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

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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

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

Kidon IP

Legal Protection for the Software Arts — Part 5

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Copyright protection is, generally speaking, formality-free in the US and other member states of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. A software rights owner does not have to publish, affix...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

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

MBHB Snippets: A review of developments in Intellectual Property Law - Volume 17, Issue 2

USPTO Issues CBD Trademark Guidelines in Light of the 2018 Farm Bill: Key Takeaways - On May 2, 2019, the USPTO released its new guidelines on how it will examine federal trademark applications for CBD products in light of...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Trebled Damages Means No Injunction for Knock-Off Software

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The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded a district court finding that a defendant was liable for breach of a software license agreement and therefore infringed the...more

Dechert LLP

Financial Services Quarterly Report - Third Quarter 2017: Luxembourg Developments

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Luxembourg recently has taken a number of actions in connection with the transposition or implementation of various EU directives and regulations, respectively, into national law. The Luxembourg government deposited a bill of...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Building a Health App? Part 2: Protecting Your Intellectual Property

This post is the second in a series of weekly blog posts covering legal issues for consideration during the early stages of development of a health app and providing best practices to help guide you through a successful...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Internet of Things: Evaluating the Interplay of Interoperability, Industry Standards, and Related IP Licensing Approaches...

We recently published a client alert on January 26, 2016 that addressed some of the more significant Internet of Things (“IoT”) -specific standards and initiatives and emphasized the importance of interoperability as central...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Bad Day for California as TTA Sales Tax Exemption for Software Is Broadly Reaffirmed by Appellate Court – Will Taxpayer Refund...

In a significant rebuff of the California State Board of Equalization (BOE), the California Second District Court of Appeal held that a manufacturer’s sale of software on tangible media was exempt from sales tax under the...more

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