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Future of IP

UK copyright law ‘likely to be modified’ to address AI issues

Minister for AI and IP predicts changes to legislation will form part of eventual solution | Members of the House of Lords urged the government to take a position swiftly.   10 May 2024

Future of IP

IBM asks USPTO for more detail on AI inventor guidance as comment window ends

BigTech comments diverge on proposals over how much human oversight is needed for AI-assisted inventions | Google welcomes “step in the right direction” but IBM and Qualcomm request more clarification and better definitions of the tech | Office’s reliance on Pannu v Iolab questioned by leading AI patent owner.   15 May 2024

Trademarks

INTA calls for clarity on whether AI inventions could constitute prior art

Association asks USPTO for more detail and confirmation on certain points in Inventorship Guidance | INTA raises concerns over potential foreign patents with non-human inventorship.   18 May 2024

Trademarks

AI avatars will ‘completely revolutionise’ the challenge of counterfeits

From celebrity ‘endorsements’ to rogue movie piracy apps, the technology is creating a new wave of fakery, hears Sarah Speight at the EUIPO conference in Alicante.   30 April 2024

Copyright

UMG artists return to TikTok with new deal that includes AI protection

Ariana Grande, Drake and Billie Eilish to be ‘unmuted’ on videos | UMG and TikTok to collaborate on tackling unauthorised AI-generated content.   3 May 2024

Artificial Intelligence

AI patent platform secures $4.5m funding spearheaded by Google

Patlytics closed a seed round led by Gradient Ventures | Lawyers among group of investors | Software automates aspects of the patent process.   15 April 2024

AI

China’s first AI-generated image copyright infringement case

When someone shared an image made using StableDiffusion on social media, the ensuing case drew wide attention and set a precedent, explains Hongxia Wu of CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office.   9 April 2024

Artificial Intelligence

‘Ensure creators are paid or legislate on AI’ MPs tell UK government

Report highlights the concerns over creatives' incomes, royalty rates, and ‘gaps’ in the UK copyright regime | ‘Smart Fund’ proposal would see tech firms pay small fee from device sales | MPs stress need for enforceable mechanisms of remuneration and new copyright rules if necessary | Lack of a private copying scheme is ‘preventing’ creators from receiving payments from the UK and abroad.   10 April 2024

Patents

USPTO requests input on AI’s impact on patentability

Office calls for public comments to evaluate tech’s influence | Request seeks insights into how AI influences prior art, obviousness | Questions include ‘should parties be required to notify the USPTO if a submitted disclosure was AI-generated?’   30 April 2024

Copyright

The logic behind the US Copyright Office’s ‘strong view’ on Thaler’s AI

The office is not backing down over Stephen Thaler’s appeal to copyright an AI-generated landscape image. Ron Dreben, Meaghan Kent and Matthew Julyan of Morgan Lewis explain why.   4 April 2024

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