AI Meets IP: The Courts Draw the Line – Plus, First Major Fair-Use Rulings on AI Training Data

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape innovation, creativity, and business operations, United States courts issued several landmark decisions in 2025 and early 2026 that clarify the boundaries of intellectual property protection in the AI era. These rulings—updated with key procedural developments through late May 2026—provide much-needed clarity ...

AI in Innovation: Documenting Human Contributions for Patent Success

As artificial intelligence (AI) tools become increasingly integral to the invention process, innovators and companies are leveraging these technologies to accelerate development and refine concepts. From generating initial ideas to optimizing designs, AI can "flesh out" inventions in ways that were previously unimaginable. However, under U.S. patent law, only natural persons—humans—can ...

The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) – A Potential Reset for Patent Eligibility in AI, Software, and Life Sciences

Patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 has been one of the most unpredictable areas of U.S. patent law for over a decade.  Patent Eligibility is the area of patent law which requires an invention to be a useful process, machine, manufacture, or a composition of matter in order to be ...

E-Commerce Impersonation Is Surging: Is Your Brand Protected?

E-commerce scammers are growing bolder, copying entire sales pages—layouts, product photos, descriptions, and branding—to create convincing fake virtual storefronts. Fraudsters register lookalike domains, slash prices to lure buyers, collect payments, and vanish. The damage is twofold: consumers lose money, and your brand suffers through chargebacks, misdirected complaints, and eroded trust ...