At the end of November 2023, EUIPO and DG TAXUD published their annual report setting out the results achieved in the EU enforcement of IP rights. The report (available here) includes crucial information on the EU border and EU internal market detention of goods during 2022.
In relation to detentions at EU borders, data
This second part of our four-part series on using synthetic data to train AI models explores how the use of synthetic data training sets may mitigate copyright infringement risks under EU law.
Press Release: Atlanta Wins USPTO Southeast Regional Office: A Leap in Innovation and Growth by Jaime Chandra
Press Release: Atlanta Wins USPTO Southeast Regional Office: A Leap in Innovation and Growth
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On 9 December 2023, trilogue negotiations on the EU’s Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) Act reached a key inflection point, with a provisional political agreement reached between the European Parliament and Council. As we wait for the consolidated legislative text to be finalised and formally approved, below we set out the key points businesses need to know
This is the first part of series on using synthetic data to train AI models. See here for Parts 2, 3, and 4.
The recent rapid advancements of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) have revolutionized creation and learning patterns. Generative AI (“GenAI”) systems have unveiled unprecedented capabilities, pushing the boundaries of what we thought possible.
Patent Eligibility for AI Inventions
The UK’s Patents Act 1977 § 1(2)(c) excludes, from patent protection, “a program for a computer.” Under this exclusion, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) rejected Emotional Perception AI Ltd.’s patent claim, which included an Artificial Neural Network (ANN). However, on November 21, 2023, the High Court overturned the rejection,
A UK court has ruled that Getty Image’s lawsuit against Stability AI for copyright infringement over generative AI technology can proceed. Stability had sought to have the case dismissed, alleging in part, that the AI models were trained in the US. However, the court relied on seemingly contradictory public statements by Stability’s CEO, including that
EU legislators are moving forward with new legislation on regulating the access to and use of data generated through use of connected products or related services (under the Data Act) and artificial intelligence (under the AI Act). Both could become law as early as the end of 2023, although with grace periods built in. Taken
PatentNext Takeaway
The President’s recent Executive Order (EO) regarding artificial intelligence (AI) addresses, among other things, intellectual property (IP). The EO directs the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and U.S. Copyright Office to provide guidance and recommendations on IP issues of patent inventorship, patent eligibility, and copyright authorship in view of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The Lawsuit
Another week, another lawsuit against generative AI. This time, a group of music publishing companies, including Concord Music Group, Inc., ABCKO Music, Inc., and Universal Music Group (“Plaintiffs”) sued AI start-up Anthropic PBC (“Anthropic”) on October 18, 2023, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee “to address the