assisted podcast, released a new hourlong special titled “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead,” featuring a version of the late comedian George Carlin (“Carlin”) allegedly generated by artificial intelligence (“AI”). Dudesy is a comedy podcast written, created and controlled by AI, and is hosted by “Mad TV” alum Will Sasso (“Sasso”) [ ... ]
The makers of Dudesy, the AI-assisted podcast that allegedly used a version of the late comedian George Carlin for its special titled “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead,” have agreed to take down the fake George Carlin comedy special on all websites and refrain from using Carlin’s image, voice and likeness without permission. The entry of a consent judgment and permanent [ ... ]
On March 13, 2024, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban TikTok if the app’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, does not divest its U.S. assets within six months. The bill received bipartisan support and now goes to the Senate for further consideration. Lawmakers have raised concerns that under Chinese law, the ruling Chinese Communist Party has the power to [ ... ]
Buried in the 1,500 pages of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act was a provision called the Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA"), which requires most entities organized under state law to disclose personal stakeholder information to the Treasury Department’s criminal enforcement division, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN"). The intent of Congress in requir [ ... ]