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Reuters: US accuses Chinese AI firms of ‘malicious’ copying of AI technology. “The U.S. government on Tuesday accused Chinese artificial intelligence companies of maliciously copying technology from American AI firms, potentially complicating relations ​ahead of a planned meeting between leaders of the world’s two biggest economies later this month.”

Reuters: US accuses Chinese AI firms of ‘malicious’ copying of AI technology. “The U.S. government on Tuesday accused Chinese artificial intelligence companies of maliciously copying technology from American AI firms, potentially complicating relations ​ahead of a planned meeting between leaders of the world’s two biggest economies later this month.”

Reuters: US accuses Chinese AI firms of ‘malicious’ copying of AI technology. “The U.S. government on Tuesday accused Chinese artificial intelligence companies of maliciously copying technology from American AI firms, potentially complicating relations ​ahead of a planned meeting between leaders of the world’s two biggest economies later this month.”

Reuters: US accuses Chinese AI firms of ‘malicious’ copying of AI technology. “The U.S. government on Tuesday accused Chinese artificial intelligence companies of maliciously copying technology from American AI firms, potentially complicating relations ​ahead of a planned meeting between leaders of the world’s two biggest economies later this month.”

‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Portland B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/14/portland-bnb-airbnb-silicon-valley-legal-battle-festival #Airbnb #HospitalityIndustry #Dorset #Festivals #IntellectualProperty #Law #HousePrices #SiliconValley #UkNews #England

‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Portland B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/14/portland-bnb-airbnb-silicon-valley-legal-battle-festival #Airbnb #HospitalityIndustry #Dorset #Festivals #IntellectualProperty #Law #HousePrices #SiliconValley #UkNews #England

‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Portland B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/14/portland-bnb-airbnb-silicon-valley-legal-battle-festival #Airbnb #HospitalityIndustry #Dorset #Festivals #IntellectualProperty #Law #HousePrices #SiliconValley #UkNews #England

‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Portland B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/14/portland-bnb-airbnb-silicon-valley-legal-battle-festival #Airbnb #HospitalityIndustry #Dorset #Festivals #IntellectualProperty #Law #HousePrices #SiliconValley #UkNews #England

‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Portland B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/14/portland-bnb-airbnb-silicon-valley-legal-battle-festival #Airbnb #HospitalityIndustry #Dorset #Festivals #IntellectualProperty #Law #HousePrices #SiliconValley #UkNews #England

‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Portland B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’
By Amelia Hill

Three little letters - bnb-side’s name is a play on the local b-side arts festival, but Silicon Valley colossus sees threat to global brand

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/14/portland-bnb-airbnb-silicon-valley-legal-battle-festival

#Airbnb #Hospitalityindustry #Dorset #Festivals #Intellectualproperty #Law #Houseprices #SiliconValley #UKnews #England #TheGuardian #AmeliaHill

‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Portland B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’
By Amelia Hill

Three little letters - bnb-side’s name is a play on the local b-side arts festival, but Silicon Valley colossus sees threat to global brand

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/14/portland-bnb-airbnb-silicon-valley-legal-battle-festival

#Airbnb #Hospitalityindustry #Dorset #Festivals #Intellectualproperty #Law #Houseprices #SiliconValley #UKnews #England #TheGuardian #AmeliaHill

‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Portland B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’
By Amelia Hill

Three little letters - bnb-side’s name is a play on the local b-side arts festival, but Silicon Valley colossus sees threat to global brand

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/14/portland-bnb-airbnb-silicon-valley-legal-battle-festival

#Airbnb #Hospitalityindustry #Dorset #Festivals #Intellectualproperty #Law #Houseprices #SiliconValley #UKnews #England #TheGuardian #AmeliaHill

‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Portland B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’
By Amelia Hill

Three little letters - bnb-side’s name is a play on the local b-side arts festival, but Silicon Valley colossus sees threat to global brand

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/14/portland-bnb-airbnb-silicon-valley-legal-battle-festival

#Airbnb #Hospitalityindustry #Dorset #Festivals #Intellectualproperty #Law #Houseprices #SiliconValley #UKnews #England #TheGuardian #AmeliaHill

Ars Technica: Panic builds over bankrupt Spirit’s looming data sale to Google. “Doug Kreuzkamp was shocked when news outlets reported that Google won an auction to buy a huge amount of operational data as part of Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy proceedings. Kreuzkamp founded a startup called Springshot in 2011, which created a widely used proprietary platform that helps humans and AI systems […]

Ars Technica: Panic builds over bankrupt Spirit’s looming data sale to Google. “Doug Kreuzkamp was shocked when news outlets reported that Google won an auction to buy a huge amount of operational data as part of Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy proceedings. Kreuzkamp founded a startup called Springshot in 2011, which created a widely used proprietary platform that helps humans and AI systems […]

Ars Technica: Panic builds over bankrupt Spirit’s looming data sale to Google. “Doug Kreuzkamp was shocked when news outlets reported that Google won an auction to buy a huge amount of operational data as part of Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy proceedings. Kreuzkamp founded a startup called Springshot in 2011, which created a widely used proprietary platform that helps humans and AI systems […]

Ars Technica: Panic builds over bankrupt Spirit’s looming data sale to Google. “Doug Kreuzkamp was shocked when news outlets reported that Google won an auction to buy a huge amount of operational data as part of Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy proceedings. Kreuzkamp founded a startup called Springshot in 2011, which created a widely used proprietary platform that helps humans and AI systems […]

Ars Technica: Panic builds over bankrupt Spirit’s looming data sale to Google. “Doug Kreuzkamp was shocked when news outlets reported that Google won an auction to buy a huge amount of operational data as part of Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy proceedings. Kreuzkamp founded a startup called Springshot in 2011, which created a widely used proprietary platform that helps humans and AI systems […]

What would happen if we had no #IntellectualProperty laws?

I know if we made that change right now—2026–it would be very bad.

But what if the US had decided after either world war to drop #copyright and #patent protections?

#askfedi

What would happen if we had no #IntellectualProperty laws?

I know if we made that change right now—2026–it would be very bad.

But what if the US had decided after either world war to drop #copyright and #patent protections?

#askfedi

What would happen if we had no #IntellectualProperty laws?

I know if we made that change right now—2026–it would be very bad.

But what if the US had decided after either world war to drop #copyright and #patent protections?

#askfedi

What would happen if we had no #IntellectualProperty laws?

I know if we made that change right now—2026–it would be very bad.

But what if the US had decided after either world war to drop #copyright and #patent protections?

#askfedi

What would happen if we had no #IntellectualProperty laws?

I know if we made that change right now—2026–it would be very bad.

But what if the US had decided after either world war to drop #copyright and #patent protections?

#askfedi

Tesco alerts police as supermarket becomes latest victim of scam ‘endorsement’ ads
By Rob Davies

Exclusive: Supermarket joins line of firms and sports stars including Bellingham and Haaland to have their image hijacked via ads

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/sep/13/tesco-scam-endorsement-haaland-bellingham-casino

#Scams #Tesco #Barclays #Gambling #Business #Consumeraffairs #Money #Supermarkets #Facebook #Meta #Instagram #Advertising #Cybercrime #Socialnetworking #Internet #Media #Technology #UKnews #Intellectualproperty #Law #Regulators #TysonFury #LewisHamilton #Monzobank #TheGuardian #RobDavies

Tesco alerts police as supermarket becomes latest victim of scam ‘endorsement’ ads https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/sep/13/tesco-scam-endorsement-haaland-bellingham-casino #Scams #Tesco #Barclays #Gambling #Business #ConsumerAffairs #Money #Supermarkets #Facebook #Meta #Instagram #Advertising #Cybercrime #SocialNetworking #Internet #Media #Technology #UkNews #IntellectualProperty #Law #Regulators #TysonFury #LewisHamilton #MonzoBank

Ikea wins right to launch legal action against Belgian far-right party
By Rob Davies

EU’s highest court allows Swedish furniture firm to begin proceedings after Vlaams Belang used its trademarks in immigration campaign

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/08/ikea-wins-right-to-launch-legal-action-vlaams-belang-eu

#Ikea #CourtofjusticeoftheEuropeanUnion #EuropeanUnion #Intellectualproperty #Law #Business #Europe #Retailindustry #Worldnews #Interiors #Sweden #Thefarright #Belgium #TheGuardian #RobDavies

Former arch enemies merge - Archer Aviation acquires Boeing subsidiary Wisk Aero. Boeing will end up with a 16.5% stake in Archer.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/10/archer-buys-former-rival-wisk-aero/ #ArcherAviation #WiskAero #Boeing #Acquisition #IntellectualProperty #TradeSecrets #Lawsuit #eVTOL #ElectricAviation #Aviation #AutonomousFlying #AirTaxi

Knoxville News-Sentinel: Why the University of Tennessee is suing Claude AI creator Anthropic. “The University of Tennessee System’s nonprofit research arm is suing Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company it says violated two UT patents related to neural networks inspired by the human brain.”

KnowledgeSpeak: SPIE acquires The Lens to expand access to patent data . “SPIE has announced the acquisition of The Lens, an open‑knowledge platform that provides global access to scholarly works and patent information. The acquisition is intended to broaden SPIE’s scholarly portfolio and enhance the accessibility of patent application data by showing real‑time utilization of research.”

RE: https://mastodon.social/@joseph11lim/116875929121825886

This, this, THIS.

Except apparently this is not an actual quote (because I can’t find it). I stand behind the view though and have no time for people who defend the predatory actions of these companies and individuals, especially if you started with “well there’s no evidence of actual theft…” or “well I don’t think property should exist, and intellectual property especially…”. You know who you are. Shoo. Be gone, waster-of-my-time.

#AI #Copyright #CopyrightInfringement #IntellectualProperty #IPTheft

PetaPixel: Who Took This JFK Photo? Museum and Collector Clash in Copyright Case. “The photograph in question shows a smiling President Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy in their motorcade on the day of his assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963. In the case, which was first reported by Plagiarism Today, private collector Cade Campbell filed a claim with the Copyright Claims Board […]

PetaPixel: Who Took This JFK Photo? Museum and Collector Clash in Copyright Case. “The photograph in question shows a smiling President Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy in their motorcade on the day of his assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963. In the case, which was first reported by Plagiarism Today, private collector Cade Campbell filed a claim with the Copyright Claims Board […]

PetaPixel: Who Took This JFK Photo? Museum and Collector Clash in Copyright Case. “The photograph in question shows a smiling President Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy in their motorcade on the day of his assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963. In the case, which was first reported by Plagiarism Today, private collector Cade Campbell filed a claim with the Copyright Claims Board […]

PetaPixel: Who Took This JFK Photo? Museum and Collector Clash in Copyright Case. “The photograph in question shows a smiling President Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy in their motorcade on the day of his assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963. In the case, which was first reported by Plagiarism Today, private collector Cade Campbell filed a claim with the Copyright Claims Board […]

PetaPixel: Who Took This JFK Photo? Museum and Collector Clash in Copyright Case. “The photograph in question shows a smiling President Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy in their motorcade on the day of his assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963. In the case, which was first reported by Plagiarism Today, private collector Cade Campbell filed a claim with the Copyright Claims Board […]

Intellectual Property: Labor's Claim Under Scrutiny

Philosophers question if labor alone justifies intellectual property rights. A new view called 'productive capacities' is proposed.

#IntellectualProperty, #LaborRights, #Philosophy, #NewIdeas, #PropertyLaw

https://newsletter.tf/philosophical-debate-on-labor-and-ip-rights/

New philosophical talks are questioning if the work someone does should automatically give them ownership of ideas. This is a big change from old ideas.

#IntellectualProperty, #LaborRights, #Philosophy, #NewIdeas, #PropertyLaw
https://newsletter.tf/philosophical-debate-on-labor-and-ip-rights/

Yes, this is theft.

The good news (for artists) is that the liability can’t be washed away by running it through a software tool (a separate issue), and the artist can sue the person who published this.

Don’t be the person that publishes another’s work without authorization, not only because it’s a violation of the rights of the artist, and a breach of law, but because it’s wrong.

https://open.substack.com/pub/deadder/p/this-is-outright-stealing?r=2m1hl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#Copyright #Law #IntellectualProperty #CopyrightInfringement #AIIsTheft

OpenAI failed to deliver the opt-out tool it promised by 2025
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/01/openai-failed-to-deliver-the-opt-out-tool-it-promised-by-2025/

#openai #genai #chatgpt #gpt #copyright #intellectualproperty #intellectualpropertytheft #brokenpromises

In 2011, Arıkan started his own small company and took polar codes to Qualcomm and Seagate to see if they had interest in implementing the idea.

“I did prepare some slides and sent them, but none of the US companies were really interested in it,” he says.

He takes the blame for failing to ignite their interest. “I was an academic who did not know how to promote an idea. Perhaps I did not believe in the idea that strongly myself.”

Later, those companies did work on polar codes and got their own patents, but without the same vigor as Huawei.

“If it weren't for the persistent efforts of Huawei researchers,” Arıkan says, “polar codes would not be in 5G today.”

I asked him about the over-the-top Huawei ceremony immortalized in that YouTube video.
He told me that he'd received the invitation to visit in June 2018.
“I said, ‘What is the occasion?’
And they said, ‘Mr. Ren wants to give you an award,’” Arıkan recalls.

“I figured that Huawei is very happy because the standard has been made, and polar coding is definitely in it.”

He thought he would show up and there would be a pleasant conversation with the founder and some engineers. He might leave with a plaque.

Arıkan arrived in Shenzhen and stayed at a guest house on campus.
He had tea with Ren and was toasted by executives, including Wen Tong.
But he sensed that something bigger was afoot.

“They revealed the program to me one step at a time. I didn't know how big that room would be, what kind of building we would go into. They didn't tell me to dress nicely.” (He did anyway.)

An hour before the ceremony his hosts informed him that perhaps he should prepare a speech.
He hurriedly finished his remarks in the town car on the way to the ceremony.

“I have spent the last 30 years at Bilkent University doing research on a variety of problems that culminated in polar codes,” he told the crowd in his halting English.

“Today our roads cross on a happy occasion.”

The spectacle didn't go to Arıkan's head. “They were not honoring me,” he told me as we sat in his office.

“Huawei was saying, ‘We didn't steal this idea from anybody, and here is the originator of the idea.’

There is no question that Huawei is the most technologically sophisticated company in China.

Maybe for the first time in a thousand years, China is showing they are competing head to head with the rest of the world in technology.

The US could live with intellectual property theft, but it is much harder to live with being in competition with an equal power.

“Polar codes itself is not what's important,” he continued. “It is a symbol.

5G is totally different than the internet. It's like a global nervous system.

Huawei is the leading company in 5G. They will be around in 10, 20, 50 years
—you cannot say that about the US tech companies.

In the internet era, the US produced a few trillion-dollar companies.

Because of 5G, China will have 10 or more trillion-dollar companies.

Huawei and China now have the lead.”

US companies and the US government can no longer expect to beat China back with threats or indictments, even if they are sometimes warranted.

And it's not just telecom companies like Huawei.

For all the furor at the highest levels over whether the teen-oriented social app TikTok presented security issues, the real threat to American business was that its Chinese engineers had devised an AI-powered recommendation engine that Silicon Valley had not matched.

Arıkan says the experience has led him to respect Huawei
—and to provide a warning to the country where he learned information theory.

“I owe a lot to the US,” he says.
“I give you friendly advice:
You have to accept this as the new reality and deal with it accordingly.”

To paraphrase Shannon:
No one knows the future. But Huawei and China now have a hand in controlling it.

-- excerpts from:
https://www.wired.com/story/huawei-5g-polar-codes-data-breakthrough/

by Steven Levy, editor at large at Wired.

Steven has written seven books, including Hackers, Crypto, Artificial Life, Insanely Great (a history of the Macintosh), and, most recently, In the Plex, the definitive story of Google. He attended Temple University and has a master’s degree in literature from Penn State.

#ErdalArıkan #5G #polarcodes
#RenZhengfei #Huawei #ChineseGovernment #ZTE #DOJ #intellectualproperty #Cisco #Nortel
#stevenlevy #Wired

Interesting article on copyright and AI on the BBC website, including a summary of cases and practical methods being used to protect artists.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66231268.amp

#copyright #ai #art #copying #stablediffusion #infringement #ip #intellectualproperty #machinelearning #lawfedi

💡 #IntellectualProperty crime impacts consumers and businesses alike. A robust response requires

🤝 enhanced cooperation
⏩ aligned strategies
⚙️ proper tools

#Eurojust will continue to work together with @EU_IPO & #JHA partners to effectively tackle #IPCrime in 🇪🇺 and beyond.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Eurojust/status/1621156698093404160

“𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨, 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚,” Dre, who was born Andre Young, said in a statement.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lawyers-dr-dre-tell-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-stop-using-music-rcna65038 #DrDre #MTG #MarjorieTaylorGreene #USPoli #politicians #NBCnews #News #Georgia #QAnon #WhiteNationalist #SpaceLasers #SocialMedia #CeaseAndDesist #IntellectualProperty

COVID-19: save lives with open intellectual-property licences
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02233-4

I'm proud of being an associate at the company that supports Open COVID Pledge. We help right holders to share their intellecual property. I'm sure this will make the world better, and I'm happy to be the part of this movement.

https://claimsip.com/priority-help/

#opencovidpledge #COVID19 #corona #pandemic #intellectualproperty #IP #copyright #law #patent #trademark #freeLicense

Owners of web services often don't understand this, but the text of the Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy is intellectual property. Although most of these texts are very similar, this doesn't mean that unauthorized copying of them (even with minor editing) isn't an infringement.

If you have no objection to copying your texts by other people, don't forget to add this notice and refer to some kind of free license.

#copyright #intellectualproperty #IP #privacypolicy #freelicense #cc