USPTO under fire in Congress over:
– “Board of Peace” trademark filings
– tighter access to patent challenges
Who really controls the system?
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- OpenAI’s use of broadcast content to train ChatGPT faces a clear legal challenge; the suit argues OpenAI ignored licensing and pursued a discriminatory copyright stance. The move underscores data sovereignty and the need for fair compensation when creators bear the litigation b…
- USPTO’s new inventorship guidance returns to human conception as the touchstone for AI-assisted inventions, stripping AI of inventor status and stressing human-defined design. This narrows gaps for patent validity in AI antibody work. Humans must drive problem framing, design c…
- Generative AI music misleads: it doesn’t create music, it trains on human works and outputs approximations, often plagiarizing existing songs. A Sony tool aims to identify such copyrighted excerpts, but the broader IP gaps remain unresolved. This tech clarifies risks, not solve…
- Open AI’s branding misstep shows trademarks bite: “Cameo” here is protected by distinctiveness and secondary meaning, not mere descriptiveness. That risk underscores brand integrity over rapid feature naming in AI tools. Distinct branding protects creators and marketplace trust.
