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Understanding How to Patent Agentic AI Systems

Artificial intelligence is evolving beyond simple pattern recognition and content generation into autonomous decision-making. Agentic AI systems act independently—or with limited human supervision—to achieve specific...more

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CJEU Clarifies Copyright Protection for Software Variables

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The Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") ruled that modifying temporary variables in the working memory of a computer without enabling the reproduction or further execution of such a program does not constitute...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

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

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

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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

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ArentFox Schiff Issues the First Global Definitive Legal Guide for Industries Navigating AI

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Artificial intelligence promises to transform the way we live and work and its impact will undoubtedly stretch to every business sector across the globe. This next generation of technology brings exciting possibilities and...more

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Navigating the Regulatory Landscape: FDA Approval and Patent Protection for Software as a Medical Device

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Software is increasingly used as a medical device, transforming the healthcare industry with the goal of improving patient outcomes. However, developing software as a medical device involves navigating complex and evolving...more

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The Generative AI Revolution: Key Legal Considerations for the Hospitality Industry

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For better or worse, generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already transforming the way we live and work. Within two months of its initial release to the public, ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly active users, making...more

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Top IP, FDA, and Compliance Issues for Medtech Companies Transitioning to Data-Enabled Product Solutions

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Medtech companies are evolving rapidly as more and more of them develop products that collect and leverage substantial patient and provider data. ​​​​​​​ Companies that once only developed hardware-based solutions for...more

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Software as a Medical Device: Challenges Facing the Industry

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Editor’s Note: We are excited to announce that this article is the first of a series addressing Software as a Medical Device and the issues that plague digital health companies, investors, clinicians and other organizations...more

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Siemens brings mass software piracy lawsuit in Texas federal court.

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Who? Siemens Industry Software, Inc. is the Plaintiff. They have sued 268 “DOE” defendants. The Plaintiff’s counsel is Reed Smith, LLP from Houston, Texas. Comcast and Charter are the Internet Service Providers involved...more

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Generative AI - Copyright Overview Part 1

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Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology promising to disrupt how artwork is created, software is developed, and text is written. This disruption brings with it a host of new legal questions surrounding...more

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Metaverse Primer

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The term “metaverse” first appeared in 1992 as an abstract concept in Neal Stephenson’s dystopian novel Snow Crash. Two decades later, the Metaverse has since evolved from a mere idea to a figment of everyday reality, as it...more

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Wondering if Your Digital Health Product or Service is Subject to FDA Regulations?

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The convergence of wearable technology and artificial intelligence systems that can analyze data in real time to optimize health care delivery is generating a new wave of products that raise novel regulatory, business, and...more

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Does Copyright Literally Protect Source Code Figuratively?

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Learn how copyright can protect your software “Beyond Source Code” to cover both screen displays and UX, how the scope of software copyright law might impacted by the pending Supreme Court opinion in Oracle v. Google, and the...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Artificial Intelligence Can’t Patent Inventions: So What?

The USPTO’s recent landmark decision (16/524,350) concluding artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be a named patent inventor perhaps sparked fears of super-robots inventing critical technologies that, alas, receive no patent...more

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Supreme Court to Weigh In on Google-Oracle Copyright Dispute

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The Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in the decade-long battle between Google and Oracle over use of copyrighted pieces of Java software in the Android smartphone operating system. Google LLC v. Oracle...more

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Cloud Infrastructure Provider Densify Attempts to Ward Off Partner/Competitor VMware with IP Infringement Suit

Cirba, Inc., d/b/a Densify, a quintessential start-up success story and provider of cloud services to automate virtual infrastructure optimization, recently filed a Patent Infringement and Unfair Competition Complaint against...more

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Re-Thinking Supply Chain Contracts in the World of Connected Things

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As the pace of innovation increases at an ever faster rate, many products that traditionally may not have been thought of as involving computers or software are incorporating these elements. In 2007, the iPhone revolutionized...more

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Europe: Blockchain – How "Smart" are Smart Contracts?

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In this series of blog posts, we take a look at the current state of play regarding blockchain technology as well as the legal setting with a European and German focus....more

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New Intellectual Property Considerations and Risks for Autonomous Vehicles

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In recent years, carmakers and suppliers have significantly increased the number of patent applications they file in the United States and abroad, but patent protection may not always be the right tool. Trade secret...more

McCarter & English, LLP

U.S. Government Open Source Software: OMB’s Memorandum on Federal Source Code Policy Exposes IP Ownership Risk

On August 8, 2016, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) promulgated an Open Source Software (“OSS”) policy via the Memorandum for the Heads of Departments and Agencies, M-16-21 (“Memorandum” or “M-16-21”). The...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The Alice Effect on 3D Printing

3D printing technology evolves through advances in software, hardware, and materials. Inventions in 3D printing hardware and materials are eligible for U.S. patent protection. Software is a different story. The U.S. Supreme...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

REDUCING RISKS: Court Finds Copyright Act Does Not Preempt State Trade Secret Claim

Over the years, it has proven difficult to fit software in any one category of IP protection. And while software’s ability to seemingly transcend patents, copyright, and trade secrets provides software developers and...more

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A Perfect Storm for Automotive Patent Disputes?

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As the automotive industry rebounds from its recessionary levels to an all time record level of spending on vehicles and healthy profitability, one of the key drivers of the increased vehicles sales has been increased...more

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Trade Secrets or Patents – Why Software Presents No “One Size Fits All” Solution

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There are many ways to obtain intellectual property protection for software creations. Many keep the software code confidential and maintain the software as a trade secret....more

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