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By Chris O'Malley | April 16, 2024
Eric Topel joined Patsnap this month from Nevada-based Socure. The Singapore-founded company raised $300 million from an investor group that included Japan's SoftBank at a valuation topping $1 billion in 2021.
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By Chris O'Malley | April 16, 2024
Eric Topel joined Patsnap this month from Nevada-based Socure. The Singapore-founded company raised $300 million from an investor group that included Japan's SoftBank at a valuation topping $1 billion in 2021.
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By Joseph R. Decker and Robert E. Cannuscio | April 16, 2024
Recent years have seen a rapid change in the technology, economics and regulations driving the software industry, such as the rise of artificial intelligence (including generative AI, like ChatGPT), the associated explosion of "big data" and the emergence of a patchwork of new privacy laws and data regulations striving to address the implications of these new technologies.
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By Danielle M. DeFilippis | April 16, 2024
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has been vigilant and thorough in combatting these scams, offering not only public education on their website, but providing seminars and trainings on spotting and avoiding these scams.
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By Marc P. Misthal | April 16, 2024
Like any emerging technology, AI is entangled with legal issues. These legal issues may not make for compelling entertainment, but they are important in shaping the use and potential of AI.
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By The Legal Intelligencer | April 16, 2024
In The Legal's Intellectual Property special section read about new trademark scams, AI and terms of service obligations and whether or not Disney's famous mouse is actually free to use.
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By Alex Anteau | April 15, 2024
"In massive, high-stakes litigation, it's really, really difficult to try cases [against] somebody like Amazon who's got, for all intents and purposes, unlimited resources," said the plaintiff's counsel, Courtland Reichman, noting his team put more than 30,000 hours into the suit.
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By Susan A. Smith and Doyle S. Tuvesson | April 15, 2024
The court found no likelihood of confusion, emphasizing that "an effective parody will actually diminish the likelihood of confusion." Over a decade later, the U.S. Supreme Court stated that the First Amendment does not grant trademark parodies a safe harbor from infringement claims.
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By Laura Lipschutz | April 15, 2024
Earlier this year, media and news outlets widely reported that Mickey Mouse had entered the "public domain" because Disney's copyright in the cartoon "Steamboat Willie" expired on Jan. 1, 2024. What implications does the expiration of this copyright registration actually have and may we all start using Mickey to promote our products and services?
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By Nicole D. Galli, Laura Talley Geyer and Alexa Elder | April 15, 2024
The dispute between fashion powerhouses Adidas and Thom Browne over stripe designs reveals the intricacies of brand protection and the scope of trademarks based on common elements especially within the fashion world.
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