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Steve Brachmann
Freelance Columnist
IPWatchdog, Inc
Steve Brachmann is a graduate of the University at Buffalo School of Law, having earned his Juris Doctor in May 2022 and served as the President of the Intellectual Property Law Society during the 2021-22 school year. He currently works as a freelancer on research projects, blogging and media consulting and is accepting offers to work. Steve has written on intellectual property topics since January 2013. Other than IPWatchdog, Steve’s work has also been published by the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding, and he has worked as a ghostwriter on IP topics for several entities. Currently living in Buffalo, NY, Steve also works as a stage actor and pet sitter.
Recent Articles by Steve Brachmann
Other Barks & Bites for Friday, October 9: Korean Trademark Probe Shows Royalties Up 69% Since 2018; AAFA Urges USTR to Add Meta to Notorious Markets List; Ninth Circuit Finds Refusal to Deal in Invisalign Antitrust Case
This week in Other Barks & Bites: record quarterly profits reported by Samsung Electronics belie an AI chip shortage likely to last into 2028; a major American apparel industry organization calls for the inclusion of Meta’s Facebook and Instagram in the USTR’s Notorious Markets List; copyright advocates tell Australia’s Parliament that an opt-out framework for AI model training is not feasible; and more.
Copyright Office Solicits Comment on Music Streaming Fraud
Today, the U.S. Copyright Office published a notice of inquiry (NOI) in the Federal Register soliciting public comment on issues related to music piracy threatening billions in U.S. domestic revenues generated by digital streaming. The Office’s NOI responds to a request into the prevalence of streaming fraud across the music industry issued by U.S. Representative Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), who also voiced concerns about generative artificial intelligence’s (AI) impact on the music industry.
SCOTUS Nixes Petitions Challenging CAFC Apportionment Requirements, Claim Preclusion Rulings
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its first major omnibus order list of the October 2026 term, denying petitions for writ of certiorari in a series of intellectual property-related cases. These denials from the nation’s highest court leave in place contested rulings over the application of apportionment principles to damages in patent and trade secret cases. Other cert denials include appeals to IP-related claims barred under res judicata, including one petition arguing for a manifest injustice exception, and yet another challenge to the Section 101 patent-eligibility inquiry developed at the Federal Circuit.
Other Barks & Bites for Friday, October 2: Third Circuit Unseals AI Fair Use Ruling; U.S. Stays Third in WIPO GII 2026; and Apple Hit With $5.7 Billion Verdict for Haptic Tech Infringement
This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Federal Circuit affirms the invalidation of twist drill patent claims because the challenged patent could not claim priority to a parent patent application qualifying as prior art; the Third Circuit unseals its ruling against ROSS Intelligence’s fair use defense indicating some limitations to the decision’s holding in the generative AI context;
Third Circuit Affirms Revised Fair Use Ruling Against ROSS’ AI Legal Research Platform in Sealed Opinion
On Tuesday, news reports indicated that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a ruling under seal affirming the District of Delaware’s grant of partial summary judgment to Canadian technology company Thomson Reuters on its claims that legal artificial intelligence (AI) company ROSS Intelligence infringed upon more than 2,000 copyrighted headnote summaries of U.S. case law from its Westlaw legal research platform.