#intellectualproperty — Public Fediverse posts

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

A quotation from Maria Popova

Somewhere, some rights-holder — in this case, Kultur Video — decided it was better for the world that no one see the interview online than that people see it and no one profit from it. This, right here, is the deepest, saddest brokenness of current thinking on intellectual “property” as a wealth of humanity’s greatest intellectual and creative treasures rot in the clenched talons of rights-holders unable to monetize their properties and unwilling to make them available for free. As long as we continue to place commercial profit above cultural profit, especially when it comes to archival materials and cultural preservation, we are doomed to a future bitterly divorced from its past.

Maria Popova (b. 1983) Bulgarian-American essayist, author, critic [Мария Попова]
Post (2012-04-30), “Orson Welles: A Rare 1960 Interview,” The Marginalian

More about this quote: wist.info/popova-maria/85926/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mariapopova #themarginalian #commercialism #culturallegacy #culturalpreservation #culture #history #intellectualproperty #monetization #past #profit #rightsholder #takedown

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PBS News Hour: Descendants of enslaved potter David Drake work to reclaim ancestor’s art. “The descendants David Drake, known as Dave the Potter, have traced their lineage back to the once-enslaved potter and launched an effort to reclaim his work. So far, the family has recovered six pieces of Drake’s highly valued glazed stoneware, and they’re working with museums to bring even more back into […]

Heise Online: The German Bundestag has copyright problems. “Suddenly, a part of the Bundestag’s history is missing: Since April, the online archive for the years 2005 to 2016 is no longer available on the Bundestag website. Content ranging from consultation processes to parliamentary biographies has disappeared: the so-called web archive, with which the content of the respective legislative […]

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.”

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/07/18/openai-loses-eu-court-challenge-over-its-word-mark-xcxwbn/

OpenAI lost its EU court challenge over the OPENAI branding after judges found the name descriptive for specified software and cloud computing services.

#AI #OpenAI #Trademarks #EIFO #IntellectualProperty #EuropeanUnion #Europe #ChatGPT

AI companies want to water down Australia’s copyright laws. Artists are outraged, Labor is split
By Dan Jervis-Bardy and Josh Butler

Anthony Albanese will deliver a landmark speech on AI this week as MPs are torn between attracting datacentre investment and protecting the rights of creatives

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/12/ai-australia-will-labor-water-down-copyright-laws-datacentres

#AIartificialintelligence #Australianews #Datacentres #Australianpolitics #DavidPocock #AnthonyAlbanese #Laborparty #Technology #Technologysector #AustralianGreens #Independents #Intellectualproperty #Australianbooks #Anthropic #SarahHansonYoung #TheGuardian #DanJervisBardy #JoshButler

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.”

Reuters: Google appeals Indian ruling over its ads platform, citing consumer harm. “Google has challenged an Indian ​court ruling that it infringed on a company’s trademark rights by allowing rivals to use its ‌name as an advertising keyword, arguing the decision will hurt consumers, documents reviewed by Reuters show.”

Watch this wild ride through the legal aspects of the impact of LLM coding onto FOSS usage in commercial products containing software:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMT8CYpTggc

I'll give the probably engineer guy in the audience props for the most creative idea around the loss of implied patent grants.

It'll be the proverbial interesting times. Denying existence or usefulness of the LLMs won't get anyone anywhere.

Hearing all of the current thoughts in this matter sort of sounds to me like a slow convergence of the ideas of IP and patent law.

Also: Did I mention git-ai yet?

#LLMs #fosscompliance #opensource #compliance #intellectualproperty #ai #JunLegal #patentlaw #interestingtimes

Genericide, Japan Edition: How Japan’s Famous Names Slipped Into Common Speech

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://unseen-japan.com/japan-genericide-genericized-brand-names/

TechAptitude: Weekend Reading!

Quantum Technologies and Intellectual Property Rights

At its heart the application of property rights is all about implementing strategies to create an ideal balance between enabling sharing and the free flow in technical information, technology transfer, while at the same time encouraging healthy competition.

Check out all the details in this post: https://techaptitude.substack.com/p/quantum-technologies-intellectual #Quantum #QuantumComputing #QuantumTechnologies #IP #IntellectualProperty #Patents #CopyRight #TradeSecrets #Competition #Collaboration #Research #NationalSecurity #TechAptitude

TechCrunch: Founders seize on Indian court ruling to revive criticism of Google’s ad business. “A recent Indian court ruling against Google’s keyword advertising practices has gained fresh attention after founders said competitors have long used the system to siphon off customers and force companies to pay to protect their own brands.”

Weekend Reading from TechAptitude!

Check out Quantum Technologies – Intellectual Property Considerations

Article explores how the application of property rights in Quantum is all about implementing strategies to create an ideal balance between enabling sharing and the free flow in technical information, technology transfer, while at the same time encouraging healthy competition and innovation. https://techaptitude.substack.com/p/quantum-technologies-intellectual?r=vn8b8 #Quantum #QuantumComputing #IP #TradeMarks #QuantumStrategy #IntellectualProperty #Innovation #Competition

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/

US vs. China: The AI Model Exploitation War https://aiorbit.app/us-vs-china-the-ai-model-exploitation-war/ #AIWarfare
#ChinaAI
#IntellectualProperty
#TechCompetition

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Engadget: Matthew McConaughey fights unauthorized AI likenesses by trademarking himself. “Matthew McConaughey filed trademark applications to prevent his likeness from being used by AI companies without permission, and the US Patent and Trademark Office has approved eight so far.”

🚀 Introducing G-SIGN – IP, one of the #NGISargassoInnovators!

G-SIGN – IP, or Global Smart InterGovernment Network for Secure Data Exchange, is a pilot initiative using #blockchain and #AI to enable secure, decentralised authentication, authorisation, and data sharing for #IntellectualProperty services between Turkey and the United States.

💡 Discover more solutions shaping a human-centric #NextGenerationInternet: https://ngisargasso.eu/2025/02/28/discover-the-last-13-ngi-sargasso-innovators-from-our-open-call-5-creating-an-internet-of-humans-across-continents/

#IP #NGISargasso #NGI #InternetOfHumans #InternetOfTrust

🚀 Introducing G-SIGN – IP, one of the #NGISargassoInnovators!

G-SIGN – IP, or Global Smart InterGovernment Network for Secure Data Exchange, is a pilot initiative using #blockchain and #AI to enable secure, decentralised authentication, authorisation, and data sharing for #IntellectualProperty services between Turkey and the United States.

💡 Discover more solutions shaping a human-centric #NextGenerationInternet: https://ngisargasso.eu/2025/02/28/discover-the-last-13-ngi-sargasso-innovators-from-our-open-call-5-creating-an-internet-of-humans-across-continents/

#IP #NGISargasso #NGI #InternetOfHumans #InternetOfTrust

🚀 Introducing G-SIGN – IP, one of the #NGISargassoInnovators!

G-SIGN – IP, or Global Smart InterGovernment Network for Secure Data Exchange, is a pilot initiative using #blockchain and #AI to enable secure, decentralised authentication, authorisation, and data sharing for #IntellectualProperty services between Turkey and the United States.

💡 Discover more solutions shaping a human-centric #NextGenerationInternet: https://ngisargasso.eu/2025/02/28/discover-the-last-13-ngi-sargasso-innovators-from-our-open-call-5-creating-an-internet-of-humans-across-continents/

#IP #NGISargasso #NGI #InternetOfHumans #InternetOfTrust

Perlmutter Tells SCOTUS Trump is Making ‘An Inexcusable Mess’ of Library of Congress Governance – IPWatchdog.com -Patents & Intellectual Property Law

By Eileen McDermott, 7 hours ago

Perlmutter Tells SCOTUS Trump is Making ‘An Inexcusable Mess’ of Library of Congress Governance

“The question here is not whether the Register of Copyrights or the Librarian of Congress has any functions that can be characterized as ‘executive’ for constitutional purposes; it is whether Congress decided to organize the Library as an ‘Executive agency’”.

Two weeks after the Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay an interlocutory injunction issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in September that allowed Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter to return to her post pending her lawsuit against President Donald Trump for allegedly illegally removing her from office, Perlmutter has responded.

In her opposition to the application for a stay, filed on Monday, Perlmutter accused the administration of making “an inexcusable mess of Congress’s plans for the governance of its Library.”

Trump’s application argued that the D.C. appellate court’s injunction represents “another case of improper judicial interference with the President’s power to remove executive officers” and that its “analysis contravenes settled precedent and misconceives the Librarian’s and Register’s legal status.” The powers of the Librarian and Register have been classified as executive by the Supreme Court, said the administration’s brief, “such as the power to issue rules implementing a federal statute, to issue orders in administrative adjudications, and even to conduct foreign relations relating to copyright issues.”

But Perlmutter argued in her opposition that “the question here is not whether the Register of Copyrights or the Librarian of Congress has any functions that can be characterized as ‘executive’ for constitutional purposes; it is whether Congress decided to organize the Library as an ‘Executive agency’—not just for purposes of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 (“FVRA”), 5 U.S.C. § 3345 et seq., but for all of the purposes for which the same definition of “Executive agency” is used in Title 5, 5 U.S.C. § 105.”

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Perlmutter Tells SCOTUS Trump is Making ‘An Inexcusable Mess’ of Library of Congress Governance – IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Intellectual Property Law Perlmutter Tells SCOTUS Trump is Making ‘An Inexcusable Mess’ of Library of Congress Governance

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Hollywood Reporter: Disney Sued After Enforcing Rights to Mickey Mouse in the Public Domain. “Personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan intended to push a nationwide advertising campaign featuring [Steamboat Willie] but was met with resistance by Disney’s legal team. It has filed a lawsuit seeking a court order that the commercial doesn’t violate any of Disney’s rights.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/27/hollywood-reporter-disney-sued-after-enforcing-rights-to-mickey-mouse-in-the-public-domain/

Ars Technica: In a wild time for copyright law, the US Copyright Office has no leader. “In May, Copyright Register Shira Perlmutter was abruptly fired by email by the White House’s deputy director of personnel. Perlmutter is now suing the Trump administration, alleging that her firing was invalid; the government maintains that the executive branch has the authority to dismiss her. As the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/06/ars-technica-in-a-wild-time-for-copyright-law-the-us-copyright-office-has-no-leader/