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Future of IP

Future of IP highlights: Sun World’s agri-IP strategy, GenAI's copyright T&Cs, the music rights revolution

WIPR’s March Focus is underway, with a new content hub offering deep dives into what the future holds for intellectual property's people, technology and rights owners.   8 March 2024

Law firm news

IP teams need to navigate ‘massive transformation’ in 2024, says study

Whitepaper explores challenges facing IP this year and what experts think will be key to success | AI could free up IP teams to focus on strategy, according to report.   8 March 2024

Careers

Gowling WLG IP head leaves for Trevisan & Cuonzo after 25 years

Experienced of counsel will support firm’s international plans and UPC practice | New hire to Milan office spent over four decades at firms that eventually became Gowling WLG.   8 March 2024

Trademarks

‘Online retailers have work to do’: Amazon loss raises risks for non-UK sellers

First-ever ‘targeting’ case at the Supreme Court ends in loss for Amazon | ‘Backdoor sale of identical goods to UK trademarked goods’ shut | Lifestyle Equities’ lawyer explains what it means for rights owners and online marketplaces.   7 March 2024

Future of IP

Does Microsoft Copilot's copyright indemnity protect users?

Generative AI tools from Microsoft and Adobe offer 'commitments' to protect users from infringement claims. Marisa Woutersen unpacks what they offer and when they might kick in.   7 March 2024

Patents

‘Too early to draw strong conclusions’: WIPO reports first drop in patent filings in 14 years

Statistics show decreases in PCT applications and filings through WIPO’s trademark system | Design applications buck trend | India, South Korea and Türkiye show IP growth.   7 March 2024

Careers

Maddocks adds brand and advertising IP expert to Sydney office

Firm aims to strengthen consumer markets offering with specialist advice on marketing and brand protection | Former Ashurst counsel has expertise in all aspects of product lifecycle.   7 March 2024

Future of IP

Copy Kat: An English take on the Miles Davis tattoo

Had the photographer sued tattooist Kat Von D in England he may have succeeded—but that still leaves the problem of enforcing an injunction. Tom Moore of Bird & Bird gets under the skin of an unusual case.   7 March 2024

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft attacks New York Times’ ‘doomsday’ AI suit

Tech company counters media company allegations that OpenAI and Microsoft infringed its IP in the training of its AI models | Draws comparison between the lawsuit’s ‘empty warnings’ and fears that followed the introduction of recording technology 40 years ago.   6 March 2024

Patents

South Korean semiconductor firm fires UPC action at Amazon

Seoul-based company sues US tech and online marketplace giant in European court | Individual lawsuits “less efficient” says litigant | Seoul Semiconductor has obtained 15 permanent injunctions over patents in the past five years.   6 March 2024

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