There is a lot of chatter about copyright bandits 🦸🏽‍♀️ stealing entire websites. Sure, it does happen. As does getting struck by lightning.

The far greater threat to your expertise—YOU.

Does the “rise of AI assistants” sound like something out of a sci-fi movie --“The Terminator”, maybe? For better and worse, AI assistants are increasingly impacting every aspect of lives and businesses.

Recently, I was invited to weigh in on a LinkedIn post about AI. The question was whether using AI to create content counts as plagiarism if you don’t credit the AI.

I have a running list of all the ways business coaches talk about scaling without talking about intellectual property.

To be clear, I 🥰 business coaches, but I cannot overstate the importance that legal protection plays in scaling your business.

Love it or hate it (love it😊) – AI provides valuable leverage in your business when you let it do some of the non-expert work for you.

That said, AI introduces legal and ethical issues that must be navigated to ensure safe and profitable scaling.

A recent US Supreme Court decision regarding damages for copyright infringement prompted me to take a closer look at how these damages are calculated, with a deep dive into statutory damages.

You know I like to say IP is everywhere.

Well, the corollary to this is that IP trouble is everywhere—if you aren’t careful.

Use this cheat sheet to take a quick look at whether you own what you think you own. Intellectual property ownership has nothing to do with possession or even who paid for its creation.

How about a little AI issue-spotting exercise? If you wonder what lawyers do all day, this is it. 😊

“Issue spotting” means identifying legal issues within a factual scenario or a set of circumstances.