Meaghan H. Kent

Meaghan concentrates her litigation practice on copyright, trademark, right of publicity, and related disputes in federal court and has comprehensive litigation experience, including bench and jury trials and appeals. She also has experience representing clients before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, International Trade Commission, World Intellectual Property Organization, and National Arbitration Forum. 

Meaghan has a robust practice related to artificial intelligence (AI), advising clients on use of AI generally and generative AI specifically, including AI policies, generative AI tool development and use, and the development, use, and license of datasets. As just one example, Meaghan works closely with a large software company related to its use of content to train its generative AI tools, including establishing policies, setting terms, fair use analysis, and claim and dispute resolution.

Meaghan recently spoke at an event co-hosted by the US Copyright Office on the “Artificial Intelligence and Copyright” panel that provided an overview of litigation, policy, legislative, and regulatory issues regarding AI and copyrights, including the use of copyrighted works to train models, the question of whether generative AI outputs constitute copyright infringement, and the question of how much human authorship is needed to copyright AI-assisted outputs.

Meaghan’s experience in resolving online disputes includes cyberpiracy and domain name matters; keyword advertising, meta tagging, and click fraud matters; publicity matters involving social media; and large-scale brand enforcement and protection.

Meaghan is a co-leader of Morgan Lewis’s Aerospace and Defense Industry Group and works with many clients in this space regarding IP portfolio protection and enforcement, including work related to anti-counterfeiting and enforcement against counterfeiters. In a recent case, she represented a leading defense contractor in enforcing pseudonymously against a counterfeiter that was selling counterfeit parts to the US military, obtaining a preliminary and then permanent injunction and significant monetary settlement, while working alongside colleagues to facilitate the government’s criminal enforcement against the counterfeiters.

Meaghan is the author of the legal practice guide, An Associate’s Guide to the Practice of Copyright Law, first published by Oxford University Press in 2009, and now updated annually by LexisNexis. She was an adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School, where she taught legal writing and IP litigation legal drafting and advised students on the AIPLA Quarterly Journal. She has also been a guest lecturer on copyright litigation for an art law course at American University Law School.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Meaghan was co-chair of the IP litigation–advertising, brand, and copyright group at another global law firm.

• Ametek Inc. v. 3On Systems Inc. (E.D.VA) (trademark, counterfeit litigation on behalf of plaintiff)
• The Wave Studios Inc. v. Booking Holdings, Inc. et al. (S.D.N.Y.) (copyright litigation on behalf of defendants)
• Mattel Inc. v. Rap Snacks Inc. (C.D. Cal.) (trademark litigation on behalf of plaintiff)
• Volkswagen Group of America Inc. v. Smartcar (N.D. Cal.) (on behalf of plaintiff)
• Spurlock et al. v. Adobe, et al. (S.D.N.Y.) (copyright litigation on behalf of defendant)
• Korsen v. Volkswagen Group of America Inc., Marvel Entertainment LLC (C.D. Cal.) (copyright litigation on behalf of defendants)
• Under Armour v. Battle Fashions Inc. (E.D.N.C.) (trademark litigation on behalf of declaratory judgment plaintiff)
• Niro Services v. American Bar Association, AARP (N.D. Ill.) (trademark litigation on behalf of defendants)
• Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Inc. v. Defcad Inc., et al. (S.D.N.Y.) (trademark litigation on behalf of plaintiff)
• Gelsinger Licensing, et al. v. Regency International Business Corp. (S.D.N.Y.) (copyright litigation on behalf of plaintiff)
• The Ernie Barnes Family Trust v. Zekun (C.D. Cal.) (copyright litigation on behalf of plaintiff)
• The Ernie Barnes Family Trust v. Pagunsan, et al. (C.D. Cal.) (copyright litigation on behalf of plaintiff)