Michelle Cooke

May 9, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Michelle Cooke

As the federal government grapples with the complexities of comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) regulation and competing agendas, several US states are taking matters into their own hands by computing their own solutions to the challenges posed by the rapid advancement of AI. AI has become an inevitable part of everyday life and everyday business.

Mar 26, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Michelle Cooke

With 2024 underway, our team highlights 10 of the most pressing legal issues facing the media and entertainment industry this year. In 2024, media and entertainment businesses will focus on whether the longstanding tenet that content is king has been disrupted by the “fair use” affirmative defense being deployed in the courts by artificial intelligence (AI) technology companies operating platforms that generate creative works based on a user’s prompts, known as generative AI (GenAI).

Mar 11, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Michelle Cooke |Brooke Delaney

The world of music often sees as much drama in the courtroom as on the stage. One fight that frequently results in protracted, expensive, and bitter legal disputes is over ownership of a band or group name. The US Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) recently took on one of these fights in its ruling in Billy Stott v. Split Decision Music, LLC Opposition No. 91249613 (January 31, 2024) [Not precedential].

Mar 8, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Michelle Cooke

The world of music often sees as much drama in the courtroom as on the stage. One fight that frequently results in protracted, expensive, and bitter legal disputes is over ownership of a band or group name. The US Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) recently took on one of these fights in its ruling in Billy Stott v. Split Decision Music, LLC Opposition No. 91249613 (January 31, 2024) [Not precedential].

Mar 8, 2024 | afslaw.com | Michelle Cooke |Brooke Delaney

Off The US Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) recently took on one of these fights in its ruling in Billy Stott v. Split Decision Music, LLC Opposition No. 91249613 (January 31, 2024) [Not precedential]. The TTAB held that Split Decision Music, LLC (composed of the current band members) was the owner of the band's name SPLIT DECISION, not the band's former manager Billy Stott.