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Hogan Lovells patent litigator joins EIP in Germany

German and European patent attorney is also UPC representative | EIP has been growing international partnership this year.   1 July 2024

Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI and Microsoft face fresh lawsuit from US news organisation

Center for Investigative Reporting alleges tech giants copied tens of thousands of journalism works | Non-profit joins other large US newspapers in filing copyright suits over AI model training.   28 June 2024

Careers

Polsinelli adds ex-Armstrong Teasdale tech expert

Latest addition brings electrical and software tech expertise to St. Louis | Specialises in acquisitions, licensing, enforcement, and product clearance | Experience in patent portfolio management in the healthcare sector.   28 June 2024

Patents

Nike suffers setback in Lululemon ‘mirror gym’ dispute

PTAB ruled key claims of Nike's home gym equipment patents unpatentable | Decision follows Lululemon's inter partes review and adds a new dimension to the broader patent conflict over home gym and app tech between the two sportswear giants.   27 June 2024

Trademarks

Whatever happened to NFTs? Data shows remarkable drop as ‘AI’ takes off

Demand for NFTs and metaverse marks in the US fall by more than 500% in last two years | Applications for artificial intelligence show “steady rather than spectacular” growth.   27 June 2024

Patents

Unified Patent Court: The cases, the numbers and what the future holds

In its first year, uptake of cases at the Unified Patent Court has surpassed most expectations. Darren Smyth of EIP delves into the facts and figures behind the headlines, with some surprising results.   27 June 2024

Careers

Gowling WLG pursues European expansion with new IP team in Paris

Partner from Reed Smith is renowned for patent and trademark litigation practice | Firm plans to continue growing team in France.   27 June 2024

Patents

Fed Circ lengthens odds for Alice patent eligibility test

Appeals court makes it more challenging for claims to pass the second prong of eligibility standard | Decision ends three-year infringement suit targeting big names in gaming industry.   26 June 2024

Copyright

AI licensor Reddit blocks web ‘crawlers’

Social platform to make changes to robots.txt file | Company says it will take measures against unauthorised ‘large-scale’ access to content.   26 June 2024

Artificial Intelligence

'Supergroup' of world’s biggest record labels sue AI music platforms

UMG, Sony and Warner claim AI companies stole “decades” worth of music to train models | Tracks of The Beatles, Stevie Wonder and Ed Sheeran allegedly used in data | Record labels say speed of machine-generated content threatens entire industry.   25 June 2024

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