{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Avoid the Legal Horrors with Julie King: Patent, Trademark, and Business Strategy","title":"AI and Your IP: What Every Small Business Owner Actually Needs to Know in 2026 about Copyright, Trademarks, Patents, and Artificial Intelligence","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2516,"description":"There is a significant amount of misinformation circulating right now about what AI does and does not mean for your intellectual property. In this episode, Julie King of King Patent Law, PLLC, cuts through the noise with what the law actually says RIGHT NOW about copyright, trademarks, patents, training data, and the growing threat of AI-generated digital replicas.This episode covers:What the U.S. Copyright Office now says about AI-generated works (and the three scenarios that determine your copyright status) Whether your AI prompt makes you the author of the output — the Copyright Office has a clear answerThe dangerous assumptions small business owners make about AI-generated logos and brand namesWhat USPTO guidance says about AI and patents — and why getting inventorship wrong can invalidate your patent entirelyWhat the training data fair use battle means for your businessDigital replicas, voice cloning, and why the Copyright Office is calling for urgent new federal lawTIMESTAMPS(00:00) - Introduction — why there’s so much misinformation about AI and IP right now and why that’s a huge problem(02:44) - Why listen to me about AI and IP? (04:06) – What’s in this episode? (05:12) - Section 1: Copyright and AI — the three scenarios and human authorship(10:01) - Do your prompts make you the author? The Copyright Office’s answer(12:00) - Copyright registration, AI disclosure requirements, and why documentation matters(17:39) - Section 2: Trademark and AI — the logo generator problem and the trademark search AI can’t do(22:30) - Section 3: Patents and AI — why AI cannot be your inventor and what that means for your business(26:57) - Section 4: Training data and the fair use question(30:51) - Section 5: Digital replicas, voice cloning, and the trademark strategy gaining attention in 2026(38:16) - Key takeaways and wrap-upThe companion attorney-focused episode drops next Tuesday, covering the Heppner privilege decision, AI meeting notetakers, and ethics traps for solo...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/W2kUKjhzlJqzHsMQ0IupHQmacu9KJAKjO6rTld1hYPE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80Mjg3/ZmU1ZTM4NjQ5NjU0/YjAxMTcwZDYxODI2/YzVlMi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}