Nearly 25 years ago, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was added to the Copyright Act. Among its provisions were “paracopyright” measures extending protection in areas well beyond that of traditional copyright law. One...more
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Artificial Intelligence: Deepfakes in the Entertainment Industry —
Advances in “deepfake” media techniques that use deep learning AI—from uncanny impersonation videos of Tom Cruise and other...more
2/1/2022
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Digital Copies ,
Employees ,
Entertainment Industry ,
Ex Partes Reexamination ,
Expungement ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Prior Art ,
The Copyright Act ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2007 decision in KSR International v. Teleflex altered the obviousness inquiry under 35 U.S.C. § 103 in determining whether a claimed invention passes muster under the Patent Act. The KSR Court...more
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Inventorship, Patenting and AI: The Public Comments on Patenting Artificial Intelligence Inventions -
Interest in artificial intelligence has become so keen that questions previously found only in works...more
8/5/2020
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Common Sense Exception ,
Copyright Office ,
DMCA ,
Fraud ,
Inventions ,
Misappropriation ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Public Comment ,
Remedies ,
Section 103 ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademark Application ,
USPTO
With few substantive decisions addressing design patents, it’s always exciting to see new guidance from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on how these valuable IP assets are prosecuted and enforced. In two...more
10/22/2019
/ Appeals ,
Article of Manufacture ,
Automotive Industry ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Design Patent ,
Ford Motor ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Ornamental Design ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents
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New Privacy Regulations Weaken the Foundation of Smart Cities -
New privacy regulations are threatening the full value and promise of smart cities through more stringent requirements for data collection,...more
10/21/2019
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
DMCA ,
Infrastructure ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Popular ,
Privacy Policy ,
Safe Harbors ,
Smart Cities ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
TC Heartland LLC v Kraft Foods ,
Technology ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademarks ,
Urban Planning & Development
In the Winter 2017 edition of the Intellectual Property Bulletin, we reported on IP-related changes expected with the incoming Trump administration and the new Congress. Here we look at two such changes currently underway:...more
11/7/2017
/ Administrative Appointments ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Office ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Disney ,
DMCA ,
Fair Use ,
Film Industry ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Misappropriation ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
Trump Administration ,
USPTO