As the company celebrates its 100th anniversary, its dominance as a generation-spanning cultural force no longer seems certain.
Category: Intellectual Property
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Dhonielle Clayton Is Working to Make the Book World More Diverse
Her solution? A packaging business that sells ideas for commercial genre fiction featuring characters from broadly diverse backgrounds.
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Netflix Builds a ‘Squid Game’ Universe as It Awaits a Second Season
A reality show and a live experience are two ways of keeping the dystopian series in the public eye. Is the original’s bleak message being diluted?
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Disney, Challenged Elsewhere, Plans to Spend $60 Billion on Parks and Cruises
Amid uncertainty for the company’s film and TV divisions, the investment over the next decade doubles the outlay in the last 10 years.
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Wisk and Archer Will Collaborate on Air Taxis and End Legal Fight
Wisk Aero, owned by Boeing, entered a financial and technological partnership with Archer Aviation and dropped a lawsuit claiming theft of trade secrets.
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Can A.I. Invent?
A group of legal experts are pressing patent agencies, courts and policymakers to address the question as generative A.I. seems on the brink of invading another uniquely human endeavor.
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Overstock.com Wins $21.5 Million Bid for Bed Bath & Beyond’s Assets
If the acquisition is approved at a court hearing next week, the company will own the intellectual property of the bankrupt home goods retailer.
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Shein, E-Commerce Retailer Hit by Criticism, Tries Charm Offensive
With an initial public offering expected at some point, the company is looking to change its public perception. Not everyone is buying it.
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An AI Hit of Fake ‘Drake’ and ‘The Weeknd’ Rattles the Music World
A track like “Heart on My Sleeve,” which went viral before being taken down by streaming services this week, may be a novelty for now. But the legal and creative questions it raises are here to stay.
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New Comic Book Publisher Sees Creators as Partners, and Stockholders
DSTLRY hopes to improve the treatment of creators in the industry by offering an opportunity to reap the benefits of their characters and content.
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Rift Between Gaming Giants Shows Toll of China’s Economic Crackdown
The New York Times – Business:Activision Blizzard and NetEase could not agree on a new deal to distribute video games in China, cutting millions of players from the games in January.