Brett Trout Artificial intelligence is moving faster than any technology we have seen before. While speed creates opportunity, it also creates uncertainty. Businesses, developers, and kanunî professionals are all asking the same question: what rules apply to my use of AI? The White House’s March 2026 National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence Legislative Recommendations attempts to answer […]

Brett Trout The world of robotics is changing so fast that movie screen fantasy is quickly transitioning into patented product reality. Recent patent trends and big company moves show that humanoid robots are not just science fiction anymore. The future is closer than you may think. China Leads the Patent Charge China has broadly surged […]

Brett Trout If you run a business that develops or uses software, this case should get your full attention. In November 2025, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $168 million judgment against an IT company for misusing another company’s confidential computer code. Here’s what you need to know, and the steps you need […]

Anthropic, the AI start-up behind the Claude large language model (LLM), has reached a preliminary settlement in a high-stakes class action lawsuit brought by authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson. The authors alleged that Anthropic infringed their copyrights by using pirated and unauthorized copies of their books to train Claude. The settlement, which avoids […]

Brett Trout The war between brand and bargain clothing just got a lot more intense. On June 27, 2025, Lululemon filed a federal lawsuit accusing Costco of selling “confusingly similar” knockoffs of its best-selling clothes—including its Scuba hoodies, Define jackets, and ABC pants. But instead of getting public support, Lululemon is facing an uphill battle […]

Brett Trout In a stunning and decisive bipartisan 99-1 vote, the U.S. Senate has pulled the plug on a proposal that would have blocked states from regulating artificial intelligence (AI) for the next decade. Tucked inside a broader tax-and-spending package, the failed provision would have tied AI funding to states’ willingness to surrender their ability […]