The Briefing by Weintraub Tobin

The Briefing by Weintraub Tobin


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Neil Young vs. Chrome Hearts: When Rock Meets Runway in Court
September 26, 2025

Neil Young vs. Chrome Hearts What happens when a rock legend collides with a luxury fashion powerhouse? Chrome Hearts has filed suit against Neil Young, claiming his new band Neil Young and the Chr

Anthropic Settles AI Training Case for $1.5 Billion +
September 19, 2025

The Anthropic settlement shows just how costly copyright missteps can be in AI development. Anthropic has agreed to a $1.5B settlement after a court found that keeping a permanent library of pirated b

Is the Bored Ape Yacht Club Trademark Claim Just Monkey Business?
September 12, 2025

The Yuga Labs v. Ryder Ripps case is shaking up NFTs and trademarks. In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub attorneys Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler unpack the Ninth Circuits ruling on whether NFT

Court Says “No Way” To 50 Cent’s Battle Over Skill House
September 05, 2025

50 Cents two-minute cameo in the horror film "Skill House" turned into a full-blown legal battle over credits, contracts, and control. In this episode of The Briefing, Weintraub entertainment and IP

The Doctrine of Foreign Equivalents: What It Means for Your Brand
August 29, 2025

You came up with a clever brand name in a foreign languagegreat! But did you know it might be refused by the USPTO? In this episode of The Briefing, Scott Hervey and Richard Buckley break down what a

Publicity Rights and the Law – Using Real People in Your Work
August 22, 2025

Can you use a celebritys voice or image in your work? What about AI-generated versions? On this episode of The Briefing, Scott Hervey and Richard Buckley explore the right of publicityhow it protect

Who Owns What – Understanding Copyright in Collaborative Projects
August 15, 2025

Who owns the rights when you co-create something? Its not always as simple as you think. On this episode of The Briefing, Scott Hervey and Richard Buckley dig into: Joint authorship Work-for-h

Trademark Basics – Protecting Names, Logos, and Brands in Entertainment
August 08, 2025

From podcast names to iconic sounds, trademarks shape the entertainment world. In this episode of The Briefing, Scott Hervey and Richard Buckley break down what trademarks are, how to get one, and why

The Wrong Argument – Why Authors Lost Against Meta and What Comes Next
July 25, 2025

In a major win for Meta, a federal court recently dismissed a lawsuit brought by prominent authors who claimed their books were illegally used to train the companys LLaMA models. But the ruling doesn

Anthropic, Copyright, and the Fair Use Divide
July 18, 2025

A federal judge has ruled that training Claude AI on copyrighted bookseven without a licensewas transformative and protected under fair use. But storing millions of pirated books in a permanent inte