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Strategies for Safeguarding AI Innovation: Navigating the Complex IP Landscape for AI Technologies

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The protection of intellectual property (IP) is vital in the fiercely competitive artificial intelligence (AI) industry, necessitating a deep understanding of how the complex IP framework can be effectively leveraged to...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

AI News Roundup – Anthropic releases “hybrid reasoning” model, protests against UK AI copyright measures, Huawei improves AI chip...

To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following....more

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Fair Use in AI Copyright Litigation: A Surprising Turn in Thomson Reuters v. Ross

From the pages of The New York Times to the…general counsel’s office of The New York Times, AI copyright litigation is all the rage. Possible questions include the philosophical—e.g. “Could an AI agent hold a copyright?”—but...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Delaware Court Grants Summary Judgment to Plaintiff in Machine Learning / AI Copyright Case

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Albert Einstein is credited with saying “the measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” In September 2023, Judge Stephanos Bibas—sitting by designation in the District of Delaware—denied plaintiff Thomson Reuters’...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Federal Court Rules Against ‘Fair Use’ Defense for AI Training

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On Tuesday, February 11, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware held in Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH et al. v. ROSS Intelligence Inc. that the defendant’s unauthorized use of the plaintiff’s...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Court Definitively Rejects Fair Use Defense in AI Training Case

In one of the most closely-watched copyright cases this year, a Delaware court rejected defendant, ROSS Intelligence’s (“ROSS”), fair use and other defenses by vacating its previous stance and granting summary judgement in...more

Hogan Lovells

U.S. Copyright Office issues report on copyrightability of AI assisted and generated works

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The United States Copyright Office has released the second in a series of reports relating to the implications of AI on copyright law and policy, firmly upholding the principle that copyright protection is reserved for...more

Kerr Russell

Is It Really Illegal for Me to Repair My Own Machines?

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In many cases, the answer is yes, but following a recently-adopted exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), owners of certain retail-level machines are no longer forced to hire OEM-certified technicians to...more

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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

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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

Fenwick & West LLP

Creativity and Technology: The FTC’s Warning Shot When Creating and Marketing Digital Products Using Artificial Intelligence

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues to issue guidance on the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and the potential regulatory scrutiny facing companies and creators using these new tools in the market....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

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Do Copyright Owners Have to Show What Elements of Their Software are Protected by Their Registrations? A Split Federal Circuit...

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In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit approved the use of “Copyrightability Hearings.” Not sure what that means? Read on to find out....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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

How Generative AI Generates Legal Issues in the Games Industry

Roblox recently announced that it is working on generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools that will help developers who build experiences on Roblox, to more easily create games and assets. The first two test tools create...more

Hogan Lovells

A general introduction to technology disputes in Mexico

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In Mexico, disputes involving technological assets tend mainly to concern the unauthorised manufacture, use and sale of software and inventions. Unfortunately, Mexico is a country that faces a serious piracy problem, of both...more

McCarter & English, LLP

All Is Fair In Google And Oracle: Supreme Court Says Google’s Copying Was Fair Use In Landmark Copyright Case

Was it fair for Google to copy 11,500 lines of Oracle’s copyrighted Java Application Programming Interface (API) simply to make it easier for programmers already familiar with Java to develop apps for Google’s Android...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

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

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