News and expert analysis on IP developments from the courts to the USPTO.
By Amanda O'Brien | February 16, 2024
Duke Fitch started at the company as a medicinal chemist and rose to vice president of U.S. pharmaceutical patents after earning his law degree.
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By William Trueba | February 16, 2024
The USPTO has also published information about current technologies and their impact on copyrighted works and is conducting a study regarding copyright issues raised by AI. Based on public information through December of 2023, the office will evaluate areas for potential congressional action.
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By Ed Lanquist, Jr. and Dominic Rota | February 15, 2024
At what point does a "smart" computing system, or advanced software program, qualify as AI in the eyes of pertinent regulatory or judicial authorities? When is an individual considered to have merely deployed an AI-based computing tool to assist with creating a work of art or conceiving of a technological innovation? Each of these questions is explored in this article, giving consideration to currently prevailing guidelines from administrative bodies and the courts.
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By Mason Lawlor | February 14, 2024
The manufacturer accuses Build-a-Bear of more than $300 million worth of trade dress and copyright infringement with "copycat" Skoosherz plush toys.
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By Isha Marathe | February 9, 2024
Large cloud and AI providers including Amazon, Google and Microsoft, among others, say they'll take on the legal risk of a copyright claim arising from the use of their offered LLMs. But there are significant caveats to these protections.
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By Mason Lawlor | February 9, 2024
"Depending on how this case ultimately shakes out, it could set certain standards or guide us towards how future activity may or may not be regulated, and I think that's where it's most interesting," said Benjamin Jaffe, a partner at New York law firm Pryor Cashman.
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By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | February 8, 2024
The patent litigators, who joined Baker Botts on Saturday, focus their practice in Taiwan and China.
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By Jonathan Moskin and Rachel Pauley | February 7, 2024
The emerging cases by authors and copyright owners challenging various generative AI programs for using copyrighted materials are certain to create new troubles for the courts being asked to apply the fair use doctrine to this important new technology.
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By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | February 6, 2024
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe litigation partner Claudia Wilson Frost said she joined Steptoe's new Houston office partly because of the large group of trial lawyers there.
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By Maria Dinzeo | February 6, 2024
Valerie Ho helped craft the fast-fashion giant's global legal and compliance structure and was helping it fend off questions about its IP and labor practices as it preps for an IPO.
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