Some lawyers hate motion practice. My father, for example, loved to be in trial but hated writing motions. I suspect that my mom wrote most of his motions, and maybe that's why I enjoy writing them. It's gotten to be more fun with AI -- I feel super-powered. In this week's SoCal IP Institute, I [...]
Agentic AI in the Legal Profession Everyone knows about AI in general these days. It is creeping speedily into all professions, but particularly those that deal with words. As it turns out, that includes lawyers, particularly those that draft long, rote, detailed documents that attempt (sometimes failing) to be consistent and fit a particular form. [...]
SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH COX COMMUNICATIONS IN MUSIC PIRACY CASE, NARROWING GROUNDS FOR CONTRIBUTORY LIABILITY On Monday, March 30, we will discuss a hot-off-the-press Supreme Court decision that makes it significantly more difficult to hold service providers responsible for their users’ copyright infringement. In Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment (March 25, 2026), the Court [...]
State of AI in Intellectual Property Law Copyright Law In the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Thaler v. Perlmutter was decided about one year ago on March 18, 2025. In that case, Dr. Stephen v. Thaler sought to register the copyright in the work "A Recent Entry into Paradise" [...]
