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You’ve just had a breakthrough. It’s the kind of idea that wakes you up at 3 AM—a product feature or a new technology that could disrupt your entire industry. To flesh it out, you open your laptop, log into ChatGPT, and start typing. You ask the AI to refine the concept, troubleshoot potential engineering flaws,

Leaving the 2025 AIPLA Annual Meeting, I’m more energized than ever. Surrounded by brilliant legal minds and inspiring conversations, one topic clearly stole the show—artificial intelligence. The real highlight for me? USPTO Director John Squires’ first public address, where he offered much-needed clarity on patent eligibility for AI inventions.

Director Squires’ Vision: The Three Pillars

Generative AI is rapidly becoming a go-to tool for efficiency across many industries, but its unchecked use in the legal field is setting a dangerous precedent. We’ve seen trial lawyers get caught using AI that “hallucinates” and creates fake case citations. Now, even federal judges are under scrutiny for allegedly using AI to draft error-ridden

For years, innovators in the Artificial Intelligence space have faced a frustrating paradox: creating groundbreaking technology, only to have their patent applications rejected on the grounds that their inventions are too “abstract.” At our firm, we’ve seen this firsthand. We’ve championed brilliant AI inventions, arguing that they are tangible, transformative, and deserving of protection, only

Your professional reputation took years to build. Why let it fuel someone else’s AI empire without your permission? LinkedIn recently introduced a feature that automatically opts users into AI training—using your profile data, posts, and professional content to train generative AI models. The catch? This setting is enabled by default, and many users have no

On June 24, 2024, the music industry witnessed a dramatic clash between tradition and technology. 

Major record labels Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Records filed lawsuits against AI companies Suno and Udio, accusing them of massive copyright infringement. 

The heart of the matter? 

The AI companies allegedly used the labels’ recordings without permission