By: Jill Kahn Marshall and Anna Beckelman At the end of 2023, following a breakdown in attempts at compromise with the State Legislature, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed Senate Bill S3100A, which was passed by both houses of the State Legislature earlier this year, and would have implemented...
By: Daniel J. Ain and Ariana Zhao With 2024 underway, it’s worth reflecting on the flurry of lawsuits brought in 2023 by creators against owners of artificial intelligence technology companies that have forced the intersection of AI and intellectual property rights under the legal spotlight. With the unprecedented growth of...
Realscreen’s Factual Under 40 list, the entertainment publication’s twist on the famous 40 under 40 list, features thirty individuals at or under the age of forty who are “top talents shaping the unscripted and non-fiction content business today”. Mr. Ain was the only attorney to make this list, and was...
By: Alice K. Jump and Ariana Zhao It is a common practice to insert “non-solicitation” clauses in employment contracts and severance arrangements. But what does the term “solicit” really mean? Cracking open our dusty Black’s Law Dictionary, we find the word defined as “to appeal for something, to apply to...
Starting in May 2024, employers who engage freelancers in New York State will need to comply with recently enacted amendments to the State’s Labor Law. Those amendments, embodied in the “Freelance Isn’t Free Act” (the “Act”; § 191-d of the Labor Law), impose new hiring requirements and offer additional protections...
RPJ Client Multitude Films’ Documentary “How We Get Free” is shortlisted for an Oscar Nomination in the category Documentary Short Subject. “How We Get Free,” which is currently available for streaming on Max, is a powerful documentary which follows activist Elisabeth Epps as she works to abolish cash bail in...
By: Nafsika Karavida On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States (the “Court” or “SCOTUS”) handed down its decision in Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi (“Amgen/Sanofi” or the “Amgen case”) [1] , a fairly notorious case among pharmaceutical companies and patent nerds. Amgen/Sanofi is about the so-called enablement...
When you are a creative person, your creations are called “intellectual property.” In order to protect one’s creations, whether literary works, music or art, most people diligently safeguard their intellectual property rights via copyrights, trademarks, patents, etc. Yet, many people do not think to consider what happens to these rights...
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) recently selected six producers and teams to take part in PGA Create, an annual multi-day program designed to support producers and producing teams from underrepresented backgrounds who are actively developing, producing, and packaging nonfiction projects. RPJ Counsel Daniel Ain was invited to speak to...
By: Ethan Krasnoo and Anna Beckelman As artificial intelligence (“AI”) becomes more and more prevalent in our everyday use of technology, legal questions are being raised about how AI products are “trained” and how such training may encroach on “human generated” intellectual property. Earlier this year, our Reavis Page Jump...