Technology & Intellectual Property Update

The news from AI has been good and bad – AI agents continue to help businesses with repetitive tasks, programming, marketing, and much more; but AI agents also continue to help hackers and fraudsters perpetrate criminal activity.  Some recent accounts include: An AI platform itself, Hugging Face, reported that it […]

We’re seeing a substantial uptick in connection with demands under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”) for violations of the wiretapping or pen register portions of the law based on a business’s website. In particular, these demands are being made by an individual named Vivek Shah.  Mr. Shah deploys […]

Google recently announced that it was filing two suits[1] against fraud groups that are using Gemini, Google’s AI platform, to create legitimate looking websites designed to trick users into providing their credit card information.  The suits were filed in a Manhattan federal court against unknown individuals listed as “Does 1-25.” […]

An intent-to-use (ITU) application is a tool for entrepreneurs, innovators, or established businesses with an idea for a brand or product name that, although close, is not yet ready for market. ITUs, codified under 15 U.S.C §1057(c), are an exception to the common law principle of trademarks that the first […]

Since the Trump administration took office in 2025, a marked shift in federal consumer financial protection policy has left many industry stakeholders reassessing the regulatory landscape. With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in particular scaling back enforcement activity and narrowing its supervisory focus, industry stakeholders have turned their attention […]