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DLA Piper

A Chinese Court Finds That AI-generated Images Are Not Protected by Copyright: The Zhangjiagang People’s Court and the ‘Butterfly...

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We previously wrote about a Chinese court decision that protected the copyright of AI-generated images in the ‘half heart’ case. However, in a recent case, the Zhangjiagang People’s Court (in China’s Jiangsu province) denied...more

Perkins Coie

Delayed EU Code of Practice Provides Compliance Framework for General-Purpose AI Models

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Key Takeaways - - The European Commission published its Code of Practice for General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Models on July 10, 2025, following three draft versions and just weeks before the first AI Act obligations take effect....more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Left on the Sidelines: The Canadian Patent Appeal Board Rules that Artificial Intelligence Cannot Hold Inventorship Status

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Whether AI can be an “inventor” was the key issue in an important recent ruling of the Canadian Patent Appeal Board (the “PAB”). In Thaler, Stephen L. (Re), 2025 CACP 8, the PAB had to decide whether Canadian Patent...more

Miller Canfield

The Art (and Legality) of Imitation: Navigating the Murky Waters of Fair Use in AI Training

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As generative AI technology advances, the legal battles over the use of copyrighted materials for training these models are heating up. In the first wave of lawsuits the courts have diverged in their approach to fair use as a...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

2024 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) continues to play a pivotal role in shaping the intellectual property landscape. In 2024, several developments affecting PTAB practice emerged, from new rulemaking at the USPTO to key...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Recent Decisions on Whether AI Training Violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

While the question of fair use has dominated much of the discussion on whether copyrighted material can be used to train AI models, of equal importance are questions involving the application of the Digital Millennium...more

Goodwin

How States Are Stepping in to Regulate AI

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States are stepping in to regulate AI amid an absence of federal legislation to address fast-changing developments with the technology. This spring, Colorado became the first state to pass a comprehensive piece of AI...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Making Your Mark

Name That Artist: How AI Music is Shaping the Right of Publicity

Every industry today is abuzz with the possibilities of artificial intelligence, and music is no exception. In the year since the AI-generated hit “Heart on My Sleeve,” courts have started to tackle AI issues in the arts...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

District Court Adopts Broad View of Copyright Preemption in Data Scraping Case

The recent California district court decision dismissing the complaint in X Corp. v. Bright Data Ltd. could have significant implications for companies that rely on their terms of use to prohibit unauthorized “data scraping”...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Litigation-Proofing Your Trade Secrets: Practical Steps to Ensure They’re Enforceable in Court

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Trade secret litigation is on the rise, and new case law related to enforceability has broad implications for how companies protect information that they consider to be trade secrets. The Lex Machina 2020 Trade Secret...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

European Patent Office Issues New Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

On November 1, 2018, the European Patent Office (“EPO”) issued new guidelines for the patentability of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and machine learning (“ML”) inventions which indicate that applications within this subject...more

Hogan Lovells

Beijing IP Court grants record patent damages & reimbursement of lawyers’ fees

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The Beijing IP Court recently made headlines by granting a record amount of damages for patent infringement -no less than RMB 49 million (USD7.15m)-, one of the highest amounts since the court was established in November...more

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