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Disney-OpenAI’s Sora Deal Signals for IP, Licensing and Responsible AI
For rights holders, platforms and brands, the Disney-Open AI licensing deal illustrates an emerging blueprint for commercializing iconic IP in AI-native formats while attempting to manage legal, regulatory, and reputational risk.
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Protecting AI As a Trade Secret Can Create a ‘Goldilocks’ Problem
Based on a review of recent case law, this article identifies three considerations that practitioners should pay attention to in cases involving AI trade secrets.
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New York Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act Examined for Effect On Commercial Speech
The opinion in the case that upheld New York's algorithmic pricing disclosure law offers a thorough analysis of the issues surrounding regulation of this kind of technology, and it is worth a closer look as the battle is likely to continue in New York and across the country.
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Federal Circuit Reasserts Limits On USPTO Authority In 'KAHWA' Ruling
The decision reasserts important limits on the USPTO’s authority, particularly its reliance on unverified foreign-language translations, hypothetical assumptions about what businesses “might” offer in the future, and tenuous connections between a word and a service category.
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