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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

Future of IP

Is Japan still a machine learning paradise?

Despite inevitable ambiguity, published analysis on Japanese copyright law and AI will provide important insight until cases are decided in the courts, say Yoshiniori Okamoto of Yuasa and Hara and Jin Yoshikawa of Adams and Reese.   18 April 2024

Trademarks

‘I'm proud of where I am today’: Hershey counsel Angela Wilson

Whether it is running a ‘lean and mean’ IP function, tackling cannabis counterfeits or inspiring future attorneys, the confectioner’s senior counsel has no plans to slow down anytime soon, finds Muireann Bolger.   18 May 2024

Trademarks

Soaring global trade in counterfeit goods set to hit £1.43 trillion by 2030

Counterfeit goods could account for £1 in every £20 spent in six years’ time | Worldwide sales tax revenues suffered £139 billion loss due to counterfeits in 2022.   16 May 2024

Patents

Questel builds on AI plan with Swiss partnership

Questel and ipQuants join forces to improve patent prosecution with AI tech | Partnership promises improved data analysis, trend spotting, and strategic decision making for patent prosecutors | Follows company’s recent acquisition of qatent.   28 March 2024

Future of IP

Domain blocking and IP protection in the modern world

Ahead of a panel session at this year’s INTA Annual Meeting moderated by the Brand Safety Alliance, industry experts and panellists share their views on domain blocking and the recently launched GlobalBlock service.   1 May 2024

Diversity

Tech GCs ask: Is the patent profession in decline?

A new report produced on behalf of counsel from Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and Disney, suggests that the patent field is facing a crisis due to a lack of diversity.   29 April 2024

Future of IP

WATCH: ‘Juniors need to teach themselves how to use AI’

Junior lawyers are ready to adopt AI tools into their day-to-day work, but will probably have to teach themselves how to use them, an associate told Future of IP.   28 March 2024

Diversity

Neurodiversity: Why great minds (don’t) think alike

Bhupinder Randhawa of Bereskin & Parr, who was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at 45, shares his experience as a neurodiverse lawyer.   24 April 2024

Artificial Intelligence

Authors lose intervention bid in NYT OpenAI suit

A New York court ruling denies attempts by California authors to wade into other high-profile suits against OpenAI and Microsoft | Cases concern the allegations of unauthorised use of copyrighted materials to train AI models | Ruling comes after OpenAI and Microsoft fight back and authors face setback.   2 April 2024

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