#creative-works

#creative-works

Celebrities often face lawsuits from paparazzi, fans, and other celebrities, which can harm their reputation and finances.To avoid legal issues, celebrities can take measures to protect their privacy and become aware of their rights.Intellectual property issues can arise when a celebrity's name, image, or works are used without permission.

Who holds the patent on gravity?Who collects the royalties for the speed of light?In this episode of IP Goes Pop! Volpe Koenig Shareholders and podcasts hosts, Michael Snyder and Joseph Gushue, explore what intellectual property (trade secrets, trademarks, patents and copyrights) cannot protect.Hint- some things excluded from IP protection include the Laws of Nature such as gravity, the speed of light and even Einstein's theory of relativity E=MC 2. Abstract ideas are another.

"In a place where Congress spoke expressly and it's in the statute, it seems that the better course of action is for Congress to address it."- Andrei Iancu
Former Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Andrei Iancu, who is now a partner with Irell & Manella, told attendees of an Orrin G. Hatch Foundation webinar today that many of the proposals in the USPTO's recent Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) practices should be legislated by Congress.

"Denying copyright to AI-created works would thus go against the well-worn principle that '[c]opyright protection extends to all 'original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium' of expression.'"-Dr. Stephen Thaler
Last week, artificial intelligence (AI) systems developer Dr. Stephen Thaler filed a motion for summary judgment in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in a lawsuit over copyright eligibility for artwork created by AI systems.

We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy.Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of copyright law and policy, and addressing what's at stake, and what we need to do to make sure that copyright promotes creativity and innovation.

"We should draw a timely lesson from HIP v. Hormel .... Let's allow the courts to consider individual cases about who owns patents and copyrights to which AI contributed."Bacon is delightful.And the similarly savory subject of who must be named inventor on a bacon patent was the issue in the recent case of HIP, Inc. v. Hormel Foods Corp., No. 2022-1696 (Fed.

"Discriminating in favor of only allowing human-generated works to receive protection would be a major disincentive to the use and development of AI in the creative process, and it would stymie the generation and dissemination of works."Now is an exciting time in the world of artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property law.