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[Guest post] Litigation commenced against the developers of AI image generation software

The IPKat

While the Irish Copyright and Related Rights Act includes a similar provision concerning the authorship of computer-generated works, Irish academics have noted this provision may be inconsistent with the EU acquis.

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Eurasia and IP

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

An application for a Eurasian patent covers all Contracting States of the Eurasian Patent Convention, and a Eurasian patent is granted for all these Contracting States together. In EAPO, an invention that satisfies the conditions of novelty, inventive step, and industrial applicability, subjects to patentability.

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AI and IP – to legislate or not? UKIPO’s public consultation seeks evidence

Kluwer Copyright Blog

That call concerned patents, copyright and related rights, designs, trade marks and trade secrets. Option 2: recognising AI as an inventor in patent applications. This is not the first time the UKIPO has engaged with a public call for views on the topic of AI and IP.

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Navigating the Global Intellectual Property Landscape: Key Treaties and Agreements

IIPRD

‘The Paris Convention’, adopted in March 1883 and revised in the years 1900, 1911, 1925, 1934, 1958, 1967, and 1979, comprehensively addresses “patents, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks, service marks, trade names, and geographical indications”. [1]

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Introducing the Trade Secret Case Management Judicial Guide

Patently-O

Patent cases also involve aspects of secrecy—such as unpublished patent applications that might bear on validity and business strategy related to damages—but trade secret litigation goes to the very heart of the cause of action: that the information that was allegedly misappropriated was not known or readily ascertainable.