Patently-O

MARCH 3, 2024

By Dennis Crouch Elon Musk was instrumental in the initial creation of OpenAI as a nonprofit with the vision of responsibly developing artificial intelligence (AI) to benefit humanity and to prevent monopolistic control over the technology. After ChatGPT went viral in late 2022, the company began focusing more on revenue and profits. It added a major for-profit subsidiary and completed a $13+ billion deal with Microsoft — entitling the industry giant to a large share of OpenAI’s fut

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 3, 2024

There’s rarely a shortage of conflict and controversy in the perpetual online piracy wars. For some, the David versus Goliath imagery, of ordinary people fighting faceless corporations, will never get old. For others, the right of creators to receive fair compensation for their work is non-negotiable; it puts food on the table, literally. Yet spend enough time digesting every possible detail presented by those shouting most loudly about piracy, and it becomes increasingly clear that piracy

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 3, 2024

Music lawyer Tamera Bennett and TV lawyer Gordon Firemark discuss: Grand jury indicts Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting of cinematographer on movie set in New Mexico; Eighth circuit affirms that an intake form is not copyrightable; Silverman and other authors have claims tossed in copyright infringement case related to artificial intelligence while authors prevail on an anti-SLAPP argument in a separate AI case; Internet services provider Cox gets a reversal in a copyright infringement case that’s.

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The IPKat

MARCH 3, 2024

Retro-Kats The fifth annual Retromark conference returns for another afternoon of in-person trade mark law and practice hosted by Darren Meale of Simmons & Simmons and the IPKat on Tuesday 7 May. This year, the keynote speech will be delivered by Allan James, Senior Hearing Officer at the UKIPO. Starting at 2 pm and finishing with drinks and canapes from 6:15pm at Simmons’ offices in Citypoint, Moorgate , the full line up is below: 14:00-14:30 – Registration 14:30-14:40 – Introduction and we

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Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 3, 2024

Along with summer blockbusters, New York employers have a new posting obligation too. On March 1, 2024, the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) released the City’s newly expanded, landmark Workers’ Bill of Rights , a comprehensive guide to rights in the workplace in New York City. In multiple languages, the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) and the New York City Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) created this guide summarizing city laws and including sta

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The IPKat

MARCH 3, 2024

The IPKat is curled up beside the warm glow of the latest IP intrigue, events and purr-spectives. Events 5 March 2024: Workshop on Digital Assets, Ownership and Property Rights Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, in partnership with the Cloud Legal Project at CCLS, is organising a workshop exploring how the concepts of ownership and property rights relate and apply to digital assets.

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Likelihood of Confusion

MARCH 3, 2024

It’s not usually a great idea to use your personal email account for business purposes. Sometimes you’re stuck — you can’t get access to your work account, or that account is down, or has limitations that your personal account doesn’t. But besides the “branding” and professionalism downside to sending a client a draft for review […] The post Using personal email for business purposes appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 3, 2024

IPNews® – At the end of last year, the progression of AI in the form of ChatGPT amazed many. Since then, the fall out continues with companies scrambling to claim intellectual property rights and market share. Perhaps the most surprising recent result is OpenAI’s apparent inability to register CHATGPT as a trademark.

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Barry Sookman

MARCH 3, 2024

There is a major battle being waged between the world’s democratic countries led by the United States, Germany, France, South Korea, and Japan and the major autocracies led by China and Russia. This battle, called “ Cold War 2.0 Artificial Intelligence in the New Battle between China, Russia, and America ” in the new book written by George Takach (published by Pegasus Books and distributed by Simon & Schuster ), explains the tensions between the democracies and autocracies and provides thoro

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 3, 2024

Let’s talk about publicity rights. Have you ever wondered about the true power of your image? Does the idea that someone could capture your essence, your unique attributes, and plaster it somewhere without your say-so sit well with you? Unlikely, right? With Hollywood’s sparkling lights often blinding us to the legal skirmishes behind the scenes, the recent case involving a renowned ‘Top Gun’ actor is blasting through the stratosphere, raising critical questions about one

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