Memorial Day weekend in Wisconsin usually involves grilling, yard projects that immediately become more complicated than expected, and at least one person insisting they can totally finish rebuilding the deck before Monday night. Underneath all of that though, Memorial Day is serious. It is a day set aside to remember people who died serving this … Read more
Dua Lipa sued Samsung for using a photograph of her on boxes of TVs sold by Samsung. She accused Samsung of copyright and trademark infringement and of violating her “right of publicity”. The photograph is one of Dua Lipa, but more importantly for the copyright claim, she owns the copyright to the photo. Without her permission to use … Read more
At some point in every organization, legal feedback arrives at the wrong moment. The team is close to launch, a deal is almost across the line, and then counsel comes back with redlines, qualifiers, replacement language, and things that cannot be said the way they were written. It lands as interruption. The work was moving, … Read more
For the past year, Minnesota’s lower-potency hemp edible (LPHE) market has operated in a state of regulatory grace. As of April 1, 2026, that period has officially ended. The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) has fully assumed the reins, and the rules of the game have shifted from “registration” to “strict licensure.” If you are … Read more
Introduction Not all business information is created equal, especially when it comes to legal protection. Companies often use the terms “trade secrets” and “confidential information” interchangeably, but under Wisconsin law, the distinction is meaningful and can significantly impact both risk exposure as well as available remedies. Understanding how these categories of information differ is essential … Read more
If you visited your local dispensary or brewery yesterday to celebrate 4/20, things probably did not look much different than they did back in January, when we first wrote about the looming federal THC ban set to take effect in November 2026. THC beverages and vapor products remain widely available and, at least in my … Read more
Under the Copyright Act, anyone who violates any of the exclusive rights of the copyright owner is an infringer of the copyright. On top of that, the Supreme Court has also recognized two categories of secondary liability. Secondary liability happens when a party is liable for the copyright infringement of another. Those two categories are “contributory” … Read more
Most of the public conversation about AI still focuses on the technology itself. Is it safe? Is it biased? Which company is building the most powerful model? Those questions matter. But when the government uses AI to help make decisions that shape people’s lives, a different question comes into view. This strikes me as more … Read more
There is a common assumption in the business world: If you paid for it, you own it. As laid out in one of Erin’s earlier posts, that is not always a case with IP. To quickly summarize, the default under copyright law is that whoever creates the thing owns the copyright, even if someone else paid to have it created. The exception to this is a “work made for … Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming a part of the tools we use every day. AI can be found on our computers, our phones, our cars, and beyond. As AI systems grow more advanced, it becomes increasingly appealing to rely on them to generate content, ideas, and even finished works with little to no human … Read more