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Ask Dr. Copyright® About Taylor Swift

September 4, 2025 Ask Dr. Copyright, Trademark

Dear Doc: I’m THRILLED that TayVis is/are engaged. But my question is about how Taylor protected the name of her latest album legally before she announced it on the podcast. Can you clue a fan in? Signed,A Devoted Swiftie Dear ADS: As you referenced, Taylor Swift announced the name of her new album, “The Life […]

Ask Dr. Copyright® About AI

August 21, 2025 Copyright

Dear Doc: I hear that using copyrighted materials to train artificial intelligence systems is legal. Can that be true? Signed,Every Artist, Ever Is Using Copyrighted Materials to Train AI Legal? Dear EAE: Training artificial intelligence (AI) systems, particularly large language models (LLMs), is a process that relies on vast amounts of information that is broken […]

Ask Dr. Copyright® About Litigation Funding

July 17, 2025 Ask Dr. Copyright

Dear Doc: It’s always been expensive for patent owners to go to court, what with hiring a lawyer, but we have been able to buy insurance to help with the cost of litigation, or turn to litigation finance firms. We have also been able to use the courts when our patent rights were violated by […]

Ask Dr. Copyright®’s About Lawyers Using AI

May 15, 2025 Ask Dr. Copyright

Dear Doc: What’s the latest scoop on lawyers using generative artificial intelligence in their work? Signed,ChatGPT Dear Chat: What Happened in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia Case? File this under “stupid lawyer tricks.” In the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man deported to a Salvadoran prison by (the U.S. Government’s own admission) a mistake, it […]

Ask Dr. Copyright© About Patent Trolls

April 17, 2025 Ask Dr. Copyright, Patent

Dear Doc: I hear that courts are once again trying to crack down on “patent trolls.” What is a patent troll, and why should courts try to squash them? Signed,Under a Bridge Dear UB: Patents are called “intellectual property” in much the same way as land is called “real property” and your car is “personal […]

Ask Dr. Copyright® About Birkenstocks

March 20, 2025 Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright

Dear Doc: Some things are protected by trademarks. Some by copyrights. Some by “trade dress”. Others by design patents. Some by utility patents. And others by trade secrets. How do you lawyers decide which is which, and can it be more than one? Signed, Confused Again Dear CA: Yes…this can be confusing, and often the stakes […]

Ask Dr. Copyright® About His Opinion

February 20, 2025 Ask Dr. Copyright, Patent

Dear Doc: Every time I read about some new case being decided by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, I get more confused about what exactly is the patent (or trademark) law that they are using. What gives? Signed,Dazed and Confused Dear D&C: It seems to the Ol’ Doc that over the past […]

Ask Dr. Copyright® About Publicity Rights

January 16, 2025 Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright

Dear Doc: I have heard that there is an intellectual property right called the “right to publicity.” What is that and how does it work? Signed, Prime Woman Dear PW: Here is a HYPOTHETICAL that will answer your question about publicity rights… President-Elect Donald Trump will try to sell just about anything he can put his […]

Ask Dr. Copyright® About Library Lending

December 19, 2024 Copyright

Dear Doc: Digital readers such as the Kindle have become the way that many people borrow books from the public library. It’s like going to the library digitally: you have to wait for a copy to become available, and you can “take it out” for a limited time, after which it disappears from your device. […]

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