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Analysis and commentary on intellectual property developments relevant to cross-border business across Europe, Latin America and Africa. We publish on the matters that affect how intangible assets are protected, exploited and defended — from EUIPO and WIPO practice to the implementation of the EU AI Act and the evolution of intellectual property regimes across Latin American and African jurisdictions.
Copyright registration in Spain for AI-assisted works: proving authorship
Spanish law only recognises human authors. How to register AI-assisted works with the Intellectual Property Registry, what it costs in 2026 and which records prove your…
Thomson Reuters v Ross: Third Circuit rejects fair use for AI training
The Third Circuit held that Westlaw headnotes are original and that ROSS's use of them to train a competing AI legal-research tool was not fair use.…
Like Company v Google: the first CJEU case on generative AI, explained
The first CJEU case on generative AI asks whether training is reproduction, whether chatbot outputs need licences and how far the TDM exception goes. What is…
Getty v Stability AI explained: are model weights “infringing copies”?
The High Court held that Stable Diffusion's weights are not an infringing copy because the model stores no works. What was decided, what Getty's appeal could…
Metaverse trade marks: classifying virtual goods and NFTs for EU and LatAm
Virtual goods and NFTs go in Class 9, described precisely. The Nice 13-2026 terms, EUIPO practice and how to plan metaverse trade mark filings across the…
Tokenised IP and NFTs under MiCA: what holders own and when MiCA applies
Buying an NFT does not transfer the copyright or the trade mark. What token holders really own, when MiCA applies to NFTs and tokenised IP, and…
US backs fair use for AI training: the statement of interest and the G20
The US government told the OpenAI court that AI training is fair use and pressed the G20 to agree. Why that stops at the US border…
India: Thaler, not the AI, is the author of “A Recent Entrance to Paradise”
India's Registrar of Copyrights found DABUS's artwork original but held that Thaler, not the AI, can be its author. How it compares with the US, UK…
Kneschke v LAION at the BGH: is building an AI dataset lawful TDM?
Germany's Federal Court of Justice heard Kneschke v LAION on 3 September 2026: TDM applies in principle, but the opt-out and research exception remain open.
Pirated datasets, the new front: music publishers sue Anthropic
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell sued Anthropic on 28 August 2026 over allegedly pirated lyrics. Why data acquisition now matters and where to sue.
UK copyright and AI after the March 2026 report: TDM, CGWs and next steps
The March 2026 UK report drops the TDM opt-out plan, proposes ending protection for computer-generated works and leaves AI training needing licences.
Brazil’s AI bill (PL 2338) vs the EU AI Act: copyright, opt-out and pay
PL 2338/2023 would make AI developers in Brazil publish training summaries, respect prohibitions and pay rights holders. How it compares with the EU AI Act.
