Attorney News and Updates

On March 16, 2023 the United States Copyright Office published guidance in the Federal Register on registering copyrights in AI-generated works and words that include and/or modify AI-generated content. ("AI" means artificial intelligence .)  Cokato, Minnesota attorney Thomas James, author of The Cokato Copyright Attorney, has published a brief summary of the key provisions of the new guidance. You can read it on The Law Blog of Thomas James .  Thomas James is a copyright/trademark attorney at the Law Office of Tom James in Cokato, Minnesota.

 The U.S. Copyright Claims Board (CCB) issued its first two Final Determinations. One is a settlement and the other is a determination on the merits. The settled case involved a wrongful DMCA takedown notice. The determination on the merits involved a claim of infringement of the copyright in a photograph. Read more about them at The Cokato Copyright Attorney: The Law Blog of Thomas B. James (Minnesota attorney).  For help with a CCB claim or defense, contact attorney Thomas B. James .

 Thomas B. James, Minnesota attorney at the Tom James Law Office in Cokato, MN has published new articles to his blog, The Cokato Copyright Attorney: The Law Blog of Thomas James relating to artificial intelligence (AI): A Recent Entrance to Complexity Getty Images Litigation Update AI Legal Issues Does AI Infringe Copyright? In addition, there are two new guest posts by author David Newhoff: Why Machine Training AI with Protected Works Is Not Fair Use A Thousand Cuts: AI and Self-Destruction These are provocative, timely articles on the legal issues that AI-generated content raise.  To see more, visit The Cokato Copyright Attorney: The Law Blog of Thomas B. James .