Bloomberg Law “A dog-fashion magazine titled “Dogue” infringed media behemoth Condé Nast’s trademarks for its famed monthly fashion magazine, “Vogue,” the company told a federal court. Tasty Work LLC publishes Dogue, a “periodical focusing on dogs, dog fashion and celebrity dog owners,” Advance Magazine Publishers Inc., which does business as Read more
Bloomberg Law “The Coca-Cola Co. created an advertising campaign that seems to feature the voice of Johnny Cash without authorization or providing compensation, the country music star’s estate claims. The estate’s case, grounded in a Tennessee law dubbed the ELVIS Act, arises from a national ad campaign launched by the soft Read more
Bloomberg Law “In-house legal departments have bought artificial intelligence tools to churn through contracts, speed up workflows, and analyze documents. Now comes the hard part: Proving the software is worth the cost. Some legal departments say AI software is improving how their lawyers work and boosting quality, but those enhancements can be Read more
Bloomberg Law “Meta Platforms Inc., TikTok Inc., Google LLC, and YouTube LLC are challenging a California law that forbids social media platforms from allowing minors to access personalized feeds without parental consent. The law, as applied to the social media titans, is a content-based restriction on speech that violates the First Amendment, Read more
Bloomberg Law “Meta Platforms Inc., ByteDance Ltd., Alphabet Inc. and Snap Inc. must face trial over claims that they designed social media platforms to addict youths, a judge ruled, clearing the way for the first of thousands of cases to be presented to juries. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl late Wednesday ruled against the Read more
Bloomberg Law “Companies are bracing for a new era of enforcement as New York, the most active state regulator on cyber, rolls out its last set of security requirements Nov. 1. The final amendments to the New York State Department of Financial Services’ Cybersecurity Regulation require companies to implement authentication Read more
Bloomberg Law ” Rivian Automotive Inc. agreed to pay $250 million to settle an investor lawsuit, against the electric vehicle maker, saying it’s eager to put the legal wrangling behind it. The Irvine, California-based company issued a surprise statementlate Thursday saying it doesn’t admit fault or wrongdoing in the proposed settlement, which Read more
Bloomberg Law “Udio AI music-generation service was sued by independent music creators alleging the company used their works without permission to flood the market with AI-generated music in violation of their intellectual property rights. The proposed class action is similar to copyright-infringement suits filed by the major music labels against Unchartered Labs Inc., Read more
Bloomberg Law “Apple Inc. flouted copyright law when it used pirated materials and copies of e-books sold on its own books app to train its AI tool Apple Intelligence, a pair of State University of New York professors alleged in a federal lawsuit. Apple’s OpenELM model, one of several comprising Apple Read more
Bloomberg Law “The Federal Trade Commission is changing the game for artificial intelligence companies. On Sept. 11, the FTC issued orders to seven tech giants, probing the unique risks posed by AI chatbot companions—a subset of emotional AI, which measures, understands, simulates, and reacts to human emotions. The FTC’s inquiry directs Alphabet, Instagram, Meta, Read more