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Cold Open: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Authorship in Film and Television Writing

IP Watchdog

Last week, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) reached a tentative three-year deal to resolve a writer’s strike following a labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The deal was reached on September 27, 2023, after a 148-day strike, which was the second-longest in the union’s history.

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The Briefing – What’s in a Name: Clearing Titles for Film and Television

The IP Law Blog

The Briefing from the IP Law Blog – What’s in a Name: Clearing Titles for Film and Television. In this week’s episode, Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss the complex process of clearing titles for Film and Television. They discuss recent high-stakes litigation around entertainment titles, including Stouffer v.

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Google Deindexes ‘Pirate’ IP Addresses When Used to Circumvent Blocking

TorrentFreak

New Domains Switched For IP Addresses For years pirate sites have deployed new domains to defeat ISP blocking. A more recent trend in some regions has seen pirate sites dump domains entirely and rely on IP addresses instead. ” Using IP addresses instead of domain names has another potential upside too. .”

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Ad-hear to the Law: My Top Ten IP-Related Podcast Episodes

IPilogue

Here are my top ten IP-related podcast picks (in alphabetical order): . “C C elebrities Sued f or Posting Images of Themselves ” by The Briefing by the IP Law Blog . The IP law blog, published by Weintraub Tobin and hosted by intellectual property attorneys Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo, delves into IP issues in the news.

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Malaysia’s IP HC Declares Selling of Streaming Devices ‘Illegal’ amid Copyright Issues

IP and Legal Filings

With the increasing sale, offer for sale, distribution, and/or supply of television boxes or illicit streaming devices (ISDs), the Intellectual Property High Court in Kuala Lumpur has ruled such sale and distribution as illegal observing that such activities enable copyright infringement and unauthorized access to copyright content.

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Protecting Your IP in the Metaverse

JD Supra Law

That was the warning of the guardian robot in the 60’s television show, Lost in Space. “Danger, Danger Will Robinson!” Intellectual property lawyers are giving similar warnings when it comes to protecting intellectual property assets in the Metaverse. By: Fox Rothschild LLP

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SAG-AFTRA Contract Is A Landmark For AI And IP Interplay

IP Law 360

SAG-AFTRA's recently ratified contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers introduced a framework to safeguard performers' intellectual property rights and set the stage for future discussions on how those rights interact with artificial intelligence — which should put entertainment businesses on alert for compliance, says (..)