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Who Owns Your ChatGPT Output? (Hint: Probably Not You)

JD Supra Law

ChatGPT is a large language model developed by OpenAI. It is based on the transformer architecture and trained on a massive dataset of text from the Internet.

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Trademark Registration For Musicians

Sander Law

Trademark Registration for Musicians Are you a musician? in a band? Then you have trademarks that are worth protecting through trademark registration!

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RAP MUSIC ON TRIAL: Artistic Expression or Confession of Guilt? When IP Meets Criminal Law

IPilogue

Mona Karimi is a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. This article was written as a requirement for Prof. Pina D’Agostino’s IP Intensive Program. If you’re a fan of Hip-Hop music, you might just find your favourite artist fighting to protect themselves from their own lyrics.

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Will the Year of the Rabbit be the Year of Contentious Copyright Litigation over AI-Generated Content?

Hugh Stephens Blog

According to the Chinese zodiac, the Year of the Rabbit (this year) is supposed to represent “relaxation, quietness and contemplation”. This “Rabbit Year” is predicted to be “calm and gentle”. Good news for the people of Ukraine, if true).

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IPO Diversity in Innovation Toolkit

Women and diverse employees have the technical skill and knowledge, yet their contributions are not patented at the same rate as those of their male counterparts.This toolkit can help organizations move the needle on achieving gender parity in innovation.

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“This Law Will Be One of Scapegoating All Those Who Do Not Fit Into What Our Bureaucrats Think Canada Should Be”: Bill C-11 is Back with Stunning Rebuke From Senator David Adams Richards

Michael Geist

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Revolution Rope Inventor Tells Justices She Deserves Her Day in Article III Court

IP Watchdog

The inventor of a novel jump rope system (the Revolution Rope), Molly Metz, argued in a reply brief to the U.S.

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“Not My Work”: When Artists Dispute Authorship

JD Supra Law

The assumption that artists love credit is challenged when an artist appears to repudiate their authorship. Sometimes repudiation arises from personal animus while in other instances an artist might feel that their work is no longer “up to snuff.”. By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Law 105
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Senate Passes Updated Bill C-11 as Heritage Minister Rodriguez Suggests Government Will Reject Any Amendments that Have an Impact

Michael Geist

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Opinion: Restoring The Road Less Traveled – American Invention at a Crossroad

IP Watchdog

As Robert Frost poetically noted, two roads diverged in the woods he was exploring. One road was well trod, easy to traverse, and the other less traveled, difficult and getting weedy.

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Top Russian Official Thanks Pirates For Enabling Access to ‘Enemy’ Content

TorrentFreak

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine coupled with retaliatory measures and dangerous brinkmanship threatens to destabilize the entire planet.

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Life Sciences Litigation Update - January 2023

JD Supra Law

The issue of what is or is not patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101 has been hotly contested over the past decade. The debate stems largely from two U.S. Supreme Court decisions on the topic, as well as a large body of caselaw from the U.S.

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Great Branding Examples

Erik K Pelton

The following is an edited transcript of my video Examples of Great Branding – to see the images and logos, watch the video below. I want to share several examples of great branding that I’ve encountered lately. The first example is from Peloton.

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Kappos at PTAB Masters 2023: The PTAB Simply ‘Hasn’t Worked Out’ as Intended

IP Watchdog

During the PTAB Masters 2023 program, which was held this week on Tuesday and Wednesday at IPWatchdog’s headquarters in Ashburn, Virginia, former U.S.

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News: Unemployment is at its Lowest Level in 54 years

U.S. Department of Commerce

News: Unemployment is at its Lowest Level in 54 years February 3, 2023 KCPullen@doc.gov Fri, 02/03/2023 - 13:00 Economic indicators Today, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics released the monthly Jobs Report which shows the unemployment rate has dropped to 3.4%

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Media & Entertainment: 10 Legal Challenges for Companies in 2023

JD Supra Law

With the start of the new year, the ArentFox Schiff Media & Entertainment Industry team reviews 10 of the most pressing legal issues for companies in 2023.

Law 105
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AI and copyright in 2022

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This post looks back at the key developments in AI and copyright in 2022, covering generative AI, text and data mining exceptions, the pastiche exception, deep fakes, voice cloning and infringement and enforcement of copyright using AI.

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Cellspin Says Judge Gonzalez Rogers’ Financial Ties to Silicon Valley Require Recusal

IP Watchdog

Earlier this month, patent owner Cellspin Soft filed a motion for recusal under 28 U.S.C. § 455 seeking the vacatur of a summary judgment order entered in the Northern District of California by U.S.

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U.S. Identifies Top Pirate Sites and Other ‘Notorious Markets’

TorrentFreak

Every year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative ( USTR ) publishes a list of ‘notorious markets’ that facilitate online piracy and related intellectual property crimes.

Marketing 101
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Medical device innovations and IP: A strategy is everything.

JD Supra Law

Bringing a medical device to market relies on a broad understanding of IP, explain Sabing Lee and Kregg Koch of Knobbe Martens. The medical device industry is driven by innovation, where great ideas are developed into successful businesses and products to improve patient care and outcomes.

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Do You Know The Best Way to Protect Your Intellectual Property?

azrights

Intellectual Property (IP) is part and parcel of business, yet it abounds with misconceptions.

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In Response to Questions Signaling Major Changes to Patent System, Commenters Ask USPTO: ‘Where’s Your Data?’

IP Watchdog

Yesterday, February 1, was the deadline for submissions to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on its call for responses to a number of questions purportedly aimed at making U.S. patents more “robust and reliable.”

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MPA & ACE Need OSINT Investigators to Track Down IPTV Pirates

TorrentFreak

The MPA and strongly-affiliated Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment are the sworn enemies of illegal streaming sites, IPTV services, and torrent portals.

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Pharmacyclics LLC v. Alvogen, Inc.

JD Supra Law

Case Name: Pharmacyclics LLC v. Alvogen, Inc., 2021-2270, 2022 WL 16943006 (Fed. 15, 2022) (Circuit Judges Chen, Bryson, and Hughes presiding; Opinion by Bryson, J.) Appeal from D. Connolly, J.). By: Robins Kaplan LLP

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

The IPKat

Katfriends Adrian Aronsson-Storrier and Oliver Fairhurst from Lewis Silkin report on recent litigation in the UK against the developers of AI generation software. This litigation has arisen amongst a flurry of recent interest in AI generated works.

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The USPTO Claims it Wants to Ensure ‘Robust and Reliable’ Patents – But Its Questions Imply Another Assault on Patent Owners

IP Watchdog

Last October, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Request for Comments on USPTO Initiatives To Ensure the Robustness and Reliability of Patent Rights. Responses to this request are due by this Thursday, February 2, 2023.

Invention 107
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New US trade secrets law a ‘potential sledgehammer’ in dispute negotiations

IAM Magazine

President can now pick out foreign entities and subject them to a series of sanctions

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The Nice Classification Adds Language Related to NFTs, the Metaverse and Crypto Assets

JD Supra Law

Over the last few years, there has been increasing debate surrounding the appropriate trademark classification for digital assets.

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What is ESG?

McKinsey Operations

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are useful in measuring a company’s progress toward achieving social goals in addition to creating shareholder value. McKinsey Explainers Strategy Sustainability

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Patent Filings Roundup: Latest Mohan Rao Vehicle Semiconductor Patents Challenged; Competitor Suits Dominate

IP Watchdog

It was a relatively average week for patent filings, with 58 district court complaints and 19 new Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitions filed—that’s a tad low—all inter partes reviews (IPRs).

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The FTC’s war against US technology competition with China

IAM Magazine

Saturday Opinion: Supporting the legality of fair non-compete agreements will enhance foreign investors’ reasonable expectations of protection by the US IP system

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PTAB Remains Hostile to Section 101 Appeals

JD Supra Law

There is ample evidence that patent examiner allowance rates vary dramatically from examiner to examiner and art unit to art unit.[1] 1] This has resulted in the general understanding that there are "easy" examiners and "tough" examiners. By: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

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UK Government axes plans to broaden existing text and data mining exception

The IPKat

Ready to mine.

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AI Won’t Replace Attorneys. In Fact, It Will Drive More Volume For Legal Services.

Traverse Legal Blog

Yes, AI contract drafting is coming. And, yes, Robot lawyers are still a myth. AI experts say AI can generate better legal documents than lawyers. But AI won’t replace attorneys.

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Delhi High Court makes a U turn on Secondary Meaning and Acquired Distinctiveness

SpicyIP

[This post has been authored by SpicyIP intern Ishant Jain. Ishant is a final-year student pursuing BA LLB at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. He comes from Firozabad, UP, and is looking forward to building his career in Intellectual Property Rights.

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[Ongoing Program] Life Sciences Session: Pharma Brands v. Generics: Developments Affecting the Balance Between Exclusivity and Market Entry - March 2nd, 10:00 am - 11:00 am JST

JD Supra Law

We are committed to providing insightful commentary on IP developments from around the world to our Japanese clients. In light of that effort, we are continuing our free monthly webinar series, McDermott IP Focus.

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Pirate Site Admin Convicted After Five Years, Another Acquitted, Site Lives On

TorrentFreak

Numerous reports published by the European Union over the past decade have linked higher levels of content piracy with lacking availability of legal content.