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A Dive Into Intellectual Property Liability for E-Commerce Platforms

Robins Kaplan LLP on 7/8/2024

Online shopping has become increasingly popular in recent years. E-commerce sales surpassed $6.5 trillion in 2023 and are expected to total over $8.1 trillion by 2026. Convenience of product variety and online competition...more

IP and Tech: Twin Engines of Innovative Sustainability

J.S. Held on 6/13/2024

In the quest for a sustainable future, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent goalposts, albeit lofty ones, that countries can aim for. These 17 interconnected goals address pressing global...more

How to Obtain a Court Ordered Subpoena for ISP Subscriber Identity

Vondran Legal on 4/9/2024

Generally, an attorney can issue subpoenas. However, when you seek to serve an Internet Service Provider ("ISP) to find out the name and address of the subscriber (who may be an infringer of your IP), the Cable Privacy Act...more

Artificial Intelligence Presents Challenges for Intellectual Property Laws’ Focus on Human Creation

Benesch on 3/25/2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) and its ability to generate content closely resembling human output present issues with respect to IP ownership. Maybe you have asked ChatGPT to create a flashy advertisement or write some code...more

Patent Poetry: Patent and Trademark Offices Publish Study on NFT IP Issues

AEON Law on 3/25/2024

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Copyright Office have published the results of their joint study on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and intellectual property (IP). The Report was created in response to a June...more

The USPTO and USCO Delivered a Report to Congress on IP Issues with NFTs – Maintains Existing IP Regime

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/13/2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). While...more

The Pros And Cons Of Protecting AI As Trade Secrets

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. on 3/5/2024

Trade secrets have become a de facto intellectual property right for securing valuable artificial intelligence information. Despite regulatory trends toward greater transparency of AI models, federal policy acknowledges,...more

2023 in Review at the International Trade Commission

Haug Partners LLP on 2/2/2024

Investigations pursuant to section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 at the United States International Trade Commission (“ITC”) determine “whether there is unfair competition in the importation of products into, or their...more

What’s Next for AI? Six Areas to Watch in 2024

Goodwin on 1/17/2024

Generative AI (GenAI) surged to the forefront of corporate agendas and public policy debates last year, promising to boost productivity and innovation. What’s in store for AI in 2024?...more

Mastering the Recipe of Food Technology Intellectual Property

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. on 12/15/2023

Patents are increasingly being used to protect innovation in the food technology space. Food technology companies should carefully decide whether to use patents or trade secrets to protect their proprietary assets. ...more

The Year in Intellectual Property – 2023 Popular Reads on JD Supra

Beacon Insights by JD Supra on 12/12/2023

A recap of some of the most widely read IP-related updates, insights, and commentary published on JD Supra throughout 2023....more

Artificial Intelligence in the Modern Workplace: Safeguarding Source Code Generated with AI Assistance

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/29/2023

Generally, an employer owns all rights in software code created by its employee in the scope of their employment. As outlined in the last edition of this series, this general rule typically applies to independent contractors...more

[Ongoing Program] Life Sciences Series - Legal Developments in Artificial Intelligence: The Intersection of Generative Artificial...

Venable LLP on 9/26/2023

We are excited to announce Venable’s inaugural Life Sciences Webinar Series. This month-long series will explore the intricacies and latest developments that shape the life sciences industry. Join us as we hear from our...more

Generative Artificial Intelligence Asks Questions of Innovation in Patent Law

Baker Donelson on 9/22/2023

Introduction - Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has dominated headlines for nearly all of 2023 and demonstrated that it has the potential to disrupt the economic landscape by displacing jobs and creating remarkable...more

Balancing Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: Human Authorship a “Bedrock Requirement of Copyright”

Haug Partners LLP on 9/11/2023

Whether it is a smartphone, a fraud alert received from a financial institution, a vehicle modifying its settings based on current driving conditions, or political ads that will soon infiltrate our airwaves, artificial...more

Image-Generating AI: Trends and Legal Challenges

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/16/2022

Like human intelligence, artificial intelligence (AI) can recognize patterns, predict outcomes, analyze complex problems and even equalize – or surpass – human creativity. Tech-generated innovative and creative processes are...more

Intellectual Property Law: Looking Forward to 2023

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 12/16/2022

With the continuing advancements of cutting-edge technologies — such as genome editing (CRISPR) and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) — U.S. courts will have a full docket of challenging IP cases throughout 2023. Below are some of...more

Can an AI Hire a Lawyer?

McManis Faulkner on 10/28/2022

A recently-fired Google engineer claims that the company’s artificial intelligence program has become sentient, and—even worse—has hired a lawyer. A court may now have to face a question once considered only theoretical: is...more

Does Your Startup Own Its Intellectual Property? The Answer Is Frequently Not as Clear as It Seems

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 10/13/2022

Intellectual property can be among the most important assets that a startup owns, especially as the startup begins to distinguish itself or seek investment. Making sure that the startup actually owns and can protect its...more

Artificial Intelligence: Can it be an Inventor or an Author?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/15/2022

As the innovation paradigm in automotive industry shifted over time, artificial intelligence (“AI”) has deeply penetrated into operation of automotive industry. For example, integration of AI in automotive availed a broad...more

Benefits of Using Copyrights to Protect Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Inventions

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints on 7/12/2022

We previously discussed which portions of an artificial intelligence/machine-learning (“AI/ML”) platform could be patented or protected under trade secret, such as related to biotech and synthetic biology. Equally important...more

Top Legal Issues Facing the Manufacturing Sector in 2022

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/7/2022

As the global economy faces the third year of the pandemic, manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.” Instead, they are applying lessons learned from the past few years to become...more

The UK Government Has Published Its ‎Response to Its Consultation on Artificial ‎Intelligence and ‎Intellectual Property

Locke Lord LLP on 7/6/2022

The UK Government on 28 June 2022 published its response to its Consultation on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and Intellectual Property (“IP”). The Consultation examined three areas of IP where the capability of AI has...more

Artificial intelligence and intellectual property: UK Government responds to UK IPO consultation

Hogan Lovells on 6/30/2022

Following its first consultation on artificial intelligence and intellectual property in 2020, the UK Intellectual Property Office launched a second consultation in October 2021. This second consultation looked at whether...more

Can I get a trademark, copyright, or patent for Cannabis-related products?

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC on 6/30/2022

Can I get a trademark, copyright, or patent for Cannabis-related products? Maybe. Individuals and businesses crave certainty. With every emerging area of law; however, comes a certain degree of uncertainty. ...more

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