by Kelley Way | Sep 7, 2026 | AI, Authors and Writing, Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Trademarks
There are several ongoing cases against Anthropic right now, so let’s be a little more specific. When people talk about “the Anthropic case,” they usually mean Bartz v. Anthropic, where authors sued Anthropic for taking their copyrighted material without consent and...
by Kelley Way | Sep 7, 2026 | Authors and Writing, Estate Planning, Intellectual Property
But first, what are digital assets? Digital assets is a broad term that includes any information, accounts, or files stored electronically, either on a local device such as a phone or computer or online. Digital assets are included as part of your estate, but are...
by Kelley Way | Aug 3, 2026 | AI, Authors and Writing, Copyrights, Intellectual Property
I recently asked my social media followers what AI-related topic they were most interested in hearing about, and the question “Can I copyright AI-generated content?” was by far the most requested. So let’s talk about whether AI-generated content can be...
by Kelley Way | Aug 3, 2026 | Authors and Writing, Copyrights, Estate Planning, Intellectual Property
There is more to estate planning (literary or otherwise) than putting together a will and trust. That is the most basic part of estate planning. A more advanced part of estate planning is setting things up to make things easier for the person who comes after you. The...
by Kelley Way | Jul 6, 2026 | AI, Authors and Writing, Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Trademarks
This is the next installment in my series on legal considerations for self-published authors. Now that we’ve covered copyrights, let’s talk about branding, or more specifically, brand protection for self-published authors. In business, branding is how you identify...
