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This entry was posted in Class Video & Notes on March 2, 2026 @1:28 am.

Video of my fireside chat @ Allard with Elicia Salzberg – “A.I.: Where Technology and the Law Intersect”

This entry was posted in Class Video & Notes on March 2, 2026 @12:57 am.

Class 7 Slides & Video

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Class 6 Spring 2026 – Slides & Video

This entry was posted in Class Video & Notes on February 10, 2026 @11:56 am.

My guest talk on “A.I. & Social Media: Eighteen Questions” to the Copyright & Social Media Seminar @ Allard on Friday Feb. 6, 2026

Thought I’d post but is completely optional for IP Law as very little that relates directly to copyright law is discussed. The talk really is directed at how A.I. will changes us humans and our substantive laws.
This entry was posted in Class Video & Notes on February 9, 2026 @7:39 am.

Class 5 Spring 2026 – Slides & Video

This entry was posted in Class Video & Notes on February 5, 2026 @12:19 am.

Class 4 Spring 2026 – Slides & Video

This entry was posted in Class Video & Notes on January 30, 2026 @10:15 pm.

Class 3 Spring 2026 – Slides & Video

This entry was posted in Class Video & Notes on January 20, 2026 @10:57 pm.

Class 2 Spring 2026 – Slides & Video

This entry was posted in Class Video & Notes on January 13, 2026 @9:53 pm.

News of the Week(s) December 1, 2025 – January 11, 2026 (Human-Curated)

This entry was posted in Class Video & Notes, News of the Week on January 11, 2026 @11:13 pm.

News of the Week for the week of 3rd of January 2026 (Mostly A.I. Created)

Links for the week: 3rd of January 2026
This entry was posted in News of the Week on January 9, 2026 @5:08 pm.

Week 1 Spring 2026 – Slides & Video

This entry was posted in Class Video & Notes on January 6, 2026 @4:01 pm.

Welcome to the Spring 2026 IP Law Cohort (#12 for me if anyone’s counting)

Two headlines, 31 years apart – same mistake. As Mark Twain said in 1897 “Rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated.” Looking at what has happened to IP law generally and copyright law specifically in the 33 years since that Wired Magazine article, you would be hard pressed to find an area of law that […]
This entry was posted in Class Video & Notes, Issues/Your Take on January 6, 2026 @9:21 pm.

Athlete Biometric Data and Wearable Tech Metrics: Is Player Data Intellectual Property in Basketball?

Introduction Professional basketball teams are starting to incorporate wearable technology that collects different biometric data from players. The Cavaliers, Jazz, Pacers and Suns, who were the first NBA teams to install biometrics labs, have now started to test biometric and performance data including heart rate variability, jump load, fatigue indicators, sleep metrics, and movement tracking. […]
This entry was posted in Issues/Your Take, Uncategorized on December 30, 2025 @5:30 pm.

AI-Generated Content Creation: A Dog, a Cat, and Several Unholy Hybrids

Social media platforms have, for many years, relied upon tools which track digital fingerprinting, conduct metadata analyses, and do advanced pattern recognition to critically analyse altered content for copyright infringement. With AI’s rapid advancements in visual product-generation, it seems easier than ever to appropriate copyrighted content to create high-quality derivative works which can undermine the […]
This entry was posted in Issues/Your Take on December 29, 2025 @4:32 pm.

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