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24 January 2025 Ex-USPTO director warns Biden AI policy rollback could cause uncertainty on inventorship and patent eligibility | Trump’s AI executive order, aiming to put US at the forefront AI innovation, may cause ‘surge’ in AI patents, say lawyers | Commentary from Winston & Strawn, Haynes Boone, Greenspoon Marder, Dechert, Morgan Lewis, Baker Botts, McKool Smith.
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Protecting your design is vital but when your rights expire, can copyright law help? And does EU law trump UK law? Martin Noble of Freeths unpacks the THJ Systems and WaterRower decisions.
Cautionary notices offer a cost-effective and preventive measure for businesses and creators looking to safeguard their innovations, explain Inês Sequeira and Isabella Becaro Pinho of Inventa.
Our tendency to give large language models human attributes has dangerous implications for business and society, argues Roanie Levy of the Copyright Clearance Center.
From licensing agreements to AI-driven innovation, IP has a crucial role to play in transitioning the energy sector towards a more sustainable future, says Jeffrey Whittle of Womble Bond Dickinson.
In considering where an invention was ‘completed’ the CNIPA’s invalidation raises issues for any company carrying out R&D in China, says Jennifer Che of Eagle IP.
These critical assets are more complex than most realise and disputes can stall a merger or acquisition, say Lauren Tracey and Colin Costello of GoDaddy Corporate Domains.
The definition—and the process of enforcing and litigating this crown jewel—differs greatly across jurisdictions, say Louise Sargeant and Alex Shkurka of Bird & Bird.
Well-drafted contracts and ironclad tech security can save time and money when an ex-employee steals IP ‘like sugar packets in Starbucks’, finds Tom Phillips.
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17 December 2024 Government officials seek ‘win-win for both sides’ | Consultation will gather input from creators, rights holders, and AI firms, to ‘co-design’ a copyright framework | Transparency, AI datasets and labelling, and likeness also under scrutiny.
16 December 2024 Newly formed Creative Rights in AI Coalition urges adoption of key principles for genAI | Getty, the FT and the Society of Authors among 40 organisations pressing for copyright protection.
16 December 2024 Unlikely internet star at the centre of a trademark dispute over cryptocurrency | Squirrel’s owner issues cease and desist letter to Binance | Action follows a vow to enforce copyright in another meme coin case.
12 December 2024 With billionaire allies in the tech industry, a second Trump term could leave a lasting legacy on AI’s development, finds Marisa Woutersen.
9 December 2024 Long-running case concerned a controlled digital lending programme providing free e-books | California-based non-profit library says it respects appeals court decision finding its fair use argument “unpersuasive”.
6 December 2024 News from around the world that you may have missed, including a Smashburger TM dispute, the top 100 Chinese trademark filers overseas, and Canada’s news publishers taking on OpenAI.
5 December 2024 In-house counsel from Siemens and defence company Leonardo debated how best to protect AI innovations in this fast-moving arena, at WIPR’s AI & IP Europe conference in London.
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