November 21, 2024
Intangible Assets

Isaac Hayes Estate Files Copyright Suit, Say This Cat Donald Trump Is A Bad Mother- Above the Law

(Photo by Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images) Donald Trump and his campaign are due in court on September 3, after a federal judge set an emergency hearing to address allegations that Trump has persistently infringed intellectual property rights held by the estate of the late Isaac Hayes. Could you even imagine Donald Trump taking someone else’s hard

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Protecting your intellectual property is very demure, very mindful

Marianne Marchesi of Legalite. Source: Legalite. Protecting your intellectual property? Very demure, very mindful. Stealing other people’s IP? Not demure. Jools LeBron’s TikTok video that sparked the “very demure, very mindful” catchphrase even has celebrities weighing in on the viral trend. But recent news of an unrelated third party filing for the trademark in the

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Someone else filed to trademark Jools Lebron’s ‘mindful, demure’ catchphrase

Why is everyone trying to be ‘very demure, very mindful’? Jools Lebron’s video about being “demure” has taken over. Everyone from Dunkin Donuts to the White House is trying to get in on being “demure.” “Demure and mindful” – you’d have to be living under a rock to have not heard these phrases flying around

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Authors sue Claude AI chatbot creator Anthropic for copyright infringement

A group of authors is suing artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, alleging it committed “large-scale theft” in training its popular chatbot Claude on pirated copies of copyrighted books. While similar lawsuits have piled up for more than a year against competitor OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, this is the first from writers to target Anthropic and its

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Federal Circuit Provides Guidance on What Claims Can Properly Serve As Obviousness-Type Double Patenting References

In a precedential decision issued on August 13, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a first-filed, first-issued, later-expiring claim cannot be invalidated by a later-filed, later-issued, earlier-expiring reference claim having a common priority date.1 Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Obviousness-type double patenting (ODP) is a judicially created doctrine dating back to

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Trump keeps using copyright protected songs, musicians are angry

Former president Donald Trump continues to be threatened with lawsuits and cease-and-desist notices due to the Republican presidential nominee using copyright protected songs at rallies. The Village People’s “YMCA” can be heard blaring at Donald Trump’s rallies causing attendees to dance. Still, while the disco group has not voiced irritation for using their hit song,

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India sees fastest growth in intangible investment

NEW DELHI: India has witnessed the fastest growth in intangible investments over a nine-year period (2011-2020), surpassing major economies like the US, France, Germany & the UK, indicating high level of value creation by companies.In terms of absolute levels of intangible investments for 2020 (latest year for which data is available), India ranks 14th among

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US Copyright Office calls for ‘prompt federal action’ to combat AI deepfakes

The United States Copyright Office says that artificial intelligence (AI)-generated deepfakes pose a serious threat to Americans and called on Congress to urgently formulate a new law for the sector. The Office was charged by Congress with conducting research and collecting public views on the best way to oversee the nascent AI sector, especially since

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