Copyright, Publicity Rights, and the Legal Reckoning in light of ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0
On February 12, 2026, ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, released Seedance 2.0, an artificial intelligence video generation model that accepts text prompts, images, reference video, and audio to produce hyperrealistic video clips of up to fifteen seconds.[1] Within twenty-four hours, a two-line prompt produced a viral clip of AI-generated Tom Cruise and Brad […]
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 […]
New Copyright Public Records System (CPRS) Launched
Date: June 27, 2025 On June 24, the Copyright Office announced the launch of its new Copyright Public Records System (CPRS), replacing the prior Online Public Catalog. This new system enhances public access to copyright registration and recordation data, offering advanced search capabilities, improved interfaces, and user-friendly navigation tools. CPRS is part of the Office’s […]