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Trademarks
From celebrity ‘endorsements’ to rogue movie piracy apps, the technology is creating a new wave of fakery, hears Sarah Speight at the EUIPO conference in Alicante. 30 April 2024
Copyright
Ariana Grande, Drake and Billie Eilish to be ‘unmuted’ on videos | UMG and TikTok to collaborate on tackling unauthorised AI-generated content. 3 May 2024
Artificial Intelligence
Patlytics closed a seed round led by Gradient Ventures | Lawyers among group of investors | Software automates aspects of the patent process. 15 April 2024
AI
When someone shared an image made using StableDiffusion on social media, the ensuing case drew wide attention and set a precedent, explains Hongxia Wu of CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office. 9 April 2024
Artificial Intelligence
Report highlights the concerns over creatives' incomes, royalty rates, and ‘gaps’ in the UK copyright regime | ‘Smart Fund’ proposal would see tech firms pay small fee from device sales | MPs stress need for enforceable mechanisms of remuneration and new copyright rules if necessary | Lack of a private copying scheme is ‘preventing’ creators from receiving payments from the UK and abroad. 10 April 2024
Copyright
The office is not backing down over Stephen Thaler’s appeal to copyright an AI-generated landscape image. Ron Dreben, Meaghan Kent and Matthew Julyan of Morgan Lewis explain why. 4 April 2024
Patents
Questel and ipQuants join forces to improve patent prosecution with AI tech | Partnership promises improved data analysis, trend spotting, and strategic decision making for patent prosecutors | Follows company’s recent acquisition of qatent. 28 March 2024
Future of IP
Junior lawyers are ready to adopt AI tools into their day-to-day work, but will probably have to teach themselves how to use them, an associate told Future of IP. 28 March 2024
Patents
Office calls for public comments to evaluate tech’s influence | Request seeks insights into how AI influences prior art, obviousness | Questions include ‘should parties be required to notify the USPTO if a submitted disclosure was AI-generated?’ 30 April 2024
Artificial Intelligence
A New York court ruling denies attempts by California authors to wade into other high-profile suits against OpenAI and Microsoft | Cases concern the allegations of unauthorised use of copyrighted materials to train AI models | Ruling comes after OpenAI and Microsoft fight back and authors face setback. 2 April 2024
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