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Never too late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

The IPKat

Patents Image from Pixabay Rose Hughes reflected on the patent applications filed by Dr Thaler, which claim inventions purportedly invented by the AI machine, DABUS. There has been a lot of excitement about whether an AI can be formally designated as an inventor. Here's what you missed.

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2021 IP Year in Review

IPilogue

This article summarizes the top developments reported on our blog and in patents, trademarks, and copyright law in 2021. Is GitHub’s New Feature a Copyright Infringer? Copyright Confusion: Sony Upsetting Nintendo YouTubers by Natalie Bravo. Continued Debates over AI as an Inventor. Copyright Law.

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IP infringement in Metaverse

IIPRD

Liden Research filed an appeal in which the court terminated the account of Minskey on the ground of trademark infringement. Copyright Infringement. Copyright is a legal right of the owner of intellectual property. Metaverse is based on various patentable technical infrastructures, including AR, VR, cloud computing, etc.

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Analysing the Intersection of Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Intellectual Property Rights

IP and Legal Filings

Since blockchain plays a pivotal role in the crypto market, several inventors have attempted to legally protect the various components of blockchain technology using patents. In recent years, applications for blockchain patents have increased at a rapid rate.

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[Guest post] Litigation commenced against the developers of AI image generation software

The IPKat

Within days, stock image supplier Getty Images announced that it was one of the “folks” who disagreed – and disagreed so strongly that it had commenced legal proceedings in the High Court in London alleging copyright infringement.

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The Curious Case of Burrow-Giles Lithographic (an 1884 U.S. Supreme Court decision involving “new” camera technology) and how it could help Shape Today’s Thinking on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Inventorship

LexBlog IP

patent law requires a “human” inventor. Namely, in Thaler a “creativity machine” (a type of Artificial Intelligence (AI)) output and allegedly conceived the subject matter of a patent application allegedly without human involvement. Section 100] that specifically addresses who may be an inventor.”