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[Guest post] Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh?

The IPKat

Here's what Marianna writes: Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh? by Marianna Ryan Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) are a new type of quasi-corporate entities, existing with the use of blockchain and smart contracts. The use of blockchain and smart contracts in the creation of DAOs has its pros and cons.

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Decoding Patent Ownership beginning with Core Principles

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit vacated a district court’s grant of summary judgment that an inventor, Dr. Mark Core, had automatically assigned a patent associated with his PhD thesis to his then-employer and education funder TRW. Core Optical Techs., Nokia Corp. , 23-1001 (Fed. May 21, 2024).

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IPSC Breakout 4 IP and Property/Contract Theory

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Don’t understand contracting, mediation, adjudication as ways to maximize other variables solely. People desire that contract be in some part about human relations. TJ Chiang, IP Ownership and Penalty Default Rules Patent v. We need to understand institutions as means-based. Eunomics is that project. Second: inner morality.

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When is an IP agreement between a university and a student inventor unfair?

The IPKat

In this 650-paragraph judgement , the court ruled that students can in certain situations be “consumers” vis a vis the university under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulation 1999/2083) (UTCCR). In Oct 2013, Mr. Jing commenced his DPhil studies (PhD equivalent), signing a contract which included the University’s IP Provisions.

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Patenting AI: the nature of inventorship and the mechanics of ownership

IAM Magazine

Under English law, there is considerable uncertainty as to whether an AI program can be regarded as an inventor of a patent. Such ambiguity means that contracts between parties are crucial to regulating patent ownership.

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Patenting AI: the nature of inventorship and the mechanics of ownership

IAM Magazine

Under English law, there is considerable uncertainty as to whether an AI program can be regarded as an inventor of a patent. Such ambiguity means that contracts between parties are crucial to regulating patent ownership.

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Viral TikTok Music Trends as Low-Cost Marketing – Who gets to choose how and when a song is released?

IPilogue

This sentiment plays into inherent feelings of property ownership and control over your property —in this case, your intellectual property (“IP”. But what are the legal underpinnings that tie Halsey’s (and other artists’) ownership and control of their music? The short answer, as usual in law, is that it depends.

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