Proton AG, a Swiss company that “decided to build a better internet where privacy is the default,” and desires to “build an internet that puts people before profits, create a world where everyone is in control of their digital lives, and make digital freedom a reality,” has launched an AI tool “where every conversation is
U.S. District Court Issues First Decisions on AI Model Development and Copyright Fair Use
PatentNext Summary: Recent rulings from the Northern District of California in Bartz v. Anthropic and Kadrey v. Meta provide the first substantive guidance on how the fair use doctrine applies to AI training, particularly for large language models (LLMs). Both courts found that using lawfully obtained copyrighted books for LLM training can qualify as “highly
Identità o imitazione? I confini del look alike nel food packaging
Ogni giorno, milioni di consumatori compiono un gesto all’apparenza banale: scegliere un prodotto tra decine di alternative. Spesso si tratta di un’azione rapida, quasi automatica, ma dietro quella scelta si cela un’interazione visiva complessa, fatta di riconoscibilità dell’identità di un prodotto. Il food packaging ha smesso da tempo di essere solo un involucro protettivo, divenendo
The Briefing: The Wrong Argument – Why Authors Lost Against Meta and What Comes Next
In a major win for Meta, a federal court recently dismissed a lawsuit brought by prominent authors who claimed their books were illegally used to train the company’s Llama models. But the ruling doesn’t give AI companies a free pass—it reveals the roadmap for how a better-prepared copyright plaintiff could win next time.
After Trademark Failure, Why Doesn’t OpenAI Seek ChatGPT Patents?
IPNews® – OpenAI is having difficulty registering CHATGPT as a trademark due to descriptiveness.
On the flipside, OpenAI also isn’t exactly getting patents registered in record numbers either. The lack of patents, however, it very likely on purpose. To continue reading, click: After Trademark Failure, Why Doesn’t OpenAI Seek ChatGPT Patents?
California’s AI Law Has Set Rules for Generative AI—Are You Ready
Starting January 1, 2026, California’s AI Transparency Act (SB 942) goes into effect, marking the first law in the U.S. to require built-in disclosures and detection tools for generative AI content. Do not panic (yet). This law does not apply to every system out there. In fact, many companies may be surprised to find they’re
WHAT’S THE “USE”?:
Missed Anthropic Perspectives & Mixed AI Meta-Phors Cloud Copyright Law
By James Flynn & Ariana Tagavi,* Epstein Becker Green
The evolution of generative artificial intelligence has prompted courts in two highly-publicized recent federal district court decisions to apply copyright law’s doctrine of fair use to the “training” and output of generative AI systems. We will
Marchi eccessivamente complessi possono essere privi di distintività: il caso dei marchi composti da “random letters”
I marchi composti da “random letters”
Sono sempre più frequenti le domande di registrazione di marchio dell’Unione Europea aventi ad oggetto una sequenza relativamente lunga di numeri e/o lettere, depositate principalmente da richiedenti cinesi.
La ragione sottesa ad ottenere la tutela di un segno talmente fantasioso e privo di significato da essere non memorizzabile, potrebbe
Embracing Innovation at OGS: Exploring Smarter Tools for Legal Work
At OG+S, we’re committed to staying ahead of the curve as technologies evolve — not for the sake of change itself, but because smarter tools help us serve clients better and create a more effective work environment for our team.
In today’s rapidly shifting legal landscape – efficiency, security, and flexibility are critical. That’s why
The Briefing: Anthropic, Copyright, and the Fair Use Divide
A federal judge has ruled that training Claude AI on copyrighted books—even without a license—was transformative and protected under fair use. But storing millions of pirated books in a permanent internal library? That crossed the line.