Sat.May 06, 2023

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An API for the Human Mind

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch The pace of technological advancement never ceases to amaze me, and it seems like even science fiction is struggling to keep up with reality. In recent months, we’ve witnessed some truly remarkable breakthroughs in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), and this latest development is right up there. Researchers have used GPT-style machine learning architecture to decode human thoughts by analyzing their functional MRI (fMRI) brain scans.

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High Ratio of U.S. Trademark Registrations to Assets Increases Annual Value

IP Watchdog

Brands — legally protected as trademarks — have value. We all understand that intuitively. Registering brands as federal trademarks also provides significant legal benefits, such as the presumption of ownership, validity, and nationwide priority in the mark. According to a recent study, the number of trademarks a company registers in a given year helps predict that company’s profitability and stock returns for the following year.

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UK Police Applaud Five-Year Jail Sentence for ‘Fugitive’ IPTV Reseller

TorrentFreak

Offering piracy-related services is a serious offense in the UK for which several vendors have received multi-year prison sentences in recent years. These sentences are typically announced by copyright holders or the police, as a deterrent for those who might be tempted to follow in the same footsteps. Reporting on these news releases can be tricky, as the information tends to be limited.

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DMCA 512(c) Safe Harbor Doesn’t Apply to Photo Embedding–Great Bowery v. Best Little Sites

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

This case involves Annie Leibovitz photos, represented by licensing and enforcement agency Trunk Archive. Allegedly, users of comicbookmovie.com (CBM) embedded the Leibovitz photos into the site by linking to the images hosted on third-party sites. Once CBM learned of the links (via the complaint), CBM disabled them. Embedding and the Server Test The Utah federal judge is persuaded by the Perfect 10 v.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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Australian Employment Law Bulletin [2023] ? 7 Cherry-Picked Changes (Some Radical)

LexBlog IP

This 2023 Australian Employment Law Bulletin cherry-picks 7 recent developments (some radical) from the hundreds of recent changes … The recent comprehensive legislative amendments implement, amongst other things, the recommendations made by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) in its Respect@Work Report as well as … Of critical significance to employers are two recent High Court decisions that have radically upended the longstanding rules for determining employee v. indepen

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ChatGPT Power Tips for Lawyers & Law Firms

Traverse Legal Blog

I’m a tech lawyer specializing in tech company representation. And yes, I also represent AI companies. I understand the technology. I don’t know many lawyers using AI more aggressively in their legal practice than I am today. I may be the only lawyer who has developed and launched innovative AI tools for our clients. AI or Die. It’s That Simple.

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This Must Stop: Government and Liberal Party Go All-In On Speech Regulation With Political Truth Oversight Bodies, Mandated Press Source Tracing, and Disclosure of Critics’ Communications

Michael Geist

Earlier today, the Liberal party convention approved (subject to a final vote) two stunning policy resolutions with enormous implications for freedom of expression. First, as discussed yesterday , it approved a resolution that seeks to “hold on-line information services accountable for the veracity of material published on their platforms and to limit publication only to material whose sources can be traced.