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Scarlett Johansson 'Shocked, Angered' By ChatGPT AI Voice

IP Law 360

Scarlett Johansson revealed in a statement Monday that she declined OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's offer to voice the current ChatGPT, but said she was "shocked, angered and in disbelief" when she recently heard a demo of the generative artificial intelligence system's voice that "sounded so eerily similar" to her own.

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Singer Tells Justices Jurors Should Hear His 'Rockstar' Song

IP Law 360

Supreme Court that at least one appeals court judge seemingly decided for herself that his 2001 demo sounded nothing like the Nickelback hit record "Rockstar," something he thinks a jury should decide instead. The frontman of a band called Snowblind is telling the U.S.

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No Handling Necessary: Industry Demo Was A Public Use: Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc., 2023 WL 1999900 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 15, 2023)

JD Supra Law

By: Irwin IP LLP On February 15, 2023, the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) affirmed a summary judgment ruling that, by merely showcasing an embodying device at an industry event (the “Event”), Minerva Surgical, Inc. Minerva”) had engaged in an invalidating public use more than one year before its patent filing. .

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Trade Show Demo Sinks Gynecological Patent At Fed. Circ.

IP Law 360

The Federal Circuit ruled Wednesday that a Delaware federal judge had it right when he ruled a patent cited in a long-brewing legal fight over competing devices for treating heavy menstrual bleeding should never have been issued in the first place, since the device was already demonstrated at the gynecological industry's "Super Bowl."

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Monday Miscellany

The IPKat

Always on the move to attend the latest events What's new in terms of events and opportunities in the IP field? Joint Conference 2024 - Intellectual Property and the European Courts (5 June 2024) On 5 June 2024, GRUR and the University of Luxembourg are organizing a conference devoted to IP and the European courts.

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Can You Register Realistic Images of Common Goods as Trademarks?

Corsearch

Apple – known in the IP world for its iconic logomark and watertight IP portfolio – is making further strides to cement its hold over brand-related images. What does this mean for the global IP rights industry? But are applications successful?

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‘I Know What You Download’ Overwhelmed By Bogus DMCA Notices

TorrentFreak

Knowing that most BitTorrent-based sharing is conducted in public, the site’s operators harvested torrents and captured the IP addresses connected to them. When we discovered the project, YouHaveDownloaded had 103,200 torrents in its database and IP address data on 51.2 Demo Project to Showcase Data Availability.