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fromBusiness Insider
10 hours ago
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A wave of patent lawsuits is hitting big news publishers, including Gannett and The Guardian

Rich Media Club LLC has sued major news publishers alleging patent infringement over online ad tools, risking legal costs exceeding $1 million per defendant.
#federal-circuit
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 week ago
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Other Barks & Bites for Friday, October 3: CAFC Won't Revive US Inventor Case Against USPTO for Denying Petition for Rulemaking; Value of EU Counterfeit Seizures Hits Single-Year Record; and USPTO Tells Employees 1% of Workforce Will Be Laid Off

fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 week ago
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Other Barks & Bites for Friday, October 3: CAFC Won't Revive US Inventor Case Against USPTO for Denying Petition for Rulemaking; Value of EU Counterfeit Seizures Hits Single-Year Record; and USPTO Tells Employees 1% of Workforce Will Be Laid Off

#openai
fromThe Verge
1 week ago
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Fictional characters are (officially) coming to Sora as OpenAI manages copyright chaos

fromThe Verge
1 week ago
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Fictional characters are (officially) coming to Sora as OpenAI manages copyright chaos

fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 day ago

Patent Prosecution's Fatal Asteroid: Why Law Firms Shouldn't Wait for AI's Full Impact

Given the recent proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) patent drafting technology, some in the legal services industry are asking whether AI is the patent profession's "ultimate bad day,"on par with the dinosaurs' ultimate bad day posited by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Luis Alvarez in 1980. Like the asteroid thought to cause a mass extinction of the dinosaurs, will AI be a formidable impactor that renders patent prosecution an unprofitable practice area in law firms and alternative legal service providers (ALSPs)?
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fromGameSpot
1 day ago

Japanese Government Makes Formal Request For OpenAI To Stop Copyright Infringement

At a Cabinet Office press conference, Minister of State for IP and AI Strategy Minoru Kiuchi emphasized that anime and manga are "irreplaceable treasures" representing Japan's cultural pride (via IGN). The government urged OpenAI to respect Japanese copyrights and avoid misuse of its technology. Digital Minister Masaaki Taira echoed this sentiment, suggesting that if OpenAI doesn't voluntarily comply, Japan could invoke provisions under the AI Promotion Act--legislation that promotes AI development while also addressing risks such as copyright violations.
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#trademark-infringement
fromTasting Table
1 day ago
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Trader Joe's Is Being Sued For Allegedly Making A Knockoff Of Smucker's Uncrustables - Tasting Table

fromTasting Table
1 day ago
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Trader Joe's Is Being Sued For Allegedly Making A Knockoff Of Smucker's Uncrustables - Tasting Table

#ai-generated-works
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
2 days ago
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Thaler Tells SCOTUS Refusing Copyright to AI-Generated Works Endangers Photo Copyrights, Too

The Copyright Office's human-origination requirement for copyright registration is being legally challenged to permit AI-generated works created without direct human contribution.
fromPatently-O
2 days ago
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Human Authorship Requirement for AI-Generated Works

Whether AI-generated works created without direct human authorial contribution can receive copyright protection is before the Supreme Court.
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fromPatently-O
2 days ago

Once Upon a Time, Consumers Had Standing

Federal Circuit's Curtin decision removes consumer standing to oppose trademark registrations for genericness, descriptiveness, or failure-to-function, despite 15 U.S.C. §1063 allowing oppositions by harmed persons.
#uspto
fromPatently-O
1 week ago
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A First Look at the USPTO's FY2026 Examiner Performance Plan (PAP): What's Changed and Why It Matters

fromPatently-O
1 week ago
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A First Look at the USPTO's FY2026 Examiner Performance Plan (PAP): What's Changed and Why It Matters

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fromNature
3 days ago

What an academic misconduct accusation taught me about sharing research

A research group faced misconduct allegations for allegedly ignoring similar prior work, prompting investigation that uncovered earlier public documents and raised plagiarism concerns.
#patent-eligibility
fromPatently-O
6 days ago
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Guest Post by Ryan Abbott: Reflections on Recentive v. Fox: To Do or not To Do it with AI?

fromPatently-O
6 days ago
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Guest Post by Ryan Abbott: Reflections on Recentive v. Fox: To Do or not To Do it with AI?

fromPatently-O
3 days ago

Case1Tech: Changing Claim Construction Position on Appeal

Samsung had petitioned for IPR of ST Case1Tech's always-on recording patents, arguing that the claimed "audio forensics analysis system" encompassed speech-to-text functionality disclosed in the prior art. Before the Board, Case1Tech argued that "analysis" means "calculation of noise dosage" using a specific measurement used for hearing protection. After losing at the Board, Case1Tech altered its position on appeal, arguing that audio forensics analysis merely "includes" noise dosage calculation and encompasses any "analysis that uses all captured acoustic data."
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#copyright
#ptab
#patent-policy
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 week ago
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Understanding IP Matters: Patents Don't Block Innovation, Ignorance Does

Strong, predictable patent rights are essential to secure investment and enable development of new drug treatments; weakening patents reduces R&D and yields fewer treatments.
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
2 weeks ago
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Other Barks & Bites for Friday, September 26: Trump Announces 100% Tariff on Patented Pharmaceuticals; Judge Alsup Approves $1.5 Billion Anthropic AI Settlement; and DOJ Weaponization Group Reportedly Investigating Secret Patent Reviews

Multiple federal bodies and courts are scrutinizing patent processes, IP eligibility for diagnostics and crypto, major settlements, and proposed pharmaceutical tariffs impacting manufacturing and enforcement.
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 week ago

DOJ Statement in Disney's Case Against InterDigital Urges Caution in Applying Antitrust Law to SEPs

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a Statement of Interest on Monday in Disney Enterprises, Inc. v. InterDigital, Inc., et al., an antitrust case filed by Disney in August 2025 that alleged "abusive licensing practices," monopolization of the video compression and streaming markets and Sherman Act violations by InterDigital. The DOJ's statement opined that patents, including standard essential patents (SEPs), do not necessarily confer market power to the patentee.
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fromPatently-O
1 week ago

Have we Reached the Shenanigans Threshold?

USPTO Director vacated a PTAB final written decision and terminated the IPR to avoid an appealable decision, raising concerns about agency overreach and reviewability.
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fromArs Technica
1 week ago

Insurers balk at paying out huge settlements for claims against AI firms

OpenAI faces major lawsuits and is evaluating insurance options, including potential captive structures, while Anthropic settled a related authors' lawsuit for $1.5 billion.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Sam Altman says that intellectual property is a lot trickier for video: 'The video feels much more real and lifelike'

Intellectual property rights holders respond more strongly to AI-generated video than to still images and seek finer control over character generation.
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fromKotaku
1 week ago

Fortnite Creators Accused Of Running A Bot Scam For Big Payouts

Two Fortnite creators allegedly used 20,000 bots to inflate map engagement and earn payouts from Epic's Island Creator program, prompting a lawsuit.
#copyright-infringement
fromLindsey Gamble
1 week ago
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The Legal Risks of Using Music on Social Media for Brands & How Brands Can Protect Themselves - Lindsey Gamble

fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago
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Character.AI removes Disney characters after receiving cease-and-desist letter | TechCrunch

fromLindsey Gamble
1 week ago
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The Legal Risks of Using Music on Social Media for Brands & How Brands Can Protect Themselves - Lindsey Gamble

fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago
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Character.AI removes Disney characters after receiving cease-and-desist letter | TechCrunch

#patent-prosecution
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 week ago

Federal Circuit Vacates $20 Million Damages Award for Rasmussen Instruments Over Patent Ownership

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Monday issued a decision in Rasmussen Instruments, LLC v. DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., vacating a United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts judgment and remanding with instructions to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The court held that Rasmussen Instruments lacked standing to bring the patent infringement lawsuit because it did not own the asserted patents at the time the suit was filed.
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fromArs Technica
1 week ago

Dead celebrities are apparently fair game for Sora 2 video manipulation

The use of digital re-creations of dead celebrities isn't exactly a new issue-back in the '90s, we were collectively wrestling with John Lennon chatting to Forrest Gump and Fred Astaire dancing with a Dirt Devil vacuum. Back then, though, that kind of footage required painstaking digital editing and technology only easily accessible to major video production houses. Now, more convincing footage of deceased public figures can be generated by any Sora 2 user in minutes for just a few bucks.
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fromConsequence
1 week ago

Zelda Williams Tells Fans to "Stop Sending AI Videos" of Her Father, Robin Williams

AI-generated videos exploit deceased celebrities' likenesses, reduce lives and legacies to low-quality recycled content, and prioritize engagement over respect.
fromDigiday
1 week ago

In the AI dealmaking rush, Trusted Media Brands is at the table but holding back

And he is wary of giving away too much without clear value in return. TMB - which owns brands like Reader's Digest, Taste of Home, and user-generated video licensing company Jukin Media - doesn't want to give LLMs wide access to its content. "We just don't want to hand over the keys," said Salamon at Digiday's Publishing Summit in Miami, Fl., in September.
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#ai-video-generation
fromSFGATE
1 week ago
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'Don't bother': OpenAI's new video app is running into a very obvious wall

fromSFGATE
1 week ago
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'Don't bother': OpenAI's new video app is running into a very obvious wall

#patent-law
fromPatently-O
1 week ago
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Who Gets to Challenge USPTO Rules? Federal Circuit Says Big Tech Yes, Small Inventors No

fromPatently-O
1 week ago
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Who Gets to Challenge USPTO Rules? Federal Circuit Says Big Tech Yes, Small Inventors No

fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Redbox's next product may be piracy lawsuits

A little-known company wants to spend $100 million to go after internet providers that allegedly ignored DMCA notices. There's a new twist in the long and winding saga of Redbox's demise: Assets originally belonging to the company's corporate parent, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, may have finally found a buyer. But don't expect a resurrection of Redbox's red kiosks, or Chicken Soup's Crackle streaming service, any time soon.
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fromPatently-O
1 week ago

Proven Infringement, Zero Recovery: Federal Circuit Once Again Cancels a Jury Verdict for the Patentee

excluded Rex's damages expert Douglas Kidder from testifying about the key comparable license in the case-a $10 million settlement agreement between Rex and Covidien that covered not only the '650 patent at issue, but also a related patent that had been the subject of a lawsuit (the '892 patent), eight other U.S. patents, seven U.S. patent applications, and nineteen foreign patents or applications. The district court found that Kidder had failed to adequately apportion the license payment among all these patents, rendering his methodology unreliable.
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fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Music's biggest labels close in on AI licensing deals that could reshape the industry

Major record labels near deals with tech and AI firms to set payment and tracking rules for training models and creating AI-generated songs.
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fromKotaku
1 week ago

OpenAI Boldly Uses Copyrighted Characters Like Pikachu In Sora 2

OpenAI's Sora 2 is trained on copyrighted material by default, producing AI-generated videos of well-known characters and shifting opt-out burden to rights holders.
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fromPatently-O
2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Long Conference: Patent and Trademark Cases from September 29, 2025

Supreme Court may decide whether after-arising technology affects patent validity under 35 U.S.C. §112(a) and whether the PTAB can review expired patents.
fromPatently-O
2 weeks ago

Restrictions, Election, Traversal, and Disclaimer

The representative claims recite shower rings with specific design features: a slit extending through the ring to an opening, and in some claims, a "projecting edge" that extends from the ring's outer circumference. The accused products, manufactured by Marquis and sold by Kartri under the "Ezy-Hang" brand, featured rings with flat upper edges similar to Fig 21 above -a design feature that became the central battleground for determining infringement.
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fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
2 weeks ago

Third Circuit Narrows Scope of CFAA and DTSA Claims Against Former Employees

Congress enacted the CFAA in 1986 as a criminal law statute in response to the nascent issue of computer "hacking." 18 U.S.C. § 1030. The private cause of action was added a decade later. The Act prohibits unauthorized access or access that exceeds authorized access to computers. The CFAA defines "exceeds authorized access" as accessing "a computer with authorization and [using] such access to obtain . . . information in the computer that the accesser is not entitled to obtain," while leaving "unauthorized access" undefined.
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fromPatently-O
2 weeks ago

More on the Federal Shutdown and the US IP System

The federal government shutdown disrupts intellectual property systems, shuttering the Copyright Office and prompting USPTO workforce cuts and a Denver office closure.
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fromForbes
2 weeks ago

Stop AI Looting: The Industry Blueprint For 'Do Not Scrape'

Publishers and creators face existential threats as AI companies scrape and repurpose content without permission, requiring industry-wide "Do Not Scrape" standards and enforcement.
fromwww.housingwire.com
2 weeks ago

Zillow claims CoStar is weaponizing litigation' to reduce competition

The CoStar companies are Delaware corporations based in Virginia, have an office in Seattle, and have shown no connection with this District. The Zillow Terms of Use, to which CoStar is subject, provide for exclusive venue in Washington. CoStar presumably chose this forum to avoid unfavorable Ninth Circuit law, a tactic that should not be given weight, the letter, filed on Monday, states.
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#qualcomm
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
2 weeks ago

Protecting Access to the Law-and Beneficial Uses of AI

As the first copyright cases concerning AI reach appeals courts, EFF wants to protect important, beneficial uses of this technology-including AI for legal research. That's why we weighed in on the long-running case of Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence. This case raises at least two important issues: the use of (possibly) copyrighted material to train a machine learning AI system , and public access to legal texts.
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fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
2 weeks ago

Patently Strategic Podcast: Why Patent Marking is So Important

If you look closely enough, you'll find patent numbers on most of the physical products around you. Much like their copyright and trademark cousins, these designations are far from cosmetic. Instead, they serve a statutory requirement to provide public notice about your protected intellectual property. In the case of patent marking, not only does it reduce the risk of infringement because you are informing potential infringers of the patent's existence.
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fromDigiday
2 weeks ago

Creators brace for AI bots scraping their work

As AI bot traffic grows, content creators are taking steps to protect their intellectual property from being scraped against their will. The publishing industry has spent the past year battling against the encroachment of AI tech, with companies like The New York Times and Ziff Davis suing AI platforms for scraping their copyrighted content and using it to train large language models.
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fromArs Technica
2 weeks ago

Sports piracy site Streameast returns after US government let domain expire

In August 2024, HSI seized several domains belonging to the Streameast piracy network, including some backup domains. After the seizure, trying to access those sites resulted in a pop-up from HSI stating, 'THIS DOMAIN HAS BEEN SEIZED.' At the time, Streameast was one of the most well-known sites in the US for watching sporting events, including from the NBA, NFL, and MLB, illegally.
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fromPatently-O
2 weeks ago

USPTO Director Squires's First Patents: Crypto Software and Diagnostic Methods

On September 23, 2025, John A. Squires-just sworn in as the 60th Director of the USPTO-issued his first public act. In his first official act as USPTO Director, John Squires held a ceremonial signing of two newly issued patents-one covering diagnostic methods using a discovered antibody and the the other a blockchain-based resource allocation FinTech software. U.S. Patent Nos. 12,419,201 and 12,419,202.
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fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

What happens when an AI-generated artist gets a record deal? A copyright mess

Two weeks ago, record company Hallwood Media signed a deal with Telisha "Nikki" Jones after negotiations that purportedly included an offer of $3 million, Billboard reported. Jones is a Mississippi-based lyricist behind the R&B artist "Xania Monet" whose most popular song on Spotify racked up over 1 million listens, and whose Reels regularly top 100,000 views on Instagram - despite her likeness, vocals, and music being AI-generated.
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