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United States Patent and Trademark Office Copyright Artificial Intelligence

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Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Intellectual Property Law in the Age of Generative AI

The recent surge of accessible generative AI (“GenAI”) tools has kept attorneys, particularly those in the intellectual property, technology, data privacy, and cybersecurity spaces, on their toes. Within the intellectual...more

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USPTO and Copyright Office Basics on Applying for and Registering AI-Assisted Material

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Want to learn more about drafting, negotiating, and understanding intellectual property and technology contracts and have 10 minutes to spare? Grab your morning coffee or afternoon tea and dig into our Tech Contract Quick...more

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Overview of the U.S. copyright office’s AI digital replicas (“deepfakes”) report

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Daren Orzechowski, Alex Touma, and Jack Weinert examine Part 1 of Artificial Intelligence Report on Digital Replicas, published by the U.S. Copyright Office on July 31, 2024. In the first quarter of 2023, the U.S....more

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PTAB/USPTO Update - August 2024

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On July 7, the Senate passed a resolution “[r]ecognizing the importance of trademarks in the economy and the role of trademarks in protecting consumer safety, by designating the month of July as ‘National Anti-Counterfeiting...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: U.S. Copyright Office Issues “Digital Replica” Report Finding Urgent Need for New Federal Legislation

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Last year, the U.S. Copyright Office commenced a far-reaching policy study concerning copyright and related issues raised by the widespread availability and use of artificial intelligence (AI). This week, the Office released...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

USPTO Roundtable: AI and Right of Publicity

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is holding a roundtable discussion, on August 5, 2024, about the intersection of AI technology and legal protections for individuals’ reputations and name, image, voice,...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Discovery Dilemma: An Update on the Legal Battle Between The New York Times and OpenAI

OpenAI’s request for access to The New York Times reporters’ notes, memos and other documents raises complex discovery issues. OpenAI’s defense is requesting access to reporters’ notes and other materials in discovery,...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Five Key Takeaways from the Recent House Judiciary Hearing on AI-Assisted Inventions and Creative Works

As companies—and more recently, courts—have struggled to address the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in innovation, legislators are embroiled in a struggle of their own. Over the past two years, the Senate and House have...more

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Copyright Law and BodyCam Video

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I saw this question online and decided to answer it here on my blog.  It raises some very interesting and timely questions about the scope and reach of copyright law in our modern age. Many people want to know, is police...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO Guidance on Use of AI-Based Tools

The USPTO has issued several recent Federal Register Notices this calendar year. The latest, entitled Guidance on Use of Artificial Intelligence-Based Tools in Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 89...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

AI News Roundup – IP Protection hearing, USPTO AI Guidelines, potential data center for AI computing and more

To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following. Last week, the US House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 4th Annual Summit for Women Leaders in IP Law - June 25th - 26th, Washington, DC

During ACI’s Annual Summit for Women Leaders in IP Law, women in Intellectual Property roles come together to explore industry trends and important factors impacting today’s women IP leaders and practitioners. Learn to...more

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PTAB/USPTO Update - April 2024

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On March 8, the USPTO joined other intellectual property offices in celebrating International Women’s Day with a theme of “Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress.”...more

Fenwick & West LLP

How to Maximize Your AI-Assisted Invention’s Patentability

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Artificial intelligence is rapidly reinventing the research and development process, but until recently, patentability remained a major uncertainty. That’s until the United States Patent and Trademark Office stepped in and...more

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Media & Entertainment: 10 Legal Developments Impacting Business and Legal Decisions

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With 2024 underway, our team highlights 10 of the most pressing legal issues facing the media and entertainment industry this year. In 2024, media and entertainment businesses will focus on whether the longstanding tenet...more

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Artificial Intelligence Presents Challenges for Intellectual Property Laws’ Focus on Human Creation

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Artificial intelligence (AI) and its ability to generate content closely resembling human output present issues with respect to IP ownership. Maybe you have asked ChatGPT to create a flashy advertisement or write some code...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

The Pros And Cons Of Protecting AI As Trade Secrets

Trade secrets have become a de facto intellectual property right for securing valuable artificial intelligence information. Despite regulatory trends toward greater transparency of AI models, federal policy acknowledges,...more

Cozen O'Connor

Fair Use, Copyright, and Trademark Implications of Generative AI

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While many use generative AI as a fun experiment to see what it produces, others use it as a tool to complete a given task efficiently – the epitome of working smarter not harder. But just how smart is it to (arguably) rely...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

AI-Assisted Inventions May Be Patentable, but Only Humans Can Be Inventors

As directed by President Biden’s Executive Order (EO) on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (the AI EO), the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released its...more

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Patenting with Artificial Inventors

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Guidance on using AI to Invent - Due to the quick rise of artificial intelligence (AI), most (if not all) of the laws relating to the US patent system were not written with AI in mind. Court precedent and the United States...more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - February 2024 #2

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Florida State University is pushing for the dismissal of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s NC lawsuit, saying it was prematurely filed to preempt the university’s own suit against the conference, in an attempt to win a “race to...more

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AI Law and Policy Developments Likely Will Be Seen This Year

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One of 2023’s more significant — and potentially disruptive — developments in business and culture was the arrival of a slew of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems. At the beginning of 2023, ChatGPT quickly...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

Artificial Intelligence Is Not a “Person” in the United Kingdom

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The United Kingdom Supreme Court has held that AI is not a person. In 2018, Stephen Thaler filed two patent applications with the U.K. Intellectual Property Office (“UKIPO”). The UKIPO rejected the patent applications on the...more

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Generative Artificial Intelligence: Calling for a New Legal Front

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New York Times Copyright Suit and Key Facts - On December 27, 2023, The New York Times Company (“NYT”) filed a Complaint in the Southern District of New York against Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) and several OpenAI...more

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Exploring Copyright Boundaries: The Impact of Van Gogh-Inspired AI Art

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The United States Copyright Office recently rejected Ankit Sahni's Second Request for reconsideration to register his AI-generated artwork, "Suryast." This is a unique case in the realm of AI-generated art, primarily due to...more

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