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IP Diligence In The Age Of AI: Why Standard Review Is No Longer Enough
Federal courts are increasingly scrutinizing AI-based patent claims with skepticism, invalidating patents that merely apply machine learning to specific domains without demonstrating genuine technical innovation. Recent decisions like Recentive Analytics v. Fox Corp. and In re Brian McFadden reveal that investors and counsel must now look beyond standard IP diligence to assess whether AI patent portfolios capture protectable technical improvements in model training, architecture
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Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
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How Fraudulent Copyright Claims Are Censoring Free Speech And Political Reporting
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act's notice-and-takedown system, originally designed to combat online piracy, is being exploited through fraudulent copyright claims to suppress legitimate news coverage and erase critical reporting from the internet. Bad actors are using identity theft, backdated content, and automated platform algorithms to weaponize copyright law for digital censorship, creating serious implications for businesses, media outlets, and online publishers.
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Marks Gray
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How Fraudulent Copyright Claims Are Censoring Free Speech And Political Reporting
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act's notice-and-takedown system, originally designed to combat online piracy, is being exploited through fraudulent copyright claims to suppress legitimate news coverage and erase critical reporting from the internet. Bad actors are using identity theft, backdated content, and automated platform algorithms to weaponize copyright law for digital censorship, creating serious implications for businesses, media outlets, and online publishers.
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Marks Gray
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A Spoonful Of Sugar: Bryan Sugar's AI Litigation Insights - September 2026
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming intellectual property litigation, raising fundamental questions about authorship, fair use, and courtroom conduct. Courts are now grappling with who owns AI-generated works, whether training models on copyrighted material constitutes infringement, and how to handle attorneys who rely on AI tools that produce fabricated legal citations.
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Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
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IP Diligence In The Age Of AI: Why Standard Review Is No Longer Enough
Federal courts are increasingly scrutinizing AI-based patent claims with skepticism, invalidating patents that merely apply machine learning to specific domains without demonstrating genuine technical innovation. Recent decisions like Recentive Analytics v. Fox Corp. and In re Brian McFadden reveal that investors and counsel must now look beyond standard IP diligence to assess whether AI patent portfolios capture protectable technical improvements in model training, architecture
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Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
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Is This Real? Navigating AI Impersonation Under New And Existing Laws
Is this AI-generated, or is it real? As generative AI tools have become increasingly capable of creating realistic images, videos, and audio, they have also made it easier to impersonate real people without their consent. In response, states are increasingly adopting laws that impose civil and criminal liability for certain AI-generated content that replicates an individual’s identity, likeness, voice, or other personal attributes.
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Wiley Rein
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VDPP v. Volkswagen: The Patent Marking Mistake That Erased Millions In Damages
When you settle a patent dispute or license your technology, you may unknowingly trigger patent marking obligations that can eliminate your ability to recover pre-suit damages. A recent Federal Circuit decision demonstrates how settlement agreements transform patent owners into licensors with active compliance duties, and why failing to monitor licensee marking practices can result in case dismissal and substantial attorney fee awards.
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NovoTech Patent Firm
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Court Upholds MillerKnoll Ownership Of Iconic Bubble Lamp Design
The Sixth Circuit's decision in Nelson v. MillerKnoll examines whether a furniture company's ownership claims to the iconic Bubble Lamp design were authorized under a 2006 royalty agreement, and whether the designer's heirs ratified that arrangement by continuing to accept payments. The case hinges on interpreting contract language distinguishing between licensing rights and outright ownership of intellectual property.
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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
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USPTO Plans For AI Implementation
While this blog normally writes about the issues facing the patentability of AI inventions, we want to write about a topic that is high on our radar: the USPTO’s plans for integrating AI into the examination process. While certain programs, such as the USPTO’s Artificial Intelligence Search Automated Pilot Program (ASAP!) program were previously tested, a greater question looms on the availability of examiners to use large language models (LLMs) as a tool for examination.
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Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P
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