The year 2025 left the media and entertainment industry with a series of significant, unresolved legal questions. As we move into 2026, several high-profile cases are poised to redefine the boundaries of fair use, the legality of AI training, and the application of the Rogers Test in trademark law.
Continue Reading The Briefing: The 2026 Entertainment Law Forecast: Navigating Fair Use, AI Training, and Trademark TrendsThe Briefing: The 2026 Forecast: Resolving Some of the Entertainment Industry’s Open Legal Issues
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As 2025 fades into the rearview mirror, many of the entertainment and media industry’s biggest legal questions remain unresolved. In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin partners Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler take a forward-looking approach to the cases and doctrines that could shape 2026.
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Continue Reading The Briefing: The 2026 Forecast: Resolving Some of the Entertainment Industry’s Open Legal IssuesThe Briefing: 2025 IP Resolutions Start With a Review of IP Assets (Featured)
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Your intellectual property is one of your company’s most valuable assets. Are you keeping track of it? In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin Partners Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler walk through why an IP checkup is a smart way to kick off the year and how businesses can safeguard their intellectual property assets.
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Continue Reading The Briefing: 2025 IP Resolutions Start With a Review of IP Assets (Featured)The Briefing: New York Times v. Perplexity AI: Copyright, Hallucinations, and Trademark Risk
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In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub Tobin partners Scott Hervey and Matt Sugarman break down The New York Times v. Perplexity AI, a lawsuit that goes beyond copyright and into largely untested trademark territory. They discuss the Times’ allegations that Perplexity copied its journalism at both the input and output stages and, more significantly, that the AI attributed fabricated or inaccurate content to the Times using its trademarks. The case raises new questions about false designation of origin, trademark dilution, and how AI hallucinations could expose platforms to liability.
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The Briefing: A Very Patented Christmas – The Quirkiest Inventions for the Holiday Season (Featured)
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Get into the holiday spirit with a look at some of the most unique Christmas patents ever filed. From Santa detectors to upside-down Christmas trees, Scott Hervey and Jamie Lincenberg explore festive inventions that add a little extra cheer to the season on this episode of The Briefing.