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Name, image, and likeness (“NIL”) contracts are agreements between a student-athlete and a business or organization that permit an athlete to monetize their celebrity status. The basic exchange is money or things of value to the athlete and the right granted to the business/organization, from the athlete, to use the athlete’s name, image, and/or likeness […]

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One legal requirement for registering a trademark in the U.S. is that the new proposed trademark be unique for the associated trademark Class. This means that the proposed trademark cannot be the same as OR confusingly similar to an existing registered trademark for the associated trademark Class. The trademark Class matters because it is possible […]

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The holders of copyrights for newspapers, magazines, books, and other publications are involved in numerous legal battles with owners of AI modules over alleged copyright infringement. The plaintiff copyright owners claim that the AI large language modules have been trained on huge quantities of copyrighted materials without permission and — most importantly — without payment. […]

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