IP Bits & Pieces®

Recent Amendments to COPPA

In April 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy…

Read More

Suit Against Midjourney Aims to Reshape Industry Norms

On June 11, 2025, film studios — including Disney, Universal and Marvel — filed a…

Read More

OpenAI Trademark Clash

On July 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California held…

Read More

Print Sale to Benefit WALA

Prints by renowned Washington artists will be sold at a special sale at Hemphill Artworks…

Read More

23andMe Bankruptcy Raises Privacy Concerns Over Genetic Data

23andMe Holding Co. (“23andMe”), a personal genomics and biotechnology company, has provided consumer genetic testing…

Read More

Data Sold to Auto Insurers Without Drivers’ Knowledge or Consent

UPDATE: On April 21, 2025, a class action lawsuit was filed in Texas against Toyota…

Read More

Update: TSA’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology – One Person…

In October 2024, Lutzker & Lutzker (“L&L”) posted, as part of our IP Bits &…

Read More

Landmark Lawsuit Challenges Amazon’s Data Collection Practices

It is well known that websites and mobile software apps collect analytics about users’ activity…

Read More

DC Circuit Rules: AI Can’t Hold Copyrights!

On March 18, 2025, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia…

Read More

An Update on Strategies to Address Cybersquatting Proactively

No website is immune from cybersquatting. On March 2, 2025, the United States Patent and…

Read More

Will AI Be the Oscars’ Biggest Winner?

In 2023 the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Radio Artists (“SAG-AFTRA”) and the Writers Guild…

Read More

SEC Actions Pave the Way for NFT Resurgence

Several recent actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) are paving the way…

Read More

AI and Cultural Heritage: Some Updates

While there are thorny, unresolved issues at the intersection of art and AI, there are…

Read More

Sacred Maori Mountain Recognized as a Legal Person

New Zealand has recognized Mount Taranaki, considered an ancestor by the Maori people, as a…

Read More

The Museum Bowl Is Back

The Museum Bowl, which pits leading art museums in the cities represented by the Super…

Read More

Royalties for Sound Recording Owners: The Reprise

First introduced in 2021, the American Music Fairness Act has recently been revived in Congress…

Read More

Subscribe to our newsletter