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Is It Possible to Reconcile the Two Sides In the AI Copyright Debate? Image

Is It Possible to Reconcile the Two Sides In the AI Copyright Debate?

Maria Dinzeo

The points and counterpoints brought up by experts at a Stanford Law conference provide insight on the future relationship between AI and copyright creators.

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Jeffrey S. Ginsberg & Kaiying Wang

Federal Circuit Weighs On the Patentability of Claims to Targeted Advertising Federal Circuit Clarifies the Result-Effective Variable Doctrine

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Fourth Circuit Weighs In on Fair Use and Copyright Registration Validity Image

Fourth Circuit Weighs In on Fair Use and Copyright Registration Validity

Thomas Kjellberg & Robert W. Clarida

In Philpot v. Independent Journal Review, the Fourth Circuit found no fair use or copyright validity for a concert photographer's use of a photo of Ted Nugent as part of a collection.

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USPTO Issues New Guidance On Rejecting Patent Claims for Obviousness Image

USPTO Issues New Guidance On Rejecting Patent Claims for Obviousness

Rob Maier

The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently published new guidance explaining the requirements for patent examiners to reject patent claims for obviousness in view of what was already known in the prior art.

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"Holy Fair Use, Batman": Copyright, Fair Use and the Dark Knight Image

"Holy Fair Use, Batman": Copyright, Fair Use and the Dark Knight

David G. Kim & Michael K. Friedland

The copyright for the original versions of Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse have expired. Now, members of the public can create — and are busy creating — their own works based on these beloved characters. Suppose, though, we want to tell stories using Batman for which the copyright does not expire until 2035. We'll review five hypothetical works inspired by the original Batman comic and analyze them under fair use.

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Intellectual Property In Legal Tech: Lessons from Recent Cases Image

Intellectual Property In Legal Tech: Lessons from Recent Cases

Brian Mack, Kevin Keller & Olga V. Mack

As technology continues to permeate the legal industry, the significance of IP in safeguarding innovations, ensuring fair competition, and fostering a culture of creative legal solutions becomes paramount.

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Justin Tilghman & Howard J. Shire

Appeals Court Backs Nickelback In Copyright Infringement Case

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Beyond Language: How Multimodal AI Sees the Bigger Picture Image

Beyond Language: How Multimodal AI Sees the Bigger Picture

Matthew R. Carey

The possibilities for patenting innovative applications of multimodal models across industries are endless.

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Protecting Technology-Assisted Works and Inventions: Where Does AI Begin? Image

Protecting Technology-Assisted Works and Inventions: Where Does AI Begin?

Ed Lanquist, Jr. & Dominic Rota

Just like any new technology, efforts to protect and enforce intellectual property on AI-based technologies are likely to be hampered by a lack of both a unified governing framework and a common understanding of the technology.

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Content-Licensing Payment Dispute Turns On Existence of Fiduciary Relationship Image

Content-Licensing Payment Dispute Turns On Existence of Fiduciary Relationship

Stan Soocher

A recent New York federal court decision in a dispute between a broker that sublicenses program content and a broadcaster that sublicensed content from the broker considered the interaction of contract language and extra-contractual elements of the parties' relationship to determine whether a fiduciary relationship existed.

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