Oct 7, 2026
Published The identities of applicants behind 1,616 new generic top-level domain (gTLD) applications are set to be revealed today, opening what could become one of the most significant new trademark battlegrounds of the year. The Internet Corporation for Assigned...
Oct 6, 2026
Published A California federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing ByteDance Inc. of circumventing YouTube’s technological protections to obtain videos allegedly used to train its generative AI systems. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley of the US District...
Oct 5, 2026
Published The UK Supreme Court has refused permission to appeal in a trademark dispute between Shorts International Ltd and Google LLC over Google’s use of “Shorts” for its YouTube Shorts service. The Supreme Court refused permission on September 28,...
Oct 1, 2026
Published The EU General Court has confirmed that UK trademark rights could no longer support an opposition to an EU trademark application after the end of the Brexit transition period, highlighting the continuing practical consequences of the UK’s departure...
Sep 30, 2026
Published The Tokyo District Court has indicated that a person’s voice can fall within the scope of Japan’s publicity rights where it has customer-attracting value and is used primarily to exploit that value, in a significant ruling involving AI-generated imitation of...
