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fromPatently-O
3 days ago
Intellectual property law

Remains Disabled: How a Firmware Rewrite Defeated Bissell's ITC Exclusion Order

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fromPatently-O
3 days ago

Micro-Entity Traps for Inventors Who Also Own Their Employer

Micro-entity fee discounts under 35 U.S.C. § 123 require strict eligibility, and incorrect certifications can lead to payment deficiencies and loss of standing to sue.
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fromPatently-O
3 days ago

Remains Disabled: How a Firmware Rewrite Defeated Bissell's ITC Exclusion Order

Limited exclusion orders bar only specific infringing products, prompting redesigns that can avoid literal infringement via firmware timing changes.
Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
3 days ago

Micro-Entity Traps for Inventors Who Also Own Their Employer

Micro-entity fee discounts under 35 U.S.C. § 123 require strict eligibility, and incorrect certifications can lead to payment deficiencies and loss of standing to sue.
fromArs Technica
3 hours ago

Preprint server arXiv will ban submitters of AI-generated hallucinations

Submissions to arXiv must comply with appropriate standards of scholarly communication in form, including appropriate and carefully prepared sections, figures, tables, references, etc. General scrupulousness and care of preparation are required.
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fromPatently-O
4 hours ago

Polar Electro's New 101 Cert Petition: When Courts Do the Challenger's Job

Two Finnish sports-tech companies have been litigating U.S. Patent No. 6,537,227 in a Utah federal court since 2017. Polar Electro Oy - the heart rate monitor maker - owns the patent, which claims a process for estimating energy expenditure during exercise by combining a measured heart rate with a personalized physiological reference value tied to VO2max. Firstbeat Technologies Oy, a physiological analytics company acquired by Garmin in 2020, moved for summary judgment of patent ineligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 but, according to the record, supplied no prior art, no expert testimony, and no developed conventionality theory.
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fromThe Verge
1 hour ago

ArXiv will ban researchers who upload papers full of AI slop

Our Code of Conduct states that by signing your name as an author of a paper, each author takes full responsibility for all its contents, irrespective of how the contents were generated. If generative AI tools generate inappropriate language, plagiarized content, biased content, errors, mistakes, incorrect references, or misleading content, and that output is included in scientific works, it is the responsibility of the author(s).
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fromThe Nation
3 hours ago

What the Dissents in the Mifepristone Case Tell Us About What's to Come

Supreme Court permanently stayed a Fifth Circuit order blocking mail distribution of mifepristone, allowing continued mailing nationwide while appeal disposition remains pending.
Intellectual property law
fromTNW | Anthropic
12 hours ago

Federal judge holds back on Anthropic's $1.5bn author settlement

A federal judge in San Francisco withheld final approval of a $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright settlement, seeking more detail on fees and lead-plaintiff payments.
fromForbes
3 hours ago

The Creator Economy's Next War Is Over AI Ownership

"Now, these clauses are increasingly scrutinized as new AI tools for creators rapidly develop," he said. "Typically, we'd obtain full rights to the content produced; however, this"
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#copyright-law
fromRAIN News
1 week ago
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Law Laggard (Copyright research)

Copyright law has historically lagged behind technology, and AI may further disrupt ownership definitions across creative industries.
#generative-ai
fromFast Company
1 day ago
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Corporate insurers are starting to back away from AI risk

Generative AI lawsuits surged while major insurers added AI exclusion clauses, reducing liability coverage and increasing corporate exposure and rollout caution.
fromNo One's Happy
1 week ago
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Appearing Productive in The Workplace - No One's Happy

Work expands to fill available time, and AI-generated output can expand without limit, producing expert-looking work without real expertise and increasing cross-domain risk.
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fromFast Company
1 day ago

Corporate insurers are starting to back away from AI risk

Generative AI lawsuits surged while major insurers added AI exclusion clauses, reducing liability coverage and increasing corporate exposure and rollout caution.
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fromNo One's Happy
1 week ago

Appearing Productive in The Workplace - No One's Happy

Work expands to fill available time, and AI-generated output can expand without limit, producing expert-looking work without real expertise and increasing cross-domain risk.
#uspto
Intellectual property law
fromTNW | Finance
1 day ago

Figma Q1 revenue grows 46% as AI credit monetization shows early traction

Figma’s Q1 growth beat expectations, and AI credit limits retained most higher-tier users while boosting net dollar retention and paid customer growth.
#design-patents
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fromPatently-O
1 day ago

After LKQ: The Boilerplate Changed; The Rejection Rate Did Not

Design patent §103 obviousness rejection rates remain about 1% after LKQ, with examiners shifting wording and prior-art usage rather than increasing rejection frequency.
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fromPatently-O
4 days ago

Prior Art Rejection Rates in Design Patent Prosecution

A flexible obviousness test for U.S. design patents began after LKQ v. GM, but obviousness rejections remain rare at about 1% of applications.
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fromPatently-O
1 day ago

After LKQ: The Boilerplate Changed; The Rejection Rate Did Not

Design patent §103 obviousness rejection rates remain about 1% after LKQ, with examiners shifting wording and prior-art usage rather than increasing rejection frequency.
Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
4 days ago

Prior Art Rejection Rates in Design Patent Prosecution

A flexible obviousness test for U.S. design patents began after LKQ v. GM, but obviousness rejections remain rare at about 1% of applications.
Intellectual property law
fromFast Company
1 day ago

He says Kim Kardashian ruined his life with one Instagram post. Now he owes her six figures

A mistaken identity post linked the wrong Ivan Cantu to a Texas death row case, leading to a lawsuit and a legal-fee ruling.
#artificial-intelligence
Intellectual property law
fromNextgov.com
2 days ago

Five steps to make commercial-first government work

Federal technology acquisition shifts to a commercial-first mandate requiring measurable changes in evaluation, procurement, deployment, and security baselines.
#patent-infringement
#openai
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fromSFGATE
2 days ago

Calif. family sues OpenAI for allegedly causing teen's fatal overdose

A San Jose teen’s family sued OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT’s drug-related recommendations and safety failures caused the teen’s overdose death.
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fromFuturism
1 week ago

Under Threat of Perjury, OpenAI's Former CTO Is Admitting Some Very Interesting Stuff About Sam Altman

Mira Murati testified under oath that Sam Altman falsely claimed legal approval to bypass an internal safety board for a new AI model.
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fromSFGATE
2 days ago

Calif. family sues OpenAI for allegedly causing teen's fatal overdose

A San Jose teen’s family sued OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT’s drug-related recommendations and safety failures caused the teen’s overdose death.
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fromFuturism
1 week ago

Under Threat of Perjury, OpenAI's Former CTO Is Admitting Some Very Interesting Stuff About Sam Altman

Mira Murati testified under oath that Sam Altman falsely claimed legal approval to bypass an internal safety board for a new AI model.
fromEngadget
2 days ago

Family sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT advice led to accidental overdose - Engadget

Leila Turner-Scott and Angus Scott filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging that it designed and distributed a "defective product" that led to the death of their son Sam Nelson from an accidental overdose. Specifically, they're alleging that Sam died following the "exact medical advice GPT-4o had provided and approved."
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fromPatently-O
2 days ago

Twice Ambiguous: Actelion v. Mylan and the Contextual Reading of pH 13

Ask a lay person what pH 13 means and you will get a straightforward answer: very basic, near the top of the 14-point scale. Ask a PhD patent attorney in a Hatch-Waxman dispute the same question and the answer becomes: it depends.
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fromArs Technica
2 days ago

FCC angers small carriers by helping AT&T and Starlink buy EchoStar spectrum

FCC approvals for EchoStar licenses to AT&T drew criticism for alleged spectrum aggregation harms to rural wireless providers and competition.
fromTechCrunch
2 days ago

Who trusts Sam Altman? | TechCrunch

“You didn't disclose to the United States Senate that you had an interest in OpenAI through a share in a Y Combinator fund, did you?” barked Steve Molo, the combative attorney leading Elon Musk's effort to shut down OpenAI's for-profit business. Altman had admitted that he did have economic exposure to OpenAI through his LP position in the Y Combinator fund. “I didn't mention it in that testimony, but, again, I think it is well understood of what it means to be a passive owner of many venture funds,” Almtan said.
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Intellectual property law
fromWIRED
2 days ago

OpenAI Brings Its Ass to Court

A court considered whether a donkey-butt trophy should be admitted as evidence tied to alleged safety-related remarks between Musk and an OpenAI executive.
Intellectual property law
fromReadWrite
2 days ago

New Mexico tribes sue Kalshi over sports betting contracts

Four New Mexico tribes sue Kalshi to block sports event contracts, alleging illegal online sports betting on tribal lands without required tribal authorization.
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fromTelecompetitor
2 days ago

NTIA tells BEAD subgrantees to flag states that alter required contract language

States must include required BEAD subgrant contract language verbatim, or risk noncompliance and loss of funding, including protections on rate regulation and permitting timelines.
#ai-licensing
fromtheregister
3 days ago
Intellectual property law

Actors' new spec aims to defeat attack of the AI clones

RSL Media adds machine-readable consent rules for AI use of creative works and identity attributes, enabling verification and permission enforcement via a public registry.
fromThe Verge
3 days ago
Intellectual property law

George Clooney, Tom Hanks, and Meryl Streep back new 'Human Consent Standard' for AI licensing

A Human Consent Standard lets creators set licensing terms for AI use of likenesses, creative works, characters, and designs, including full permission, conditional access, or total restriction.
Intellectual property law
fromtheregister
3 days ago

Actors' new spec aims to defeat attack of the AI clones

RSL Media adds machine-readable consent rules for AI use of creative works and identity attributes, enabling verification and permission enforcement via a public registry.
Intellectual property law
fromThe Verge
3 days ago

George Clooney, Tom Hanks, and Meryl Streep back new 'Human Consent Standard' for AI licensing

A Human Consent Standard lets creators set licensing terms for AI use of likenesses, creative works, characters, and designs, including full permission, conditional access, or total restriction.
Intellectual property law
fromComputerWeekly.com
3 days ago

What an LA County Court case means for the future of social media | Computer Weekly

Social media companies were found negligent for app design that encouraged compulsive engagement, leading to $3m damages and $3m punitive damages.
Intellectual property law
fromThehustle
2 days ago

What happens when a small business gets duped?

Inexpensive knockoffs are widespread and increasingly target small businesses, using scraped content, AI, SEO, and review attacks while legal enforcement remains difficult.
Intellectual property law
fromLos Angeles Times
3 days ago

California consumers accuse popular Italian food brand of tomato fraud

Cento Fine Foods is accused of falsely labeling products as containing certified San Marzano tomatoes, seeking class-action damages exceeding $25 million.
Intellectual property law
fromReadWrite
3 days ago

Maine Wabanaki tribes defend gambling rights in Oxford lawsuit

Maine’s Wabanaki Nations seek dismissal of Oxford Casino’s challenge to Maine’s internet gaming law, citing tribal sovereignty and prior legal agreements.
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fromwww.amny.com
3 days ago

Appeals court approves class action lawsuit against PC Richard over claims its technicians illegally installed gas appliances | amNewYork

A class action against PC Richard was allowed to proceed over alleged illegal gas appliance installations by improperly certified technicians.
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fromBusiness Matters
3 days ago

Ashley's Frasers group dodges hefty damages bill in trademark appeal victory

Court of Appeal overturned a large trademark damages award, ruling retrospective UK licence registration was too late and would create an unprincipled windfall.
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fromArs Technica
4 days ago

Sony's failed war against Internet piracy may doom other copyright lawsuits

Supreme Court ruled Cox not liable under DMCA for customer copyright infringement without inducement or tailored service for infringement.
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fromNature
4 days ago

Elsevier vs. Meta: first science publisher sues over scraped research papers

Major publishers sued Meta over alleged unauthorized copying of copyrighted works used to train the Llama large language model.
#copyright-infringement
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fromPitchfork
5 days ago

Dua Lipa Sues Samsung for $15 Million Over TV Packaging

Dua Lipa sued Samsung for using her image on TV packaging without consent, seeking at least $15 million for copyright, trademark, and publicity violations.
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fromIndieWire
1 week ago

The Latest 'Avatar' Lawsuit Is 'Frivolous,' but It Raises Major Questions About AI and Digital Likeness

A lawsuit claims Neytiri’s facial design was extracted from Q’orianka Kilcher’s likeness without permission, raising digital likeness rights issues.
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fromConsequence
4 days ago

Dua Lipa Sues Samsung for $15 Million

Samsung is accused of using Dua Lipa’s copyrighted image and brand identity on TV packaging without permission, seeking $15 million for infringement and lost control.
fromIndieWire
1 week ago
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The Latest 'Avatar' Lawsuit Is 'Frivolous,' but It Raises Major Questions About AI and Digital Likeness

fromArs Technica
4 days ago

FCC slightly relaxes foreign router ban, allows software updates until 2029

Extending the waiver to 2029 will "give the Commission an opportunity to consider a rulemaking on this subject," and reduce "potential harm to the public interest," the FCC engineering office said. The office said it will recommend making the waiver permanent for existing equipment on the Covered List and "any future covered equipment with similar characteristics."
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Intellectual property law
fromFortune
4 days ago

America's true innovation advantage: we don't just invent technologies - we reinvent how innovation works | Fortune

The U.S. wins by building institutions that commercialize technology, and it must preserve and extend that institutional advantage for AI startups.
#defamation
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fromwww.mediaite.com
6 days ago

Court Grants Fox News Additional Discovery in Smartmatic Case But Allows Case to Move Forward

An appeals court granted Fox limited additional discovery rights in Smartmatic’s defamation case while allowing the case to proceed toward trial.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
6 days ago

Court Grants Fox News Additional Discovery in Smartmatic Case But Allows Case to Move Forward

An appeals court granted Fox limited additional discovery rights in Smartmatic’s defamation case while allowing the case to proceed toward trial.
fromBusiness Matters
1 week ago

The Government Proved It Was a Scheme. Barry Honig Was a Victim

A 'short-and-distort' is the opposite. Short sellers bet that a stock will fall, then deliberately spread false negative information to make that happen. It's illegal. And it's exactly what the SEC and DOJ found was happening.
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Intellectual property law
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 week ago

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 8: Eleventh Circuit Revives Annie Leibovitz Photograph Case; Split Ninth Circuit Panel Nixes False Representation Claims; Report Says Tencent Removed 250K AI Songs From Streams in 2025

Tencent Music Entertainment removed over 250,000 AI-generated songs in 2025 for copyright policy violations, including gray-market manipulation cases.
fromSan Jose Inside
1 week ago

Fremont Firm Agrees to Pay $1M for False Claims for COVID Business Loans

Fremont-based Innodisk USA has agreed to pay a total of $950,000 to settle allegations that it knowingly violated federal law when it received and retained a Covid-era Paycheck Protection Program loan, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California announced this week.
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fromwww.cbc.ca
1 week ago

Live Nation, Ticketmaster vow to fight breakup after monopoly verdict | CBC News

Live Nation says it is not a monopoly and will fight efforts to split Ticketmaster and Live Nation after an anti-trust verdict.
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fromEntrepreneur
1 week ago

A Chatbot Claimed to Be a Licensed Psychiatrist. Now Pennsylvania Is Suing the Company That Makes It.

A Pennsylvania investigator was told a chatbot was a licensed psychiatrist with a fabricated medical license number and depression treatment.
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fromFuturism
1 week ago

James Cameron Accused of Stealing 14-Year-Old Girl's Face for Main Character of Billion-Dollar "Avatar" Films

A Peruvian Indigenous actress alleges James Cameron and Disney used her teen likeness to design Neytiri for Avatar without consent or compensation.
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fromExchangewire
1 week ago

Digest: ChatGPT Ads Manager Opens to All US Advertisers; Amazon Targets Supply Chain; Publishers Sue Meta Over AI Copyright

OpenAI expands ChatGPT ads to all US advertisers with self-serve manager and CPA bidding; Amazon launches supply chain services to external businesses; publishers sue Meta over AI training copyright claims.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago

Pukkart, the tech guardian against fraud in works of art

What we do is give a work of art an identity card. We can't certify, obviously, whether an older painting was done by Murillo or Velazquez, but we can certify the authorship of new works by whoever registers them and, furthermore, ensure the ownership of existing works.
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Intellectual property law
fromAbove the Law
1 week ago

Former Biglaw Attorney Allegedly Turned His Resume Into A Decade-Long Insider Trading Operation - Above the Law

DOJ indicted 30 corporate attorneys and financial professionals for a decade-long insider trading scheme targeting major law firms, netting tens of millions in illicit profits.
#ai
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fromMarTech
1 week ago

AI is pushing copyright enforcement into DAM | MarTech

Copyright enforcement is shifting to Digital Asset Management systems, which must proactively manage licensing as AI content creation accelerates.
fromFortune
1 week ago
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Pennsylvania sues Character.AI after its chatbot allegedly told a state investigator it was a 'doctor of psychiatry' licensed in the state | Fortune

Pennsylvania has sued Character Technologies for its chatbots misleading users into believing they are licensed medical professionals.
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fromMarTech
1 week ago

AI is pushing copyright enforcement into DAM | MarTech

Copyright enforcement is shifting to Digital Asset Management systems, which must proactively manage licensing as AI content creation accelerates.
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fromFortune
1 week ago

Pennsylvania sues Character.AI after its chatbot allegedly told a state investigator it was a 'doctor of psychiatry' licensed in the state | Fortune

Pennsylvania has sued Character Technologies for its chatbots misleading users into believing they are licensed medical professionals.
fromReason.com
1 week ago
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Content Moderation and the First Amendment

Algorithmic editing is considered speech under the First Amendment, raising concerns about regulating social media platforms' content decisions.
Intellectual property law
fromKotaku
1 week ago

PlayStation Is On Trial Again, As Sony Fights For 30% Fees

Sony faces lawsuits in the UK and US over its 30-percent commission on digital purchases, claiming monopolistic practices.
Intellectual property law
fromArs Technica
1 week ago

Court strikes down FCC anti-discrimination rule opposed by Internet providers

The FCC defined broadband discrimination as practices that differentially impact access based on income, race, or other protected characteristics.
fromTelecompetitor
1 week ago

Eighth Circuit knocks out Biden-era digital discrimination FCC rules

The ruling affects every stakeholder in the broadband ecosystem: consumers who believed the rules protected them, broadband providers who challenged them, state broadband officials implementing the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, digital equity practitioners whose advocacy shaped the rules, and the FCC itself, which is now under an explicit court-recognized obligation to start the rulemaking process over.
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Intellectual property law
fromInsideHook
1 week ago

Home Distilling Could Be Legal Soon. Here's What to Know.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court ruled the federal ban on home distilling unconstitutional, but permits are still required and the ruling is limited to three states.
#copyright
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fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago

World's biggest publishers allege Meta's AI stole millions of books in massive' copyright infringement class action | amNewYork

Meta is being sued by major publishers for allegedly training its AI on copyrighted materials without permission.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

Pennsylvania sues Character.AI over claims chatbot posed as doctor

Pennsylvania is suing Character.AI for its chatbots impersonating licensed medical professionals and providing medical advice without proper credentials.
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