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  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    UK shelves proposed AI copyright code in blow to creative industries

    Government-led talks stall as artists and tech groups fail to agree terms over access to copyrighted work

    A protester holds a placard against use of AI at an Equity actors union rally in London
  • Sunday, 4 February, 2024
    Semiconductors
    Japan’s JSR in patent dispute with US university over breakthrough chip technology

    New York university complaint comes ahead of likely takeover of JSR by Japanese government-backed fund

    Employees work on a semiconductor lithography machine
  • Friday, 2 February, 2024
    News in-depthShein
    Shein battles counterfeiting lawsuits as online retailer pursues US IPO

    Singapore-based fast-fashion company says it ‘takes all claims of infringement seriously’

    Models present creations during Shein ‘Endless Summer’ fashion show in Paris last June
  • Wednesday, 24 January, 2024
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    How can I get probate to sell my property?

    I bought a house with my friend who has since died

  • Thursday, 18 January, 2024
    Apple Inc
    Apple Watch sales ban can resume, US appeals court rules

    Products are at the centre of a legal dispute over patents for health technology

    The Series 9 Apple Watch on display at an Apple Store in Austin, Texas
  • Thursday, 11 January, 2024
    ReviewBooks
    Who Owns This Sentence? — an attack on copyright

    David Bellos and Alexandre Montagu challenge artistic claims to originality

    Four men with signs
  • Monday, 8 January, 2024
    OpenAI
    OpenAI says New York Times ‘manipulated’ ChatGPT in copyright feud

    Generative AI start-up denies news organisation’s claims of infringement in latest fight over emerging technology

    The logos of The New York Times and ChatGPT
  • Monday, 8 January, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    Cloud giants offer only limited protection to businesses over AI copyright claims

    Amazon, Microsoft and Google pledge to defend customers from IP issues, but their indemnities are narrow

    Montage showing the logos of Amazon, Google and Microsoft
  • Friday, 5 January, 2024
    John Gapper
    Mickey Mouse should help other characters to escape copyright

    The hero of Walt Disney’s ‘Steamboat Willie’ has entered the public domain but others deserve their freedom, too

    A still of Mickey Mouse in ‘Steamboat Willie’
  • Wednesday, 3 January, 2024
    LexArtificial intelligence
    New York Times newshounds will not derail the AI copycats Premium content

    Previous battles between media and tech groups suggest a compromise is likely

    The New York Times building
  • Wednesday, 27 December, 2023
    Apple Inc
    Apple resumes US sales of Watch as court order puts ban on hold

    Biden administration had previously declined to intervene in patent dispute with health tech company Masimo

    Apple Watch on display
  • Wednesday, 27 December, 2023
    Artificial intelligence
    New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI in copyright case

    US newspaper alleges tech companies took ‘free-ride’ on millions of articles to help build generative AI chatbots

    New York Times building
  • Tuesday, 26 December, 2023
    Apple Inc
    Apple fails to win reprieve over US Watch sales ban

    Tech company had appealed against earlier ruling over patent infringement on its Series 9 and Ultra 2 models

    An Apple Watch display inside one of its stores in California
  • Thursday, 21 December, 2023
    Inside BusinessRichard Waters
    Apple Watch battle heralds further patent wrangles

    As mobile computing invades markets such as healthcare, intellectual property moats will be tested

    Apple Watch Series 9 signage
  • Wednesday, 20 December, 2023
    Artificial intelligence
    AI machine cannot be called an inventor, rules UK court

    Ruling ends long-running case as judges conclude that an ‘inventor’ must be a ‘natural person’

    The UK Supreme Court in London
  • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
    Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers
    Legal experts step up to defend wave of AI lawsuits

    Writers and artists claim copyright violations

    A Microsoft logo is seen on an office building in New York City
  • Friday, 17 November, 2023
    Artificial intelligence
    Microsoft tweaks AI image generator over Disney dogs poster trend

    Film company’s logo was visible in mock-ups of movie illustrations featuring users’ pets

    A Disney poster and an AI generated poster made to look like a Disney poster
  • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
    Nintendo Co Ltd
    ‘Zelda’ film tests Nintendo’s ability to tap intellectual property trove

    Investors say Japanese video game publisher is not taking full advantage of its franchises and characters

    Still from ‘The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’
  • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
    Anu Bradford
    Europe and the US won’t win the AI race by depriving themselves of talent

    Legitimate security concerns should not drive self-defeating curbs on Chinese-born researchers

    Students prepare for exams in China. A recent study shows that while 60% of the world’s top AI researchers work in US institutions, 29% of them received their undergraduate degree in China
  • Saturday, 4 November, 2023
    Björn Ulvaeus
    Take a chance on AI, says Abba’s Björn, but protect the musicians

    My songwriting skills were ‘trained’ on Beatles tracks that I paid for. Tech tools should follow this principle

    Bjorn Ulvaeus (centre) of Abba performs on stage at Wembley Arena, London, 9th November 1979.
  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    Ellen 't Hoen
    Sharing trade secrets is key to the pandemic agreements

    Addressing this IP issue is crucial to ensuring pharmaceutical products are available in future emergencies

    A BioNTech manufacturing site in Germany
  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    Getty Images Inc
    Getty users gain access to AI image generator with legal protection

    Photo agency promises to pay contributors and will assume responsibility on behalf of customers for any potential copyright disputes

  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    Artificial intelligence
    Microsoft pledges legal protection for AI-generated copyright breaches

    US tech giant will assume customers’ liability for material created by AI assistants in Word and coding tools

    The Microsoft logo
  • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
    Media
    UK publishers urge Sunak to safeguard intellectual property from AI

    Trade body calls on prime minister to ensure developing technology is trained ‘transparently’

    A protest in London against the use of AI
  • Friday, 25 August, 2023
    Huawei Technologies
    Huawei agrees long-term patent deal with Ericsson despite western curbs

    Agreement gives Chinese group a boost after being subject to bans in Europe and the US

    A Huawei logo
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