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Building AI and Machine Learning Technologies: Data Licensing Tips and Traps Image

Building AI and Machine Learning Technologies: Data Licensing Tips and Traps

Anna Remis

Data is the fuel for software development, and developers use historical data from existing products to train algorithms and build AI and machine learning models. Companies are well aware of privacy and regulatory restrictions on data use, but often do not consider the potential impact of data use restrictions on intellectual property ownership and use rights.

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CA Court of Appeal Offers Insight on Business Consulting vs. Legal Services In Entertainment Case Image

CA Court of Appeal Offers Insight on Business Consulting vs. Legal Services In Entertainment Case

Stan Soocher

The question has been frequently debated in the legal community: What is the difference between an attorney providing business consulting services or acting as legal counsel? The California Court of Appeal recently issued an opinion on the concern.

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Issues Addressed In Supreme Court 'Unicolors' Argument

Robert W. Clarida & Thomas Kjellberg

Some of the major issues the court addressed in the Unicolors oral argument, and some questions that are likely to remain open no matter the outcome.

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Clarity on Patent Eligibility Law Could Be Coming In 2022 Image

Clarity on Patent Eligibility Law Could Be Coming In 2022

Scott Graham

The murkiness around patent eligibility is one reason innovators have been turning more toward trade secret law to protect their inventions.

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How to Protect a Website's Legal Identity

Jonathan Bick

Internet site legal identity theft is becoming increasingly more sophisticated and common. If successful, a third party can use the theft of a legal identity to secure confidential information, harm marketing brand value, diminish good will and steal customers. Internet sites may employ legal, business, and technological means to protect their legal identities.

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Due Diligence Can Mitigate Trademark Risk Image

Due Diligence Can Mitigate Trademark Risk

Jared A. Stark

How can one launching a new trademark mitigate the risk of rejection or infringement on the basis of likelihood of confusion with an existing mark? The primary strategy is trademark searching.

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IP News

Howard Shire & Shaleen Patel

Evolusion Concepts, Inc. v. HOC Events, Inc. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Accord Healthcare, Inc.

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Reckless Disregard for the Truth of a Material Statement Made to the USPTO Is Sufficient for Proving the Intent to Deceive Image

Reckless Disregard for the Truth of a Material Statement Made to the USPTO Is Sufficient for Proving the Intent to Deceive

Li-Jen Shen, Cory Smith & George C. Chen

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has finally filled a gap left by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the standard for finding deceptive intent when trying to prove fraud on the USPTO.

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With 'Great Resignation', Corporations Need to Prepare for the Great Investigation Image

With 'Great Resignation', Corporations Need to Prepare for the Great Investigation

Veeral Gosalia

Major crisis events, such as political uprisings or financial downturns, are typically followed by an increase in fraud in the business sector and heightened risk to corporate IP and other sensitive information. Anecdotally, this seems to be proving out again in the recent and ongoing fallout from the pandemic. Even before this Great Resignation movement, corporations across the globe were reporting increases in suspicious activity, data leakage, IP theft and other data risks stemming from departing employees and remote workers.

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Ninth Circuit Finally Resolves Pre-1972 Sound Recordings Royalties Issue Image

Ninth Circuit Finally Resolves Pre-1972 Sound Recordings Royalties Issue

Robert W. Clarida & Robert J. Bernstein

The Ninth Circuit ruling in Flo & Eddie may turn out to be last stop on the long and winding road the owners of pre-1972 recordings have traveled in their efforts to obtain compensation for public performances through platforms like Sirius.

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