Barry Sookman

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems and in particular generative AI (GenAI) systems have raised the question as to whether technical advances in the useful arts or synthetic content generated using these tools can qualify for patent or copyright protection. Recent decisions in both the patent and copyright fields have denied protection for otherwise patentable inventions and copyright works where the sole claimed inventor or author is identified as an artificial intelligence system.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 23, 2023

There’s little doubt that many entertainment industry insiders see online piracy as an existential threat. The film business has been hit particularly hard, with movies still the most pirated entertainment category. Several anti-piracy forces are working hard to address the challenge. This involves concrete actions to shut down piracy sites and services, for example, while stakeholders lobby for stricter legislation and harsher enforcement.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 23, 2023

INTRODUCTION The retail industry in India is experiencing a revolution as a result of the changing lifestyles of the country’s population. The prevailing type of enterprises functioning within this sector are small-scale merchants that adhere to traditional business techniques. Recent years, nevertheless, have witnessed a shift towards contemporary retailing.

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Likelihood of Confusion

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Purim – the holiday that celebrates LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION! Speaking of which — click here for the PTO’s response to the application for a writ of mandamus to the Federal. The post Happy Purim! appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION™.

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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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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

As a plant intellectual property nerd , this Kat was delighted to get her hands on the new book Intellectual Property and the Design of Nature (Oxford University Press, 2023), edited by Jose Bellido and Brad Sherman. But don’t stop reading if your passion lies along other branches of IP law, because this volume has plenty to say about copyright, trademarks, and more.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Introduction In the current era, especially the period post COVID-19, there has been a tremendous growth in the internet traffic and this advancement has helped merchants to drastically expand their businesses online through utilisation of domain names. It is defined to be a unique address that is used by Internet users for the purpose of accessing a website via a web browser.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2023

If you've been too wrapped up with preparations for the holiday season , here's a summary of the IP news that you might have missed last week: Patents This Kat is still contemplating which IP books to put on her Christmas wish-list. Rose Hughes outlined the recent EPO Board of Appeal decision ( T 1356/21 ), which discussed the criterion of novelty for pharmaceutical dosage regimes and selection inventions, as well as the reliance on an unexpected technical effect for inventive step.

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