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Software and Firmware Reverse Engineering & Testing

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Understanding how hardware and firmware/software work together to perform desired functions or tasks is an important enabler to unlocking the value of intellectual properties in the systems (including embedded systems) area....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Artificial Intelligence in the Modern Workplace: Safeguarding Source Code Generated with AI Assistance

Generally, an employer owns all rights in software code created by its employee in the scope of their employment. As outlined in the last edition of this series, this general rule typically applies to independent contractors...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

USPTO Guidance on Design Patents Including a Computer-Generated Electronic Image

The USPTO has prepared soon to be published supplemental guidance for design patent examination for computer-generated electronic images. This guidance relates to determining whether a design patent claim including a...more

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Coding with AI in an Open-Source World

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Many generative AI systems are very good at writing code, and developers increasingly use them to develop high-quality software faster and more efficiently than they could without these systems. But companies must take...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Generative AI's Output: How Is It Created, and What IP Rights Should It Receive?

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Generative artificial intelligence (AI) first performs broad, deep training on human-created materials, then, when given a prompt, can produce "original" works as output. Examples include ChatGPT (text), Stable Diffusion...more

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Protecting Innovations in SaMD & Biomedical Applications

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With the ever-growing adaptation of software in all realms of health care, the market for software for medical devices (SaMD) is forecasted to grow 16.7% per year over the next decade and surpass $5 billion by 2032....more

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Where’s the Money? Options for Commercializing Technology, Part 1: Open Source Software

When the topic of technology commercialization strategies comes up, the most common options typically mentioned include the sale of a technology or building a business around technology by selling products or providing...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

How Technology Licensing Lawyers Help Unleash AI

Inventors may hire a technology licensing lawyer to protect their creations, but can artificial intelligence (AI) create legally protectable technology? The answer depends on several things, including how a company...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Potential Pitfalls and Best Practices In Using AI Tools to Generate Code

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an even hotter topic since the introduction of generative AI tools like ChatGPT, a chatbot developed by OpenAI, as well as tools like Copilot and OpenAI Codex, which use generative AI...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Automated IP Enforcement: Moving Towards Better Results

Last year in our article “What Will Post Pandemic IP Enforcement Look Like,” we looked at the future of enforcement and what strategies may emerge and take root post-pandemic. As it appears we are moving to an endemic stage,...more

Hogan Lovells

A general introduction to technology disputes in Mexico

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In Mexico, disputes involving technological assets tend mainly to concern the unauthorised manufacture, use and sale of software and inventions. Unfortunately, Mexico is a country that faces a serious piracy problem, of both...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Thinking Outside the Box: Last Call for Input Regarding DoD's Evaluation and Valuation of IP

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Late last year in the Holland & Knight blog post, "DOD's New IP Rules May Impact Contractors' Rights in Computer Software and Technical Data," the firm reported on new intellectual property (IP) rules proposed by the U.S....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Open Source-ish! What Defines Open Source and Why it Really Matters in Investments and Acquisitions

The number of different open source licenses is growing and the variation in their terms and complexity is increasing. A number of licenses that appear to be, or are commonly referred to as “open source” do not actually meet...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Challenges of Patenting Autonomous Vehicle AI and Software

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There are countless innovations being made for autonomous vehicle components, including for advanced sensors, radar and LiDAR, geolocation, and telecommunications. The automotive industry filed 25k+ patents in 2018 to protect...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Why NDA Automation is a 2019 Imperative for Law Firms

Law firms are feeling the heat to keep pace with the accelerating, technology-driven changes overtaking the legal industry. Why should NDA automation be one of their first steps toward Legal Rising and digital transformation?...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

“‘Say it ain’t so, bro!’” (Episode 14)

Previously we’ve discussed Hooli’s reverse engineering of Pied Piper’s technology and the threatened lawsuit for ownership of the technology. In Episode 14, Pied Piper faces a new threat: Endframe, a Pied Piper competitor,...more

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