Scientists wonder: Is my AI stealing my ideas?(scientificamerican.com)
21 points by geox | 10 comments
Scientific American article on researchers' concerns that AI tools they use may be absorbing and reusing their unpublished ideas.
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The Revolution of Vertical Drama Is Happening Behind the Camera(medium.com)
4 points by lbostral | 0 comments
A Medium essay by Ludovic Bostral arguing that the real change in vertical (short-form mobile) drama lies in production and industry structure behind the camera.
AI can't be listed as inventor on patent applications, Japan's top court rules(japannews.yomiuri.co.jp)
350 points by mushstory | 185 comments
Japan News report that Japan's Supreme Court dismissed an American engineer's appeal to have an AI named as inventor on a patent application.
Who owns the code Claude Code wrote?(legallayer.substack.com)
504 points by senaevren | 464 comments
A Substack post explaining copyright ownership of AI-generated code from agentic tools like Claude Code, advising builders to document human creative contributions.
VC-backed company just killed my EU trademark for a small OSS project
733 points by marcjschmidt | 206 comments
Ask HN post by the Deepkit maintainer describing how a VC-funded company got his EU trademark revoked for insufficient proof of genuine use, seeking advice.
Tell HN: Beware confidentiality agreements that act as lifetime non competes
359 points by throwarayes | 226 comments
A Tell HN post warning that broad IP confidentiality agreements, backed by the inevitable disclosure doctrine, can function as lifetime non-compete clauses.
Monster Cables picked the wrong guy to threaten (2008)(oncontracts.com)
510 points by wallflower | 172 comments
A 2008 blog post on the On Contracts legal blog about Monster Cable sending a cease-and-desist letter to Blue Jeans Cable, whose president fought back.
US appeals court rules AI generated art cannot be copyrighted(reuters.com)
690 points by rvz | 463 comments
Reuters article reporting that a US appeals court ruled AI-generated art without a human creator cannot be copyrighted.
Cloudflare beats patent troll so badly it basically gives up(theregister.com)
367 points by Brajeshwar | 51 comments
The Register article on Cloudflare defeating patent assertion entity Sable Networks, winning $225K as Sable agrees to stop suing and abandon its patents.
Patent troll Sable pays up, dedicates all its patents to the public(blog.cloudflare.com)
1340 points by jgrahamc | 377 comments
Cloudflare blog post announcing that patent troll Sable Networks settled, paid Cloudflare, and dedicated all its patents to the public.
Copying is the way design works(matthewstrom.com)
658 points by innerzeal | 218 comments
Matthew Ström's short CC-BY-SA licensed online book arguing that copying is fundamental to how design works.
OpenAI – Application for US trademark “GPT” has failed(tsdr.uspto.gov)
537 points by vincent_s | 240 comments
USPTO TSDR case viewer showing the February 2024 final action refusing OpenAI's trademark application for "GPT" (serial 97733259).
Cloudflare defeats patent troll Sable at trial(blog.cloudflare.com)
980 points by jgrahamc | 354 comments
Cloudflare blog post announcing its jury trial victory against patent assertion entity Sable Networks.
Mickey, Disney, and the public domain: A 95-year love triangle(web.law.duke.edu)
330 points by mortenjorck | 180 comments
Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain article by Jennifer Jenkins on Mickey Mouse, Disney, and the copyright history leading to Steamboat Willie entering the public domain.
Microsoft will assume liability for legal copyright risks of Copilot(blogs.microsoft.com)
470 points by wgx | 328 comments
Microsoft blog post announcing the Copilot Copyright Commitment, under which Microsoft assumes legal liability for copyright claims against customers using Copilot outputs.
Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat(eff.org)
1189 points by prhrb | 186 comments
EFF Deeplinks article by Joe Mullin (June 2023) warning that proposed changes threaten the public's ability to challenge low-quality patents.
Japan’s government will not enforce copyrights on data used in AI training(technomancers.ai)
412 points by version_five | 329 comments
Blog post reporting that Japan's government will not enforce copyright on data used for AI training.
Ed Sheeran demonstrates how copyright is destroying musicians(techdirt.com)
421 points by latexr | 252 comments
Techdirt opinion piece by Mike Masnick arguing Ed Sheeran's copyright lawsuits show modern copyright stifles rather than helps musicians.