At the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games, figure skating has highlighted an issue bigger than choreography and jumps: the need for a modernized approach to music licensing at the Olympics. As reported by Tariq Panja in The New York Times, athletes including Amber Glenn  and  Petr Gumennik found themselves dealing with music clearance complications close to competition. Canadian ice dancers also had to adjust plans involving music by AC/DC.

Generative AI has triggered a wave of legal uncertainty in copyright law, with over 70 lawsuits worldwide challenging the unlicensed use of creative works in AI training. The recent deal between Disney and OpenAI could signal a turning point. Rather than fight in courts, Disney licensed over 200 of its most valuable characters to OpenAI’s Sora platform in exchange for equity, transforming a legal litigation into a possible strategic alliance.

Generative AI has triggered a wave of legal uncertainty, with more than 70 lawsuits worldwide challenging how AI companies use copyrighted material without permission. The core conflict: AI models are trained on creative works, but the law hasn’t kept pace with what that means for ownership, control, or compensation. The Disney – OpenAI deal proposed a different path. Instead of fighting in court, Disney licensed over 200 of its most valuable characters to…

Andrés Izquierdo was invited by Brigard Urrutia and Brigard Castro to speak on the intersection of Intellectual Property (IP) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). During the discussion, Andrés Izquierdo shared insights on the legal and strategic challenges that AI presents for intellectual property protection, as well as the opportunities this technology creates for innovation, brand value, and rights enforcement. The dialogue addressed how IP frameworks are evolving in response to emerging AI technologies and the importance of forward-looking legal approaches.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued FR Doc. 2025-21457, a revised framework for determining inventorship in the era of artificial intelligence. This new guidance fully replaces and revokes the USPTO’s inventorship guidance of February 13, 2024, and clarifies that, under current U.S. law, only natural persons may be named as inventors while AI systems are treated as tools rather than collaborators…

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued FR Doc. 2025-21457, a revised framework for determining inventorship in the era of artificial intelligence. This new guidance fully replaces and revokes the USPTO’s inventorship guidance of February 13, 2024, and clarifies that, under current U.S. law, only natural persons may be named as inventors while AI systems are treated as tools rather than collaborators…