https://blog.karljtaylor.com/categories/research/ Recent content in Research on Karl Taylor Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://blog.karljtaylor.com/blog/2026-02-27-the-mli-threshold/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://blog.karljtaylor.com/blog/2026-02-27-the-mli-threshold/ as doctors, friends, and family members have increasingly become aware of the dramatic changes I’ve made to the fundamental architecture of my business, the hpl company, there’s a few questions I’ve been asked repeatedly. I have to be honest, this is one of the fastest moving spaces I’ve ever worked in—I’ve been working on startups since…2008—and so it’s been difficult for me to figure out the right balance of “disclosure” that does not compromise active projects. https://blog.karljtaylor.com/blog/2026-02-26-what-is-1-percent-of-brand-distinctiveness-worth/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://blog.karljtaylor.com/blog/2026-02-26-what-is-1-percent-of-brand-distinctiveness-worth/ i posted a question on twitter earlier today: “what is 1% of brand distinctiveness worth? nobody knows. that’s the problem.” that was the short version. here’s the longer one. the entertainment and media industry is in the middle of active litigation over AI style extraction. Paramount, Disney, Netflix, and the MPA filed against ByteDance this month. Andersen v. Stability AI goes to trial in September 2026, with the court having already named CLIP architecture as a “trade dress database” in the August 2024 ruling.