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Intellectual Property Rights and Federally Funded Research

LexBlog IP

Under typical Phase 1 contracts with the Department of Defense (DoD), such as the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), default ownership of domestic and international intellectual property rights belong to the Contractor. The inventor of the invention and the corresponding contract number that the agreement was conceived under. important;}}.

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Spilling Secrets to AI: Does Chatting with ChatGPT Unleash Trade Secret or Invention Disclosure Dilemmas?

Trading Secrets

Although ChatGPT does not currently train on user data (its last training session was in 2021), its data policy for non-API access says it may use submitted data to improve its AI models. Users are warned against sharing sensitive information, as specific prompts cannot be deleted. enablement). Thankfully, the U.S.

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Spilling Secrets to AI: Does Chatting with ChatGPT Unleash Trade Secret or Invention Disclosure Dilemmas?

LexBlog IP

Although ChatGPT does not currently train on user data (its last training session was in 2021), its data policy for non-API access says it may use submitted data to improve its AI models. Users are warned against sharing sensitive information, as specific prompts cannot be deleted. enablement). Thankfully, the U.S.

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Spilling Secrets to AI: Does Chatting with ChatGPT Unleash Trade Secret or Invention Disclosure Dilemmas?

LexBlog IP

Although ChatGPT does not currently train on user data (its last training session was in 2021), its data policy for non-API access says it may use submitted data to improve its AI models. Users are warned against sharing sensitive information, as specific prompts cannot be deleted. enablement). Thankfully, the U.S.

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maintaining ex-employees' voicemail/email doesn't violate Lanham Act or right of publicity

43(B)log

30, 2022) “This case began as a routine suit for breach of a noncompete provision in an employment contract. Pennsylvania right of publicity: Pennsylvania protects the name or likeness of any natural person that has commercial value and is used for any commercial or advertising purpose without written consent.

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Best practices to avoid copyright infringement

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

There’s a significant probability that someone already owns the rights to the content even if you cannot locate an explicit declaration stating that it is intended for public use. It would be preferable to obtain written authorization from the copyright owners before using the original content. Document right to use.

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Bizarre Dispute Between AI-Biotech Startup and Former Executive Ends in Trade Secret TRO, For Now

Trading Secrets

Making this all the more odd, though, is that Gandall sued Plaintiffs for employment-related and breach of contract claims in December 2023. Any practitioner that has brought trade secret misappropriation claims knows that the hallmark of a trade secret is taking sufficient steps to protect the confidentiality of the information.