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fromPatently-O
4 days ago
Intellectual property law

The Nexus Trap: Why Component Patents Struggle with Objective Indicia

Objective indicia of nonobviousness are increasingly limited by strict Federal Circuit requirements, impacting patent owners' defenses against obviousness claims.
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 week ago
Intellectual property law

IPWatchdog LIVE 2026: Judge Newman and Michel Present Awards, Panelists Outline Uphill Battle for Global IP and Drug Patents

The global IP landscape requires improvements for greater certainty and predictability, as emphasized by Judge Pauline Newman.
Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
4 days ago

The Nexus Trap: Why Component Patents Struggle with Objective Indicia

Objective indicia of nonobviousness are increasingly limited by strict Federal Circuit requirements, impacting patent owners' defenses against obviousness claims.
#ai
fromFuturism
1 day ago
Intellectual property law

Anthropic Suddenly Cares Intensely About Intellectual Property After Realizing With Horror That It Accidentally Leaked Claude's Source Code

Intellectual property law
fromFuturism
1 day ago

Anthropic Suddenly Cares Intensely About Intellectual Property After Realizing With Horror That It Accidentally Leaked Claude's Source Code

Anthropic's copyright takedown request for its AI model's source code highlights hypocrisy in its stance on copyright laws.
#copyright-law
fromThe IP Law Blog
3 weeks ago
Intellectual property law

The Briefing: No Paper, No Standing: Kanye West, Copyright Transfers, and the Writing Requirement

Copyright transfers must be in writing under Section 204(a) of the Copyright Act; without written documentation, ownership and enforcement rights do not exist.
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
9 years ago
Intellectual property law

Is the Supreme Court breathtakingly dishonest or just completely clueless?

The Supreme Court established a two-part test for copyright protection of artistic features on useful articles: the feature must be perceivable as separate art and qualify as protectable work independently.
fromThe IP Law Blog
3 weeks ago
Intellectual property law

The Briefing: No Paper, No Standing: Kanye West, Copyright Transfers, and the Writing Requirement

fromComputerworld
1 day ago

OnlyOffice accuses Euro-Office of licensing violations, suspends Nextcloud partnership

OnlyOffice stated that those accessing its code under the GNU Affero General Public License v3 are required to retain its branding and provide proper attribution to the original technology. Euro-Office's failure to meet these conditions constitutes an infringement of the copyright holder's exclusive rights.
Intellectual property law
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 days ago

Could Colorado Create the Country's First Artist Corporation?

A bipartisan bill in Colorado aims to create an Artists Corporation to protect intellectual property rights and improve healthcare access for cultural workers.
fromTechCrunch
2 days ago

The reputation of troubled YC startup Delve has gotten even worse | TechCrunch

DeepDelver recognized that Pathways looked a lot like Sim.ai's open-source agent-building product called SimStudio and asked Delve if it was based on SimStudio. The Delve folks said they built it themselves, the whistleblower contends.
Software development
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
4 days ago

WIPO in Focus: Beyond Treaties, Toward a Market-Driven IP System | IPWatchdog Unleashed

WIPO is not merely a distant UN bureaucracy; it is a dynamic, fee-driven organization that has been undergoing significant operational and cultural transformation in recent years.
Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
4 days ago

GW Law Seeking IP Fellow for Frank H. Marks Visiting Position

The fellowship, which carries the title of Visiting Associate Professor of Law, is one of the better-known entry points into IP legal academia.
Intellectual property law
Boston food
fromFast Company
5 days ago

Why Buc-ee's is protecting its logo at all costs

Buc-ee's aggressively enforces trademarks, suing various businesses over logos and mascots that it claims are too similar to its brand.
Media industry
fromDigiday
5 days ago

After newsroom cuts, The Washington Post turns to creator-led video deals

The Washington Post's creator network allows creators to retain IP ownership, reducing costs and attracting new audiences through independent video series.
Intellectual property law
fromFortune
6 days ago

Former Trump official: the U.S. can win the AI race - if it gets patent policy right | Fortune

American leadership in AI relies on strong patent protection alongside technology and investment.
#uspto
fromPatently-O
1 week ago
Intellectual property law

Bipartisan Skepticism Greets Director Squires at First House Oversight Hearing

Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
1 week ago

Bipartisan Skepticism Greets Director Squires at First House Oversight Hearing

The House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing addressed various USPTO issues under Director John Squires, revealing bipartisan skepticism and concerns over patent quality and IPR changes.
Artificial intelligence
fromInfoWorld
1 week ago

Final training of AI models is a fraction of their total cost

Developing AI models incurs significant costs, with most expenditures on scaling and research rather than final training runs.
Chelsea
fromCity AM
1 week ago

Cole Palmer: Why England football star trademarked 'Cold Palmer' celebration

Cole Palmer trademarked his 'Cold Palmer' celebration to control his personal brand and protect against unauthorized use.
frompatentlyo.com
1 week ago
Intellectual property law

Knowledge Isn't Enough: The Supreme Court Rejects Expansive Theory of Secondary Copyright Liability

The Supreme Court ruled that ISPs cannot be held liable for users' copyright infringement solely based on knowledge of the infringement.
Intellectual property law
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
2 weeks ago

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, March 20: CAFC Approves Flexible Domestic Industry Analysis at ITC; MFN Pricing Threatens $167 Trillion in Medical Innovation's Societal Value; and UK Has No Preferred Option for AI and Copyright

The Federal Circuit supports flexible analysis in domestic industry requirements, while various legal and economic developments impact innovation and data access regulations.
#trademark
Intellectual property law
fromComputerworld
2 weeks ago

Music giant BMG sues Anthropic over AI training

BMG sued Anthropic for training Claude AI models on copyrighted song lyrics from torrent sites without authorization, citing 493 instances of copyright infringement.
Law
fromVulture
2 weeks ago

Why Are the Cops Suing Afroman?

Seven Ohio sheriff's deputies sued rapper Afroman for defamation after he created multiple songs and music videos about their 2022 raid on his home, using their likenesses without permission and making false claims about them.
#copyright-infringement
Intellectual property law
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

Merriam Webster, Encyclopedia Britannica sue OpenAI for copyright infringement | amNewYork

Merriam Webster and Encyclopedia Britannica sued OpenAI for copyright and trademark infringement, alleging systematic copying of their content to train AI models and generate verbatim user responses without compensation or permission.
Intellectual property law
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

Merriam Webster, Encyclopedia Britannica sue OpenAI for copyright infringement | amNewYork

Merriam Webster and Encyclopedia Britannica sued OpenAI for copyright and trademark infringement, alleging systematic copying of their content to train AI models and generate verbatim user responses without compensation or permission.
#trademark-dispute
Toronto startup
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

A French beverage company could derail Tesla's 'Cybercab' name

Tesla's autonomous robotaxi service Cybercab faces trademark dispute with French beverage wholesaler UniBev, which filed first and currently holds international rights to the name.
Video games
fromKotaku
3 weeks ago

Author Accuses Clair Obscur Dev Of Trying To Kill His Comic Book

Sandfall Interactive sent legal notice to fantasy author Olivier Gay over his graphic novel titled Académie Clair-Obscur, claiming trademark infringement despite the shared French phrase having historical artistic origins and the works being entirely different genres.
Toronto startup
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

A French beverage company could derail Tesla's 'Cybercab' name

Tesla's autonomous robotaxi service Cybercab faces trademark dispute with French beverage wholesaler UniBev, which filed first and currently holds international rights to the name.
Video games
fromKotaku
3 weeks ago

Author Accuses Clair Obscur Dev Of Trying To Kill His Comic Book

Sandfall Interactive sent legal notice to fantasy author Olivier Gay over his graphic novel titled Académie Clair-Obscur, claiming trademark infringement despite the shared French phrase having historical artistic origins and the works being entirely different genres.
Music
fromPitchfork
2 weeks ago

Sturgill Simpson Promises to Punish "Miserable Shitasses" Who Leaked His Album

Sturgill Simpson, now performing as Johnny Blue Skies, discovered an unauthorized seller posting his album Mutiny After Midnight on Bandcamp and vowed to pursue legal action and refund affected customers.
#ai-video-generation
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago
Intellectual property law

ByteDance reportedly pauses global launch of its Seedance 2.0 video generator | TechCrunch

fromEngadget
2 weeks ago
Intellectual property law

ByteDance has reportedly suspended the global rollout of its new AI video generator

fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago
Intellectual property law

ByteDance reportedly pauses global launch of its Seedance 2.0 video generator | TechCrunch

fromEngadget
2 weeks ago
Intellectual property law

ByteDance has reportedly suspended the global rollout of its new AI video generator

#ai-ethics
Intellectual property law
fromwww.amny.com
3 weeks ago

NYT journalist files class action against Grammarly AI for profiting off writers without consent | amNewYork

Journalist Julia Angwin is suing Grammarly's parent company Superhuman for using her name and likeness in an AI editing tool without consent or compensation.
Intellectual property law
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Grammarly removes AI Expert Review feature mimicking writers after backlash

Grammarly disabled its Expert Review AI feature that mimicked prominent writers' styles without consent, facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit for unauthorized commercial use of identities.
Intellectual property law
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

Grammarly's AI tool mimicked experts without their consent. Now it's being sued

Grammarly's Expert Review tool used real people's likenesses without consent to provide writing suggestions, prompting a class action lawsuit over unauthorized use of professional writers' identities and expertise.
fromNieman Lab
3 weeks ago
Privacy technologies

Journalist Julia Angwin files class action lawsuit over Grammarly's AI "sloppelgangers"

Intellectual property law
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Grammarly pulls AI author-impersonation tool after backlash

Grammarly disabled its AI feature that mimicked famous writers' personas without consent after facing lawsuits and backlash from impersonated authors and journalists.
Intellectual property law
fromWIRED
3 weeks ago

Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI 'Expert Review' Feature

Grammarly faces a class action lawsuit for using names and identities of journalists, authors, and academics without consent in its AI-powered Expert Review tool, with claimed damages exceeding $5 million.
Intellectual property law
fromwww.amny.com
3 weeks ago

NYT journalist files class action against Grammarly AI for profiting off writers without consent | amNewYork

Journalist Julia Angwin is suing Grammarly's parent company Superhuman for using her name and likeness in an AI editing tool without consent or compensation.
Intellectual property law
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Grammarly removes AI Expert Review feature mimicking writers after backlash

Grammarly disabled its Expert Review AI feature that mimicked prominent writers' styles without consent, facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit for unauthorized commercial use of identities.
Intellectual property law
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

Grammarly's AI tool mimicked experts without their consent. Now it's being sued

Grammarly's Expert Review tool used real people's likenesses without consent to provide writing suggestions, prompting a class action lawsuit over unauthorized use of professional writers' identities and expertise.
fromNieman Lab
3 weeks ago
Privacy technologies

Journalist Julia Angwin files class action lawsuit over Grammarly's AI "sloppelgangers"

Intellectual property law
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Grammarly pulls AI author-impersonation tool after backlash

Grammarly disabled its AI feature that mimicked famous writers' personas without consent after facing lawsuits and backlash from impersonated authors and journalists.
Intellectual property law
fromWIRED
3 weeks ago

Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI 'Expert Review' Feature

Grammarly faces a class action lawsuit for using names and identities of journalists, authors, and academics without consent in its AI-powered Expert Review tool, with claimed damages exceeding $5 million.
fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

The Worst Writing Advice of All Time

That type of copying is pretty normal, and they teach it in school. It's how you learn (and how you become depressed). But in the age of generative AI, there are many new kinds of copying. For instance, Wired reported last week on a tool offered by Grammarly, which briefly offered users the opportunity to put their writing through something called "Expert Review."
Writing
fromFuturism
3 weeks ago

Grammarly Forgot to Mention Something in Its Giant Apology That Changes the Whole Story

We hear the feedback and recognize we fell short on this. Over the past week, we received valid critical feedback from experts who are concerned that the agent misrepresented their voices. Following an enormous backlash and telling people being impersonated that they should email the company to opt out, Grammarly's parent company, Superhuman, made a sudden reversal.
Privacy professionals
Toronto startup
fromTESLARATI
3 weeks ago

Tesla VP explains latest updates in trade secret theft case

Tesla won a permanent injunction against Matthews International for stealing trade secrets related to battery manufacturing technology and selling it to competitors.
Venture
from24/7 Wall St.
3 weeks ago

Clarivate: The Data Intelligence Company Flying Under the Radar

Clarivate, a London-based data intelligence company with defensible assets in research and patent workflows, trades at $2.64 per share while generating $365 million in annual free cash flow and planning strategic asset sales to reduce leverage.
#trademark-infringement
#patent-litigation
Intellectual property law
fromAbove the Law
3 weeks ago

Super Settlement Spike - Above the Law

Arbutus and Moderna settled a long-running patent dispute over lipid nanoparticle technology used in mRNA vaccines, ending one of the most valuable patent assertions in history.
Intellectual property law
fromAbove the Law
3 weeks ago

Super Settlement Spike - Above the Law

Arbutus and Moderna settled a long-running patent dispute over lipid nanoparticle technology used in mRNA vaccines, ending one of the most valuable patent assertions in history.
Intellectual property law
fromwww.cnbc.com
3 weeks ago

Amazon wins court order to block Perplexity's AI shopping agent

A federal judge temporarily blocked Perplexity's Comet AI browser from accessing Amazon's website, finding strong evidence of unauthorized scraping and ordering the startup to cease access.
Intellectual property law
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Italy wins claim against name of Spanish restaurant chain The Mafia Sits at the Table

Spain's patent office ruled that a restaurant chain named 'The Mafia Sits at the Table' must change its name because it violates public order and morality by trivializing organized crime.
Intellectual property law
fromEngadget
4 weeks ago

UK government delays AI copyright rules amid artist outcry

The UK government delayed its AI data bill after stakeholder consultation revealed opposition to allowing AI companies to train models on copyrighted materials without creator consent.
Intellectual property law
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

UK arts must not be sacrificed for speculative AI gains, peers say

The UK House of Lords warns against weakening copyright protections for creative industries to benefit AI companies, urging a licensing regime instead of opt-out systems.
fromKotaku
4 weeks ago

Pokemon Responds To White House Using Pokopia To Promote MAGA

We are aware of recent social content that includes imagery associated with our brand. We were not involved in its creation or distribution, and no permission was granted for the use of our intellectual property. Our mission is to bring the world together, and that mission is not affiliated with any political viewpoint or agenda.
US politics
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 month ago

Moderna Settles with Genevant and Arbutus, Ending LNP Patent Dispute

The settlement resolves all U.S. and international patent litigation concerning the unauthorized use of Genevant's and Arbutus' lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery technology in Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines. The agreement came just days before a highly anticipated jury trial was scheduled to begin in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
Intellectual property law
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 month ago

Inventing with Intent: Where Engineering Rigor Meets Business Reality | IPWatchdog Unleashed

Shelton rejects the romanticized notion of invention as unconstrained creativity. He explains that he is not a fan of "blue sky" brainstorming sessions detached from operational constraints. In his view, unconstrained ideation often produces shallow ideas that collapse under real-world scrutiny. Instead, he deliberately over-constrains the problem. Technical constraints. Regulatory constraints. Cost constraints. Operational bottlenecks. Competitive barriers. Existing prior art. All of it goes into the box.
Intellectual property law
Typography
fromMedium
1 month ago

How Monotype turns selling fonts into daylight robbery

Singapore replaced the superior Gotham font with the inferior Metropolis font in their 60th anniversary logo, raising questions about font licensing and corporate practices.
#ai-copyright-law
Intellectual property law
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Supreme Court won't hear AI-generated art copyright case

The US Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging the requirement that copyrighted works must demonstrate human authorship, leaving AI-generated art ineligible for copyright protection.
fromIPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law
1 month ago

Opinion: The ITC Has Lost Sight of the Public Interest

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)-an agency with the extraordinary power to block imports and, in turn, influence the direction of American technology policy-has drifted out of that balance. To align with the Trump Administration's intellectual property priorities and pro-investment agenda, the ITC is in urgent need of reform.
Intellectual property law
Intellectual property law
fromEngadget
1 month ago

The Supreme Court doesn't care if you want to copyright your AI-generated art

The US Supreme Court declined to hear a case, allowing a lower court's rejection of copyright protection for AI-generated artwork to stand.
#ai-generated-content
Soccer (FIFA)
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

What can players and clubs do about 'AI slop'?

AI-generated content of footballers is proliferating rapidly, creating challenges for players and clubs to protect their image rights and brands in an evolving legal landscape.
fromThe Verge
1 month ago
Intellectual property law

After spooking Hollywood, ByteDance will tweak safeguards on new AI model

Soccer (FIFA)
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

What can players and clubs do about 'AI slop'?

AI-generated content of footballers is proliferating rapidly, creating challenges for players and clubs to protect their image rights and brands in an evolving legal landscape.
fromThe Verge
1 month ago
Intellectual property law

After spooking Hollywood, ByteDance will tweak safeguards on new AI model

fromKotaku
1 month ago

How Sega And Police Raids Interrupted A Video Game Preservation Auction - Kotaku

They were like worker bees, taking this, this and they start putting it into evidence bags. Khan describes the police raid on his home, where officers systematically confiscated items related to the SEGA hardware transaction, treating the discovery as evidence in what appeared to be a coordinated enforcement action.
Games
Miscellaneous
fromThe Nation
1 month ago

How Brothel Workers in Nevada Just Made Labor History

Sheri's Ranch in Nevada attempted to impose a contract giving management ownership of workers' likenesses, intellectual property, and power of attorney over employees, prompting legal resistance from sex workers.
Miscellaneous
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Musk has no proof OpenAI stole xAI trade secrets, judge rules, tossing lawsuit

A federal judge dismissed xAI's lawsuit against OpenAI for failing to prove OpenAI induced employees to steal trade secrets or that stolen information was actually used.
Law
fromTechzine Global
1 month ago

Court dismisses NetApp case against former CTO

A Florida court dismissed NetApp's complaint against former CTO Jonsi Stefánsson for lack of jurisdiction; NetApp is appealing and pursuing further legal action.
#ai-generated-video
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago
Intellectual property law

Read Netflix's legal letter to ByteDance over a viral AI video tool it calls a 'high-speed piracy engine'

fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago
Intellectual property law

Read Netflix's legal letter to ByteDance over a viral AI video tool it calls a 'high-speed piracy engine'

fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

Major League Baseball players will soon be turned in AI avatars | CBC Accessibility

A California-based tech company is pitching exactly that by building AI avatars of every Major League Baseball star. The AI firm Genies recently signed an intellectual property deal with MLB Players Inc. the business arm of the Major League Baseball Players Association to create a cartoon-like "companion" version of every player on the league's roster. Once the product officially launches, baseball fans will supposedly be able to hold a conversation with the avatars on the Genies website,
Artificial intelligence
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

RWS Wins 'Outstanding IP Service Team in China' Award for Fourth Straight Year - Silicon Canals

Sustained recognition reflects strong local expertise and expanding IP capabilities across the region MAIDENHEAD, England-(BUSINESS WIRE)-RWS (RWS.L), a global AI solutions company, has been named Outstanding IP Service Team in China 2025 at the Enterprise IP Strategy Forum and Annual Conference of In-house IP Managers in Beijing. The recognition marks the fourth consecutive year that RWS's team in China has received the award, following wins in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Business
fromNature
1 month ago

Why Europe barred China from flagship Horizon research programmes

Starting this year, organizations based in or controlled by China cannot apply for grants to fund projects involving artificial intelligence, telecommunications such as 5G, health, semiconductors, biotechnology or quantum technologies. China's Seven Sons of National Defence, a group of universities affiliated with the government's ministry of industry and information technology, are also barred from all funding. However, Chinese organizations can still apply for or participate in select research projects related to climate, biodiversity, food and agriculture.
Miscellaneous
fromGadgets 360
13 years ago

Apple, Google, Samsung in group that agrees to buy Kodak's digital imaging patents

Eastman Kodak Co agreed to sell its digital imaging patents for about $525 million, a key step to bringing the photography pioneer out of bankruptcy in the first half of 2013. The deal for the 1,100 patents allows Kodak to fulfill a condition for securing $830 million in financing. The patent deal was reached with a consortium led by Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corp, and which includes some of the world's biggest technology companies, which will license or acquire the patents.
Business
Artificial intelligence
fromTheregister
1 month ago

How AI could eat itself: Using LLMs to distill rivals

Competitors are probing commercial AI models to extract underlying reasoning via distillation attacks to replicate capabilities and lower development costs.
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Attackers prompted Gemini over 100,000 times while trying to clone it, Google says

On Thursday, Google announced that "commercially motivated" actors have attempted to clone knowledge from its Gemini AI chatbot by simply prompting it. One adversarial session reportedly prompted the model more than 100,000 times across various non-English languages, collecting responses ostensibly to train a cheaper copycat. Google published the findings in what amounts to a quarterly self-assessment of threats to its own products that frames the company as the victim and the hero, which is not unusual in these self-authored assessments.
Artificial intelligence
Intellectual property law
fromForbes
1 month ago

5 ChatGPT Prompts To Turn Your Experience Into Intellectual Property Worth Millions

Capture and package your lived expertise into named, documented methods and teachable frameworks to create intellectual property that compounds with AI and generates lasting value.
Tech industry
fromTheregister
1 month ago

AI video startup boasts it 'ended' jobs, gets backlash

Higgsfield.ai publicly boasted its AI tool eliminated over 20 creative jobs, triggering artist outrage and accusations of deceptive marketing, predatory billing, and IP misuse.
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