Meta admits Muse's likeness to OpenClaw isn't a coincidence | TechCrunch
Meta says Muse was built from scratch, but acknowledges the AI assistant was "heavily inspired" by OpenClaw — down to some of its workspace filenames and content.
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The $9.5 Billion Design IP Market: Shifting Boundaries, Arm’s Monopoly, and the RISC-V Response
The $9.45 billion global design IP budget is distributed across 12 distinct sub-categories, heavily dominated by two primary pillars: CPU...
Inside the TSMC Patent: How Himax Quietly Became a Key Link in the...
Himax Technologies has long been seen as a peripheral player in the AI boom. But that perception may be about to change. Buried inside a series of recent TSMC patent filings lies an unexpected...
High Schools Walk Legal Tightrope Using Trademarked Pro Logos
Hundreds of schools across the country borrow pro and college teams’ marks. Some ask permission. Others take a risk.
Disney lost Roger Rabbit
Pay-per-output? AI firms blindsided by beefed up robots.txt instructions.
“Really Simple Licensing” makes it easier for creators to get paid for AI scraping.
Huawei patents ‘ternary logic’ to develop energy-efficient AI chips
Huawei patented a new technology called "ternary logic" that can develop energy-efficient AI chips. The new patent confirms the company's effo
Judge allows authors' AI copyright lawsuit against Meta to move forward | TechCrunch
A federal judge is allowing an AI-related copyright lawsuit against Meta to move forward, although he dismissed part of the suit. In Kadrey vs. Meta,
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Shutterstock pioneers ‘research license’ model with Lightricks, lowering barriers to AI training data
Shutterstock launches innovative "research license" model with Lightricks, making ethical AI training data more accessible for startups while ensuring fair compensation for creators.
A Patent Engineer’s Advice for First-time Inventors
Know the value of your intellectual property and don’t be afraid to file
The year of the music licensing legal wars
When the Supreme Court decided against Grokster in 2004, it changed the internet forever.
Five Decisions Illustrate How Section 230 Is Fading Fast
Professor Eric Goldman continues to be the best at tracking any and all developments regarding internet regulations. He recently covered a series of cases in which the contours of Section 230’…
Infographic: The Next Characters to Enter the Public Domain
Author granted copyright over book with AI-generated text—with a twist
Elisa Shupe was initially rebuffed when she tried to copyright a book she wrote with help from ChatGPT. Now the US Copyright Office has changed course—but there’s a catch.
We Need to Talk About Trader Joe’s
Behind the bubbly cashiers in Hawaiian shirts, craveable snacks, and bargain-basement prices are questionable business practices that have many food brands crying foul at the company’s blatant and aggressive copycat culture.
Why Patents? The History and Evidence
Comparisons with other historical incentives for innovation
Crayola Trademarks the Smell of Its Crayons
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Financial Post: You may find yourself smelling crayons in the aisles of stores soon -- if Crayola's chief executive Pete Ruggiero has his way. In July, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a trademark to the arts and crafts…
The Case for and Against Ed Sheeran
The pop singer’s trial for copyright infringement of Marvin Gaye and Ed Townsend’s “Let’s Get It On” highlights how hard it is to draw the property lines of pop.
Smart TV industry rocked by alleged patent conspiracy from chip maker
Lawsuit: Patent trolls created “harmful illusion” of unstable TV-chip market.
Women’s Basketball Continues Slump
SB Loses Shootout to Manhattan On Nov. 24 Stony Brook’s Women’s Basketball team faced the Manhattan Jasper’s. In a high scoring affair, Stony Brook lost by a final score of 74-68. The Jasper’s held the lead most of the game, including a game high 12 point lead at half (44-32).
Copyright vs. Copyleft
Being a creator, duplication or stealing of work is...
You can’t copyright a cocktail, so what’s a creative bartender to do? | Ars
“A recipe is like a phone book in the eyes of the law—you can’t own something so factual.”…
You can’t copyright a cocktail, so what’s a creative bartender to do? (2019
Andreessen Horowitz Wants To Fix NFT Copyright With Its 'Can't Be Evil' Lic
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is trying to clean up the messy state of crypto copyright. From a report: Last week, the company introduced what it dubs "Can't Be Evil" licenses: a series of agreements that let creators grant non-fungible token owners partial or…
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Trademark Search, Free, for Millions of Registered Trademarks with USPTO | Trademarkia
Trademarkia provides a free, fast, user friendly search of USPTO registered trademarks. Also, with trademark registration you can protect your brand in 180+ countries. Fast and easy. Starts at $99.
Starting a Physical Product Company? You’re Gonna Need a Lawyer.
My name is Molson Hart. I’m the CEO of a consumer products company I founded 10 years ago, called Viahart. We design and distribute toys…
Can a corporation "own" a color?
A handful of companies have pushed the boundaries of intellectual property law by laying claim to individual colors.
Metadata is the biggest little problem plaguing the music industry
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It’s a crisis that has left, by some estimations, billions on the table unpaid to musicians
Trademarking color is absurd. But not for the reasons you think - Fast Company
Trying to crush other companies' use of color is not only petty; it completely misses the point of branding.
An Entrepreneur’s Guide To Patents: The Basics | TechCrunch
Editor's note: Brad Woodcox is a technical specialist focusing on startup development for Novak Druce + Quigg, an intellectual property super boutique law firm. Patents. A single word that incites a fervor in the online tech blogging realm, perhaps only behind the emotional…
The 4 Main Types of Intellectual Property and Related Costs
There are four primary ways that businesses can protect their intellectual property (IP) assets: patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.
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D&R Silicon IP Catalog: Directory of Semiconductor IP
D&R provides the world's largest directory of Silicon IP (Intellectual Property), SoC Configurable Design Platforms and SOPC Products from 400 vendors
Semiconductor IP Vendors List | ChipEstimate.com
Explore semiconductor IP, white papers, news, technical articles and more from hundreds of top semiconductor IP vendors and foundries.
The 6 Common Open-Source Licenses and What They Mean
Open-source software is one of the most influential initiatives ever made in the history of computer science and programming. The phrase “open source” means something that’s open for people to use…
Why Don’t Some TV Shows Sound the Way They Used To? (Published 2021)
Licensing issues have gutted the soundtracks of many beloved series on streaming services, resulting in bewildering music cues and missing theme songs.
Why I wouldn't invest in open-source companies, even though I ran one.
After more than 12.000 Github stars, two successful open-source projects, a failed open-core company, and a successful prop-tech one*, I feel more than ever that giving your product away for free is just as bad a business strategy as it sounds.
Mass Hipgnosis | Rich Woodall
In an industry already powered by the repackaging of past hits, music funds like Hipgnosis want every tomorrow to sound more and more like yesterday.
With DocPro, you can create all your own legal documents for your business
The most of us have come across a situation where we had to pay for not getting something down in writing. This platform solves just that.
Starting a Physical Product Company? You’re Gonna Need a Lawyer.
My name is Molson Hart. I’m the CEO of a consumer products company I founded 10 years ago, called Viahart. We design and distribute toys…
What Can Small Tech Companies Do About Patent Trolls?
Learn about three tips on how small tech companies and startups can fight off the patent trolls.
A Legal Deep Dive on Mexico’s Disastrous New Copyright Law | Electronic Fro
Mexico has just adopted a terrible new copyright law, thanks to pressure from the United States (and specifically from the copyright maximalists that hold outsized influence on US foreign
Did you know you can patent the shape of a food?
Yes, you can patent a shape.
Names, Legal Names, and Fractally Deferred Responsibility
Don't store legal names, at least not as the default. Here's why, and why it matters.
Likelihood of Confusion of Trademarks | Trademark
When trademark infringement cases go to trial, the judge tries to determine the likelihood confusion taking place among consumers. Judges do not actually converse with consumers or take a poll among consumers, but they do use a set of criteria established by the Ninth Circuit…
Trademarking color is absurd. But not for the reasons you think
Trying to crush other companies' use of color is not only petty; it completely misses the point of branding.
There are 665 open licences most are pretty rubbish
you are in a maze of twisty licences, all alike
The economics of copying
Art has always had a strange relationship with copying.