USPTO Urges Congress to Close the Terrestrial Radio Loophole: What IP Owners Need to Know

Date: December 15, 2025 On December 9, 2025, USPTO Director John A. Squires submitted a letter to Congress that may signal a turning point in one of the most enduring anomalies in American intellectual property law: the absence of a public performance right for sound recordings broadcast over terrestrial radio. For practitioners who have watched […]