1. Artificial IntelligencePrivacy

    Customer data for AI use: What should a vendor take and a customer give?

    September 17, 2026 - Negotiating how a technology vendor uses customer data brings up not only privacy and data processing concerns but also confidentiality and trade secrets, in a . . .

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  2. Cybersquatting

    Can bad faith travel backward in time in a UDRP case?

    September 14, 2026 - A split decision is unusual in UDRP cases, which makes a recent decision involving the domain name <quobly.com> particularly noteworthy. The case presents an interesting . . .

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  3. CopyrightDMCA

    Tetris, the White House, and the line between ideas and expression

    September 10, 2026 - The White House recently removed an online game called “Build the Wall” after The Tetris Company publicly objected to the game and raised copyright concerns. . . .

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  4. Artificial IntelligenceComputer Crime

    When the machine gets you in trouble: from Usenet to AI agents

    September 4, 2026 - Even in cases decided thirty years apart, there remains a necessary volitional nexus between human conduct and machine action for there to be liability. The . . .

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  5. CopyrightDMCA

    Reddit DMCA anticircumvention decision strengthens the value of structured data licensing

    August 15, 2026 - Plaintiff Reddit sued defendants SerpApi and Perplexity AI over alleged efforts to bypass technological measures restricting automated access to Reddit-related content appearing in Google search . . .

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  6. AnonymityArtificial Intelligence

    Nudified deepfake victims in suit against xAI can remain anonymous

    July 31, 2026 - Jane Doe and three other women sued defendant xAI alleging that the company's Grok chatbot generated non-consensual nude and sexually explicit images of them. Plaintiffs . . .

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  7. Defamation

    Defendant’s obvious bias helped her win a defamation case

    July 29, 2026 - Plaintiff Lichfield sued defendants Kubler and Netflix for defamation after Kubler released a three-part Netflix documentary about her experience at a troubled-teen boarding school. The . . .

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  8. Social MediaUnfair Competition

    Social media use of competitor product photos supported unfair competition claim

    July 27, 2026 - Plaintiff sued defendant for trademark infringement after defendant terminated a manufacturing agreement and began selling inflatable paint booths that allegedly copied plaintiff's distinctive design. Defendant . . .

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