I ♡ Trademarks NewsletterIssue #443
Bri Van Til | August 05, 2025
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You and IP Collide
Where’s the intersection between bankruptcy law and IP?
This article explores how AI and copyright law have affected people with disabilities in India.
At the intersection of IP and pop culture sits Pop Mart, including its newest craze, Labubu. Read more about Pop Mart here.
Should IP teams help manage company data?
License a Disturbance
Amazon will start licensing the New York Times’ content to train AI models.
Alaska Airlines no longer uses the VIRGIN trademark it licenses, but they were ordered to pay $160 million anyway.
Yuga Labs did not issue a license for BORED APE through its NFT sales.
Global AI Policy
WIPO’s Daren Tang argues that international IP must remain human-centered.
The European Commission has implemented an AI Act. Read a joint statement by rightsholders responding to the Act.
Here’s a proposal about how copyright licensing in the UK could help clarify restrictions on AI training.
Here’s one proposal for an AI plan for Australia.
Professional Concerns
I wonder if your salary negotiations for this senior corporate counsel position would come down to a single buck. If so, you could also be part of the Dollar Shave Club.
Becoming senior counsel at this organization could mark a Pivotal change in your career trajectory.
If you get this job as compliance counsel at Octane, you’ll be on fire!
I know you’ll really deliver as IP counsel for USPS.
Once you’ve hit the TrustPoint with this company, you can apply to be a trademark paralegal there.
Have an open role on your team? Email us at [email protected], and we’ll try to get it in our next newsletter!
Odds and Ends
Temu will work with INTA to aid in reducing counterfeits.
This fabulously punny article summarizes the Federal Circuit’s ruling about likelihood of confusion between ECHO D’ANGÉLUS and ECHO DE LYNCH BAGES.
Mattel is arguing that a man named Ken can’t use his name in the title of his political podcast because it could be confused with Barbie’s boyfriend. I think I Ken, he says.
How are law firms adopting and using AI?
We’ve successfully delivered an ambulance to support troops on the front lines in Ukraine.