LibGuides: Researching Copyright Law: Current Awareness Sources

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U.S. Copyright Office, NewsNet
NewsNet is the Copyright Office’s notification system. It includes alerts on new Copyright Office website postings and other announcements. You can subscribe to the alerts via email or RSS.

Free Legal Blogs

Below are links to aggregators and selected legal blogs that highlight copyright law developments:

Dear Rich: An Intellectual Property Blog
The Dear Rich staff (affiliated with Nolo Press), provide easy-to-understand answers to questions about copyrights, trademarks and patents (and related law).
IP Intelligence: Insight on Intellectual Property
Content provided by members of the IP Group within the law firm: Baker Hostetler. Tip: Click a tag, for example: copyright; copyright infringement; or Copyright Act.
Justia BlawgSearch: Most Popular Copyright Blawgs
Justia BlawgSearch categorizes, ranks and links to many copyright law blogs.
LexBlog: Intellectual Property
LexBlog aggregates news and commentary from many sources.
Trademark and Copyright Law: Perspectives and Legal Developments in Trademarks, Copyrights, Domain Disputes, Unfair Competition, and More
Content produced by lawyers in the Trademark, Copyright & Unfair Competition practice group within the law firm: Foley Hoag. Tip: Click tag: Copyright or Category: Copyright.
Creativity & Innovation
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) collates news regarding technological developments and intellectual property law, including copyright issues.

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Bloomberg Law > Practice Center: Trademarks & Copyrights > Copyrights
Box: Tracker includes: Supreme Court Today: Copyrights.
Box: News & Analysis includes: Bloomberg Law IP News; Bloomberg Law IP Analysis; and Bloomberg Terminal News.
Box: Law Firm Client Alerts highlights current copyright law developments.

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Copyright: Mealey's Litigation Report
Thorough reporting on copyright litigation. Source provides case summaries and many links to full-text court documents. Includes coverage of court decisions, new suits, settlements and trials (supported by court documents).

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The Fashion Law (TFL)
In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - THE FASHION LAW.
Tip: In TFL's main screen search box (top right), enter: copyright. Includes articles: "From Gigi Hadid to Goop: A Running List of Paparazzi Copyright Lawsuits" & "Generative AI Is a Minefield for Copyright Law."
Law.com topic: Copyrights
Law.com aggregates news stories and commentary from ALM publications such as The American Lawyer, National Law Journal, New Jersey Law Journal, New York Law Journal and The Recorder. Reports on key copyright verdicts and appellate court decisions. Includes articles: "Copyrighted Content and the Legal Difficulties of Training AI" & "Authors File Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against OpenAI, Claiming Books Used as Training Material for ChatGPT."
Law360.com topic: Intellectual Property
Law360.com includes legal news stories and expert analysis on intellectual property "hot topics." Tip: In search box (top right), enter a term like: copyright. Includes articles: "Copyright & TM Cases To Watch in the Second Half of 2023" & "An Emerging Copyright Paradox for AI-Generated Content."

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Westlaw Intellectual Property Daily Briefing
Tip: In search box, enter a term like: copyright and sort search results by: Date.

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