Barry Sookman

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems and in particular generative AI (GenAI) systems have raised the question as to whether technical advances in the useful arts or synthetic content generated using these tools can qualify for patent or copyright protection. Recent decisions in both the patent and copyright fields have denied protection for otherwise patentable inventions and copyright works where the sole claimed inventor or author is identified as an artificial intelligence system.

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Likelihood of Confusion

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Purim – the holiday that celebrates LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION! Speaking of which — click here for the PTO’s response to the application for a writ of mandamus to the Federal. The post Happy Purim! appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 23, 2023

INTRODUCTION The retail industry in India is experiencing a revolution as a result of the changing lifestyles of the country’s population. The prevailing type of enterprises functioning within this sector are small-scale merchants that adhere to traditional business techniques. Recent years, nevertheless, have witnessed a shift towards contemporary retailing.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

As a plant intellectual property nerd , this Kat was delighted to get her hands on the new book Intellectual Property and the Design of Nature (Oxford University Press, 2023), edited by Jose Bellido and Brad Sherman. But don’t stop reading if your passion lies along other branches of IP law, because this volume has plenty to say about copyright, trademarks, and more.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Introduction In the current era, especially the period post COVID-19, there has been a tremendous growth in the internet traffic and this advancement has helped merchants to drastically expand their businesses online through utilisation of domain names. It is defined to be a unique address that is used by Internet users for the purpose of accessing a website via a web browser.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The final rounds of the holiday season are finally here , and so are some interesting IP events. The DSA and Platform Regulation Conference 2024 Image via Pexels On 15 and 16 February at the Amsterdam Law School (University of Amsterdam) “The DSA and Platform Regulation Conference 2024” is taking place. As the Digital Service Act is becoming fully applicable on the 17 February 2024, the Conference aims at discussing how the DSA can make a meaningful contribution to platform regulation.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

If you've been too wrapped up with preparations for the holiday season , here's a summary of the IP news that you might have missed last week: Patents This Kat is still contemplating which IP books to put on her Christmas wish-list. Rose Hughes outlined the recent EPO Board of Appeal decision ( T 1356/21 ), which discussed the criterion of novelty for pharmaceutical dosage regimes and selection inventions, as well as the reliance on an unexpected technical effect for inventive step.

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