Posts Tagged ‘licensing agreements’
Open Concept, Closed Case: Realtors Lose Class Action Antitrust Suit – Is a DOJ Death “Nail” Coming?
By: A. Asad Imam The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reached a nationwide settlement on claims alleging that the real estate industry had engaged in anti-competitive practices by keeping buyers’ agent’s commissions high – a per se violation of the Sherman Act (the “Act”).[1] The case, Burnett v. National Association of Realtors alleged price-fixing and…
Read MoreUniversal Music Suit: The Future of Generative AI Software in the Music Industry
By: Vincent Alfieri Universal Music Group has recently filed a lawsuit against Anthropic PBC, an Amazon backed startup, alleging that the company’s Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) chatbot infringes on the lyrics from multiple copyrighted songs.[1] Universal’s complaint contains numerous side-by-side comparisons of the chatbot’s generated lyrics and the lyrics from copyrighted works.[2] When directed by a…
Read MoreCareful How You Use Your AI: How the NO FAKES ACT Can Alter the Digital Landscape for Celebrities
By: Hannah Lief The Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2023, also known as the NO FAKES ACT, is a bipartisan proposal that is designed to create a uniform right to publicity, protecting a celebrity’s voice, image, and visual likeliness.[1] It was introduced by four U.S. senators in a draft federal…
Read MoreBed Bath & Beyond Unreasonable: Two Ways the Law Stops Ocean Carriers from Sinking U.S. Businesses and One Way It Falls Short
By: Patrick Rogers Bed Bath & Beyond, one of the United States’ most prominent retail brands, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this year.[1] In a complaint filed with the Federal Maritime Commission (“FMC”) last Tuesday, Bed Bath & Beyond alleged that the ocean carrier Yang Ming violated the Shipping Act and contributed to the…
Read More“Licensing: The Smart Choice for Smart Cities”
By: Katey Duffy Imagine living in a community with solar panels and wind turbines attached to every rooftop, vertical urban farms growing produce indoors without pesticides and harmful pollutants, smart lighting that brightens depending on the time of day and censored movement or self-driving cars that can discover open parking in your city.[1] This may…
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