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BakerHostetler

Navigating Patent Eligibility in the Age of AI: Strategic Insights from the USPTO’s August 2025 Guidance

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The August 4, 2025 memorandum (Memo) issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) clarifies how examiners should approach subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Importantly, the Memo provides critical...more

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Newsrooms vs. Neural Nets: How Courts Are Handling DMCA Claims Against GenAI

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The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), a 30-year-old tool enacted to address the copyright implications of disrupting technologies, like Napster and Limewire, in the late 1990s, has found new utility in the age of AI....more

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What Thomson Reuters v. Ross Does and Doesn’t Say About Fair Use and Generative AI

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The first 24 hours of punditry on Judge Stephanos Bibas’s summary judgment of no fair use in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence, Inc., Case 1:20-cv-00613-SB (D. Del.), has largely oscillated between predictions that the...more

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CJEU Clarifies Copyright Protection for Software Variables

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The Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") ruled that modifying temporary variables in the working memory of a computer without enabling the reproduction or further execution of such a program does not constitute...more

Fenwick & West LLP

False Claims of Patent Protection Can Be False Advertising Under Lanham Act

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Patented technologies or features can be valuable selling points, setting your products apart from the competition. But when advertising or marketing materials overstate the scope of patent or other IP rights, they may create...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Do Copyright Owners Have to Show What Elements of Their Software are Protected by Their Registrations? A Split Federal Circuit...

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In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit approved the use of “Copyrightability Hearings.” Not sure what that means? Read on to find out....more

Venable LLP

Generative AI - Copyright Overview Part 1

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Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology promising to disrupt how artwork is created, software is developed, and text is written. This disruption brings with it a host of new legal questions surrounding...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: Combination Litigation: Recent Software Disputes at the Intersection of Trade Secret, Copyright and Patent Law

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In recent years, companies have increasingly needed to employ multiple, overlapping legal regimes – trade secret, copyright and patent law – to protect intellectual property such as software. Companies need to weigh the pros...more

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