ResearchBuzz: FirehoseThis launched at the end of March but I missed it until now. WIPO: New WIPO Lex Collection Brings Trade Secrets Case Law into Focus. “The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has launched the WIPO Lex Trade Secrets Case Law Collection, a new online resource designed to improve access to judicial decisions relating to trade secret protection across jurisdictions.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/17/wipo-new-wipo-lex-collection-brings-trade-secrets-case-law-into-focus/
Reuters: US judge considers Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement of authors’ lawsuit. “A federal judge on Thursday pressed lawyers for more information on several points of artificial intelligence company Anthropic’s proposed $1.5 billion settlement with authors who accused it of misusing their books to train its AI chatbot Claude.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/17/reuters-us-judge-considers-anthropics-1-5-billion-settlement-of-authors-lawsuit/
CBC TorontoFIFA is notorious for strict copyright rules. Here’s how Toronto businesses are navigating them
To get a sense of what the rules around FIFA branding are, CBC News went through its publicly shared intellectual property guidelines and its hosting addendum with the city.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fifa-world-cup-copyright-rules-what-you-need-to-know-9.7201350?cmp=rss
To get a sense of what the rules around FIFA branding are, CBC News went through its publicly shared intellectual property guidelines and its hosting addendum with the city.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fifa-world-cup-copyright-rules-what-you-need-to-know-9.7201350?cmp=rss
CBC Top StoriesFIFA is notorious for strict copyright rules. Here’s how Toronto businesses are navigating them
To get a sense of what the rules around FIFA branding are, CBC News went through its publicly shared intellectual property guidelines and its hosting addendum with the city.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fifa-world-cup-copyright-rules-what-you-need-to-know-9.7201350?cmp=rss
To get a sense of what the rules around FIFA branding are, CBC News went through its publicly shared intellectual property guidelines and its hosting addendum with the city.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fifa-world-cup-copyright-rules-what-you-need-to-know-9.7201350?cmp=rss
NewsletterTFTips Films Defends Intellectual Property Amidst Legal Challenge
Tips Films stated today, May 17, 2026, that its new movie is an original story after Puja Films claimed intellectual property theft. The movie can still be made.
#TipsFilms, #PujaFilms, #MovieLawsuit, #IntellectualProperty, #Bollywood
https://newsletter.tf/tips-films-new-movie-original-amid-lawsuit/
Tips Films is defending its new movie's story after another company, Puja Films, said it was copied. The movie is still being made while the court looks at the case.
#TipsFilms, #PujaFilms, #MovieLawsuit, #IntellectualProperty, #Bollywood
https://newsletter.tf/tips-films-new-movie-original-amid-lawsuit/
The Japan TimesThe cabinet has approved a revision bill of the copyright act that will allow artists and record companies to receive royalties on songs that are played in commercial facilities as background music. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/15/japan/society/music-rights/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #music #copyright #jasrac #copyrights #culturalaffairsagency #intellectualproperty
Ars Technica: Sony’s failed war against Internet piracy may doom other copyright lawsuits. “Sony and other major record labels recently suffered a thorough defeat at the Supreme Court in their attempt to make Internet service providers pay huge financial penalties for their customers’ copyright infringement. Sony’s loss is certain to have wide-ranging effects on copyright lawsuits, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/15/ars-technica-sonys-failed-war-against-internet-piracy-may-doom-other-copyright-lawsuits/
Ars Technica: Sony’s failed war against Internet piracy may doom other copyright lawsuits
Ars Technica: Sony’s failed war against Internet piracy may doom other copyright lawsuits. “Sony and other major record labels recently suffered a thorough defeat at the Supreme Court in thei…
The Register: Hollywood A-listers back proposed standard that would pay them when AI uses their likeness or work. “The newly formed public benefit non-profit is extending the Really Simple Licensing (RSL) spec developed by the RSL Internet Collective with the draft RSL Media Human Consent Standard (RSL-MEDIA) 1.0, which aims to cover creative works as well as people’s names, likenesses, voices, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/15/the-register-hollywood-a-listers-back-proposed-standard-that-would-pay-them-when-ai-uses-their-likeness-or-work/
The Register: Hollywood A-listers back proposed standard that would pay them when AI uses their likeness or work
The Register: Hollywood A-listers back proposed standard that would pay them when AI uses their likeness or work. “The newly formed public benefit non-profit is extending the Really Simple Li…
Florida Trib: The rise and fall of an AI-driven ‘local news outlet’ in South Florida. “The search to find out who was behind the mysterious South Florida Standard, which The Florida Trib undertook in partnership with the media and tech podcast Question Everything, also shows how easy it is for the real people behind these digital doppelgangers to remain in the shadows – evidence of the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/15/florida-trib-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-ai-driven-local-news-outlet-in-south-florida/