IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

On October 30, the nonpartisan think tank, Sunwater Institute, published a policy report on patent quality in the United States including suggestions for U.S. policymakers to better address errors in examining and adjudicating patents for validity.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Several industry organizations have recently published AI guidelines, including the Digital Medicine Society (DMS), in partnership with Google and the Mayo Clinic. The DMS playbook includes both a strategy guide and an ROI calculator.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Earlier commentaries ( here and here ) on previous versions of YouTube’s Report explored the potential over-blocking of uploaded content, which could adversely affect the rights of millions of users, as well as speculation on potential future safeguards within the platform’s copyright enforcement mechanisms.

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SpicyIP

MAY 17, 2023

Image from the Report The US Trade Representative (USTR) released the Special 301 Report for 2023 on April 26, 2023, and has placed India in the ‘Priority Watch List’, yet again. Prabhat Kumar Saha highlighting certain concerns of the USTR in the 2023 Special 301 Report and assessing the same from a public health perspective.

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Cogency Global

JULY 18, 2024

What this is : The implementing regulations for the Corporate Transparency Act require that reporting companies provide their IRS tax identification number (TIN) on Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reports filed with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The most recent notorious markets report included some hosting providers, but no domain name registries, for example. For additional context, we highlight the new entries, while also indicating those from the 2023 report that have since been removed. im, cuevana[.]biz, biz, and The Pirate Bay, whose current domain, thepiratebay[.]org,

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The Illusion of More

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Thirteen years ago this coming January, Congress shelved bipartisan legislation that was designed to […] The post Site Blocking Is Effective Worldwide Says New Report by IP House and DCA appeared first on The Illusion of More. Congress should adopt site-blocking legislation to protect American creators and consumers.

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Legal Zoom

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Over 32 million small businesses will be affected by the latest beneficial ownership reporting rules from FinCEN. Find out how the rules will affect you and how accurate reporting can help you comply. Yours could be one of them.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 6, 2024

While WIPO’s report underscores the highly concentrated nature of the global innovation economy, it also highlights several countries that have seen significant improvements in their own technological diversification during the study period.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Today, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published its annual World Intellectual Property Indicators Report, providing a snapshot of IP filing activities across the globe during 2023.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Copyright Office asking for an update on the Office’s multi-part report on the impact of artificial inteliigence (AI) on copyright law, which Steil said is no longer on track to be published by its stated target dates. It was not in response to or conjunction with the Office’s report, however. Copyright Office.

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 17, 2024

A few hours ago, the company released its latest transparency report detailing the actions it took in the second half of 2023. Reddit reports that rightsholders flagged 779,628 items between July and December, an 18% decrease compared to the first half of the year. During the second half of the year, this upward trend reversed.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 6, 2024

Daren Orzechowski, Alex Touma, and Jack Weinert examine Part 1 of Artificial Intelligence Report on Digital Replicas, published by the U.S. Copyright Office on July 31, 2024. In the first quarter of 2023, the U.S. Copyright Office (the “Office”) announced an initiative to examine copyright issues relating to artificial intelligence (“AI”).

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 8, 2024

Copyright Office published Part 1 of their report on copyright and artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on digital replicas. Digital replicas are "a video, image, or audio recording that has been digitally created or manipulated to realistically but falsely depict an individual.". By: Venable LLP

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 5, 2024

This week, the Office released the first in what is expected to be a series of reports arising from the study – this one focused on digital replicas, or as they are often called, “deepfakes.” The report concludes that “new federal legislation is urgently needed” to address the potential harms of digital. By: Jenner & Block

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Olartemoure Blog

AUGUST 30, 2024

This three-year initiative is designed to encourage whistleblowers to report corporate criminal activities by offering financial rewards for valuable information about corporate criminal wrongdoing, such as money laundering, fraud and corruption.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2024

Copyright Office issued a report addressing digital replicas created by artificial intelligence (AI). This is part one of the agency’s broader report on issues related to the exploding use of generative AI platforms.

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Cogency Global

JULY 25, 2024

What this is : The Corporate Transparency Act mandates that non-exempt reporting companies submit Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reports to FinCEN. Deadlines differ based on whether the company existed before January 1, 2024, or was formed/registered on or after that date.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The total number of countries examined in the report is now 25, excluding only Poland and Bulgaria – the first of which has not yet implemented the Directive and the second of which only implemented it after the work on updating the study had begun. By contrast, the Dutch implementation (as reported by the national expert Prof.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Copyright Office is late in submitting reports on the intersection of artificial intelligence and copyright law, according to a recent letter from leadership on the House committee with jurisdiction over the matter.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 19, 2024

On July 3, 2024, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published a Patent Landscape Report on Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI). The report provides a historical and technical overview of GenAI technologies, who and where the top patent owners are, what types of GenAI models are being patented the most, and more.

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IP Law 360

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

An upcoming report from the U.S. Copyright Office addressing questions of infringement and training artificial intelligence models with copyrighted material will address fair use, Shira Perlmutter, the office's director, told a U.S. Senate oversight panel Wednesday.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

In May 2024, WIPO published a report titled “ Making Innovation Policy Work for Development ” on the need for economies to diversify for better utilization of knowledge and eventually economic prosperity. SpicyIP Intern Deepali Vashist discusses the key aspects of this report and its observation on India.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 7, 2024

The United States Copyright Office has released the first in a series of reports relating to the implications of AI on copyright law and policy, urging the creation of new federal law addressing deepfakes. By: Hogan Lovells

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Cogency Global

MARCH 30, 2023

What this is : In Puerto Rico, filing an annual report is a legal requirement for corporations and limited liability companies (LLCs) to maintain compliance with the government and keep their status in good standing. Failure to file an annual report on time can result in penalties and possible revocation of an entity's status.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 12, 2024

Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chris Coons (D-DE) have introduced a bill to study the inefficiencies in the reporting system required under the Bayh-Dole Act, with an eye toward streamlining processes.

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Barry Sookman

AUGUST 7, 2024

The Federal Court issued another troubling copyright decision involving Blacklock’s Reporter (BR) in the recent case, 1395804 Ontario Ltd, operating as Blacklock’s Reporter v AG Canada , 2024 FC 829. The Blacklock’s Reporter decision is riddled with mistakes.…

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

On November 16, innovation intelligence firm Patsnap published the results of its 2023 Global Innovation Report, which measures a range of patent metrics to determine the most innovative companies in the world. This year’s Global Innovation 100 listing represents about a quarter of the globe’s entire patent filing activity.

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 8, 2024

Late last month we reported on the latest copyright claim data made available by YouTube. Coincidentally, reports suggest that YouTube has around two billion active users already. Things Have Moved On Since Then It’s almost impossible to reconcile the figures being reported this week with any type of normal thought process.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 19, 2024

Though it has been reported that the Bill is being withdrawn because the government feels that existing laws are sufficient to address any issues that may arise, the Bill was extensively criticised for muffling free speech in the country and imposing excessive checks on online content creators and social media influencers.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 21, 2024

The Council for Innovation Promotion issued a report Thursday ranking members of Congress on their support for strong intellectual property rights, praising a few "IP champions," criticizing some detractors, but concluding that "the vast majority of legislators fail entirely to engage meaningfully on IP."

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In support of this, Ranson’s report showed how much money the trust would have had if it had sold the property twenty years ago and invested the proceeds in a Vanguard mutual fund. ” The court then asked Copilot if it was reliable and accurate, and Copilot self-reported that it’s always a good idea to double-check its work.

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Olartemoure Blog

MAY 9, 2023

Every year, the European Commission (EC), publishes its Annual Report on Competition Policy, which includes the major Competition Policy developments and regulatory initiatives of the year, together with a selection of important enforcement actions. This judgement has been appealed by the EC.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2024

The USTR’s report aims to motivate governments and various players in the private sector to take appropriate action, wherever that’s possible, to disrupt and limit infringement. reappeared in the report last year. As expected, the most-visited torrent site on the internet also appears in this year’s report.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). While the Report is comprehensive, it does not recommend any new action to address IP issues with NFTs.

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The TTABlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

5) issue of the Trademark Reporter has arrived. TTABlog comment: This issue of the TMR is Copyright © 2024, the International Trademark Association, and is made available with the permission of the Trademark Reporter ®. The September-October 2024 (Vol. pdf here ]. Read comments and post your comment here.

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Olartemoure Blog

MAY 10, 2024

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published its Innovation report for the year 2024, in which special emphasis is given to the development that Colombia has had in terms of Intellectual Property protection. La entrada WIPO’s innovation report for 2024 se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property.

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