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Reconciling IP strategy and AI
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- 01 Sep 2024
- Kate Wilson
Today, businesses face the challenge of adapting their intellectual property (IP) strategies in response to rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI). This article explores several aspects of this challenge, and puts forward a number of suggestions as to how it might be successfully navigated.
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UK Supreme Court hands directors IP infringement reprieve
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- 03 Jun 2024
- Max Walters
Lawyers say a ruling concerning liability for trademark infringement could give company directors an easy way out and create litigation uncertainty.
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US Patent and Trademark Office issues guidance for artificial intelligence-assisted inventions
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- 01 Jun 2024
- Haixia Lin, Gilbert T. Smolenski
An overview of the guidance recently issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), regarding artificial intelligence (AI) assisted inventions. The guidance emphasises that AI-assisted inventions are not categorically unpatentable, and that inventorship analysis 'should focus on human contributions'.
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Lidl v Tesco: lessons to be learned
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- 20 May 2024
- Ewan Grist
Ewan Grist of Bird & Bird, who acted for Lidl in its trademark victory against Tesco, reveals some of the lessons brand owners can take from the judgment.
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Gen AI: a Pandora's box of questions
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- 13 May 2024
- Bisman Kaur
An examination of the intellectual property issues surrounding Generative AI, and how they might be addressed.
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AI and inventorship: comparing patenting in the US and UK
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- 13 May 2024
- John Lanza, Jonathan Morrall
Courts in both the US and the UK have ruled that 'inventions' made by AI without human involvement are not protectable by patents, and that AI tools cannot be named as inventors on patent applications.
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Applying IP strategy to service industries
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- 01 Apr 2024
- Kate Wilson
Considerable intellectual property (IP) is developed through the provision of services, but it is rarely capitalised upon in the long term. This article explores how those in service industries may develop a more effective approach to IP.
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Gaming, IP rights and the metaverse
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- 01 Mar 2024
- Justin Davidson
This article explores the emerging concept of the metaverse, and examines its implications for intellectual property rights and the video games industry.
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How to capture IP created by employees and contractors
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- 26 Feb 2024
- Nathan Charnock, et al.
Lawyers at Allen & Overy explain how businesses can ensure they capture ownership of intellectual property created by employees and contractors, and provide a multi-jurisdictional guide to the default rules.
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Navigating AI: a pragmatic guide for corporate boards
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- 01 Oct 2023
- Chris Smith
The article focuses on how the exponential growth of artificial intelligence (AI) across various sectors is compelling boards to redefine their roles in providing oversight and guidance on AI strategy and risk management. It emphasizes the importance of a human-centred approach to AI, aligning strategic decisions with an organization's mission and values, addressing ethical dilemmas, intellectual property concerns, and privacy challenges.
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Generative AI at watershed moment with spate of legal challenges
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- 13 Jun 2023
- Andrew Kersley
The article focuses on the legal challenges surrounding generative artificial intelligence (AI) and its implications for copyright laws, data protection, and the control of personal data. It also discusses the concerns related to the use of copyrighted data for training AI models and the potential impact on cultural industries.
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Germany on the verge of removing WHT for IP
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- 01 Aug 2022
The German government is set to extend the withholding tax exemption on income from intellectual property, but this may be a sign that the levy is going to be repealed.
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Russia's IP threat poses TP risk for businesses
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- 25 Apr 2022
- Leanna Reeves
Businesses could face drastic transfer pricing (TP) consequences as Putin's government aims to seize intellectual property (IP) from companies leaving the Russian market.
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Non-Fungible tokens and copyright law
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- 01 Sep 2021
- Lynne Lewis, Jane Owen, Hamish Fraser, Rohit Dighe
The article discusses how the edge of intellectual property (IP) law is the ambiguous relationship between non-fungible tokens (NFTs), a cryptographic tool using a suitable blockchain, and copyright law. It mentions that the commercial value of an NFT is in its ability to prove ownership and authenticity of the asset which it represents and NFTs can also be used to verify the authenticity of physical asset.
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The white-hot music IP market
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- 24 Feb 2021
- Peter Csathy
Why musicians are selling their songs and recordings to activist intellectual property aggregators and other music companies.
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Tech M&A: 10 key IP considerations for investors
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- 07 Oct 2019
- Katie McConnell, Emily Sharkey, Penelope Thornton
Article give ten tips for investors on due diligence into a target's Intellectual Property (IP).
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Barbarians at the gate: AI and copyright on a collision course
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- 01 Jul 2019
- C David Seuss
Article looks at how AI and machine learning in competitive intelligence and customer insights applications are on a collision course with copyright law and the content publishing industry.
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The view from inside the UPC courtroom
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- 12 Oct 2015
- Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson explains the lessons learned from a comprehensive mock Unified Patent Court case conducted by lawyers at London firm Bristows. The article includes interviews with some of the participants and their views on the roles played in the exercise.
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Courts address the social media copyright clash
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- 01 Mar 2014
- Nick Bolter, Gareth Dickson
An overview of the relationship between EU copyright law and social media.
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Why mediation's time has come
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- 01 Mar 2014
- Emma Barraclough
Courts are putting increasing pressure on litigants to settle out of court. But are IP owners (and their legal advisers) ready to rethink their dispute resolution strategies?
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The intellectual property valuation process
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- 01 Feb 2013
- Robert F. Reilly
This discussion summarizes what counsel needs to understand about the intellectual property valuation process in order to effectively work with the valuation analyst.
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What you need to know before you file a copyright infringement lawsuit
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- 01 Mar 2012
- Stefan Mentzer
This article discusses the key legal requirements that a potential plaintiff should consider to ensure that the copyright infringement claim can go forward and be heard on the merits.
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Outsourcing to China: risk management and strategies
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- 01 Nov 2009
- Harry Rubin
An in-depth article on how to ensure quality control and safeguard intellectual property rights when outsourcing to China.
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Effective global intellectual property due diligence
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- 01 Apr 2008
- Tamsen Valoir, Michael Dai
The article discusses the importance of intellectual property (IP) due diligence and how to do due diligence in a global context.
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