US IP Law Tracker

Recent rulings highlight trade secret law's unique strengths for confidential info protection.

• Recipe claims gain federal standing under the Defend...

Recent court decisions indicate unlicensed copyrighted data can be used to train AI, though the legal landscape continues evolving. This offers copyright lawyers key signals on fair use defenses in ongoing AI cases.

Tennessee Governor Lee signed legislation on May 7, 2026, banning noncompete agreements for workers earning less than $70,000 per year. Employers must review existing agreements for compliance with this new state restriction.

Your trademark registration's Nice class must match the products sold to qualify for Amazon Brand Registry. A Class 25 apparel mark, for example, won't cover unrelated goods.

A CPDP 2026 panel explores whether use of digital data in generative AI training can or cannot be classified as a use of copyrighted works. The full 71-minute discussion is available as a YouTube video from CPDPConferences.

AI-driven brand monitoring enables trademark owners to detect infringements early, avoid dilution of rights, and strengthen enforcement.

The DMCA's takedown process struggles to balance copyright enforcement with protection against overbroad removals of lawful speech.

Cox v. Sony...

House passage of H.R. 6028 removes Library of Congress supervision and shifts DMCA 1201 rulemaking to the Register.

• Presidential appointment of the...

A confidential trade-secret settlement unraveled Alamo Biologics when the company missed its $3.4 million balloon payment, prompting Chapter 11 filing...

Global Music Rights filed suit seeking $14.25 million in statutory damages against Music Choice for willfully continuing to perform nearly 100 songs...

Yahoo sued AdMedia and its CEO, alleging they forged a trademark assignment agreement with a fake Yahoo executive signature and filed it with the...

After a decade, DTSA cases reveal consistent settlement patterns useful for risk assessment.

• High Settlement Rates: 65% of federal trade secret...

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The dispute began in January when Patagonia sued drag activist Pattie Gonia for trademark infringement after her merch application, claiming it...

• Community pressure forced Allie Rose Co. to surrender its “Hot Girls Read” trademark after a dispute filing funded by donations.
• Allie Rose...

Shore News Network is refusing to settle a copyright suit from Oliya Fedun, arguing that embedding a publicly available YouTube video falls squarely...

Generative AI and vibe-coding workflows are forcing companies to rethink trade secret identification and enforcement.

• Pleading misappropriation...

Three recent developments highlight the widening patchwork of U.S. non-compete regulation:

• Tennessee now voids noncompetes for employees below a new...

• NC Supreme Court revived misappropriation claims after defendants deleted files post-preservation demands, creating an adverse inference of guilt
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Do YouTube uploads grant Google a license to train AI like Lyria, or does this amount to unauthorized copyright infringement?

• Suno case: The AI...