Operation Bluebird, Inc. (“Bluebird”) and X Corp. are locked in a dispute over the future of the Twitter brand, stemming from the platform’s rebrand from “Twitter” to “X” in 2023. The TMCA covered the rebrand. In December 2025, Bluebird filed a petition with the Trademark…
The Dorsey Trademark, Copyright + Advertising team and the IP Litigation team attended the 2026 International Trademark Association Annual Meeting in London. The Dorsey team was represented by seventeen attorneys from Dorsey’s Minneapolis, Denver, Seattle, Dallas, New York, London, Hong Kong, and Beijing offices. We…
As artists and creators integrate artificial intelligence (AI) tools into their work, courts are re-evaluating traditional notions of authorship under the Copyright Act of 1976. This past March, the issue of whether an AI system may qualify as an “author” under the Copyright Act reached…
Wherever innovation occurs, intellectual property follows. Intellectual property (or “IP”) refers to trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets: the legal framework that safeguards the ownership of brands, artistic works, and inventions. The term has become so synonymous with progress and novelty that in the increasingly…
In China, the Revised Anti-Unfair Competition Law (AUCL 2025) came into effect on October 15, 2025. Although there are various amendments, this update focuses on Article 7, which corresponds to Article 6 of the 2019 version, and introduces significant changes aimed at addressing digital misuse…
Perhaps lost in all of the commentary and handwringing over AI and what to do with the works it creates is how we care for copies of human-authored works. The concept of controlled digital lending (or CDL) raises significant questions for publishers, authors, and readers,…
Michael Jordan is best known for his offensive skills, but his defense was an underrated aspect of his play; he was 1998 Defensive Player of the Year, after all. So it’s fitting that he features prominently in a recent decision from the Second Circuit Court…
Eight years on from the introduction of the GDPR, both the United Kingdom and the European Union appear to be taking on board the calls from the business community for reform and for a fairer balance between individual data protections and the need for less…
Klutch Sports Group is a well-known sports management company that was founded in his home city by Cleveland native Rich Paul and that represents – most famously – LeBron James (also born and raised in Ohio). Klutch Sports owns a family of trademarks for the…
A consultation process proposing extensive reforms to the framework for design protection in the United Kingdom has come to a close on 27 November 2025. One of the stated objectives of the proposed reforms is to tackle a legal system for the protection of designs…
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