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.

Links for the week: 3rd of January 2026

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

In the last couple decades, “Hollywood” and the broader film industry have undergone rapid changes, including in the popularity (or lack-thereof) of the movie-going experience, the market of movie studios, and the types of movies being made. These broad changes have led to two different monopolizations within the industry. First, a monopolization of movie studios […]

This summer I worked at an intellectual property firm in downtown Vancouver, immersed in the world of patent prosecution. My days were spent drafting correspondence and amendments for patent applications destined for the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Our clients included both Canadian inventors filing patents […]