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AI Legal Landscape: Top Challenges and Strategies in 2025

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As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to develop at a rapid pace, even the most sophisticated general counsel (GC) and in-house legal teams will be hard pressed to keep up with the evolving legal landscape....more

Venable LLP

Top Ten Current Key Copyright Issues and Pitfalls Affecting Nonprofits

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With decades of experience assisting nonprofit clients with copyright issues, we periodically like to offer refreshers on key copyright issues and highlight current trends we see nonprofit organizations encounter with...more

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Coding with AI in an Open-Source World

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Many generative AI systems are very good at writing code, and developers increasingly use them to develop high-quality software faster and more efficiently than they could without these systems. But companies must take...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Where’s the Money? Options for Commercializing Technology, Part 2: White-Label Arrangements

In our prior post in this two-part series on less commonly discussed technology commercialization options, we addressed how open-source software (OSS) providers may make money on their products. In this Part 2, we’ll look at...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Potential Pitfalls and Best Practices In Using AI Tools to Generate Code

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an even hotter topic since the introduction of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, a chatbot developed by OpenAI, as well as tools like Copilot and OpenAI Codex, which use generative AI...more

Mayer Brown

Contracting for Generative AI

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Chatbots and other types of “generative AI”—AI that creates consumable content such as computer code, text responses, images, or music—have catapulted to the center of the AI discussion. In this episode, partners Rich Assmus...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Avoiding Pitfalls: IP “Dos and Don’ts” for High-Tech Start Ups

Starting a high-tech company is a difficult, exhausting, and thrilling endeavor – one in which founders will face seemingly endless challenges, deadlines, and make or break decisions. From a venture’s inception, founders face...more

Ankura

Challenges of AI-Assisted Coding

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Open-source software is different from traditional, licensed software, and some developers might want to be careful about how they use open-source platforms. AI has complicated matters further, and developers need to be aware...more

Miller Nash LLP

Machine Learning Is Not Your Copilot: AI System Accused of Violating Open Source Copyright Licenses

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As previously reported in this space, the Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit has ruled that an AI machine cannot be an inventor because it is not a “natural person.” You can read those posts here and here. Issues...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

How Intellectual Property Fits in Cloud Computing and SaaS Business Models

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Various types of intellectual property (IP) can provide companies protection of innovations and maintain or expand competitive advantages. For companies that operate using Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technologies and/or...more

Spirit Legal

Urheberrechtsreform 2021 Teil 2: Das Urheberrechts-Diensteanbieter-Gesetz (UrhDaG)

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Nach dem Bundestag hat am 28.05.2021 nunmehr auch der Bundesrat den Gesetzesentwurf zur Anpassung des Urheberrechts an die Erfordernisse des digitalen Binnenmarktes mit der erforderlichen Mehrheit verabschiedet. Die...more

Goodwin

Open Licenses: An Overview of Open Licenses for Images, Photos, Videos, and Software

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Non-profit organizations often use third-party images, photos, videos, or software in their everyday operations. It is often beneficial to leverage such materials that are licensed under “open licenses” because they are free...more

BakerHostetler

[Podcast] Open Source is Everywhere: A Primer for Compliance

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Despite the fact that open source or so-called “free” software has been available for more than 30 years, and is likely used in the vast majority of software programs being developed today, many people remain confused as to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Open Source-ish! What Defines Open Source and Why it Really Matters in Investments and Acquisitions

The number of different open source licenses is growing and the variation in their terms and complexity is increasing. A number of licenses that appear to be, or are commonly referred to as “open source” do not actually meet...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Open Source Software Policies – Why You Need Them And What They Should Include

The chances are high that your company uses open source software (“OSS”) in some capacity. While the benefits of OSS are clear, it is also clear that OSS can pose significant legal risks that must be addressed. The best way...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

Dueling Bitcoin White Paper Copyright Registrations – What Does it Mean?

The plot has thickened in the longest-running “whodunit” in the blockchain space: Who is Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin and author of the white paper that started it all, Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Important Open Source Ruling Confirms Enforceability of Dual-Licensing and Breach of GPL for Failing to Distribute Source Code

A recent federal district court decision denied a motion to dismiss a complaint brought by Artifex Software Inc. (“Artifex”) for breach of contract and copyright infringement claims against Defendant Hancom, Inc. based on...more

Holland & Knight LLP

10 Key Intellectual Property Issues for M&A Deals

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Intellectual property (IP) issues are increasingly important factors in merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions. Of the various industry sector transactions included in recent American Bar Association (ABA) Business Law...more

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