IP Law Daily, BLOG TRACKER—Noteworthy blog posts and other commentary, (Dec 18, 2025)

By WK Editorial Staff

The week’s most insightful, intriguing, or entertaining blog posts regarding intellectual property issues.

• IP Watchdog, Senators Introduce Bill to Make Copyright Registration Easier for Visual Artists, by Eileen McDermott

• Artificial Intelligence Law Advisor, Executive Order Seeks to Preempt State AI Laws, by Christopher W. Savage, K.C. Halm, Stacey Sprenkel, John D. Seiver, Shannon L. McNeal, and Sarah Wood

• New Media and Technology Law Blog, Data License Restrictions in the AI Spotlight: Careful Drafting Is More Important Than Ever, by Jeffrey Neuburger and Jonathan Mollod

• Mondaq, Creativity You Can Use: CJEU Clarifies Copyright For Applied Art, by Eline Van Bogget and Sari Depreeuw

• JD Supra, Lights, Camera, Disclosures, Consent: New York’s New AI Laws Take Center Stage, by Lauren Bass and Sarah La Voi

• California Intellectual Property Blog, Company Aims to Take the Twitter Trademark Away From Elon Musk, by Mandour & Associates APC

• StepTechToe Blog, Toward a National AI Framework: The Federal Strategy to Override State Regulation, by Michelle Castaline, Tyler Evans, Evelyn Hudson, Micaela Hyams, Michelle Kallen, William M. Keyser, Corey Laplante, Michele Nellenbach, Marlon Paz, Christopher Suarez, Peyton Thomas

• Hugh Stephens Blog, Delegating Research to AI is a Risky Proposition: The “Hallucination” Phenomenon (User Beware), By Hugh Stephens

• Technology & Marketing Law Blog, Are Robots.txt Instructions Legally Binding?–Ziff Davis v. OpenAI, by Eric Goldman (Santa Clara University School of Law).

• IP Update, Sedona Conference releases draft model DTSA jury instructions, by Jodi Benassi

• TTABlog, CAFC Upholds TTAB: BASIN BEVERAGE CO. Confusable With TAHOE BASIN, GREAT BASIN COFFEE, and NEW BASIN DISTILLING COMPANY, by John Welch

Attorneys: Christopher W. Savage, K.C. Halm, Stacey Sprenkel, John D. Seiver, Shannon L. McNeal, and Sarah Wood (Davis Wright Tremaine LLP). Jeffrey Neuburger and Jonathan Mollod (Proskauer Rose LLP). Eline Van Bogget and Sari Depreeuw (Crowell & Moring LLP). Lauren Bass and Sarah La Voi (Baker & Hostetler LLP). (Mandour & Associates APC). Michelle Castaline, Tyler Evans, Evelyn Hudson, Micaela Hyams, Michelle Kallen, William M. Keyser, Corey Laplante, Michele Nellenbach, Marlon Paz, Christopher Suarez, Peyton Thomas (Steptoe LLP). Jodi Benassi (McDermott Will & Schulte). John Welch (Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.).

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