Perfume brands fighting a ‘lost cause’ against cheap dupes, say lawyers https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025/apr/12/perfume-brands-fighting-a-lost-cause-against-cheap-dupes-say-lawyers #Intellectualproperty #Lifeandstyle #Socialmedia #Fragrance #Business #Beauty #Law
“This is ChatGPT
writing a TED Talk in the style of Carole Cadwalladr.
And it is creepily plausible.
But what it doesn't know,
because AI is actually as dumb as a rock,
is that I am going to turn to Sam Altman,
who is coming here, a TED speaker,
and say that this does not belong to you.
ChatGPT has been trained on my IP,
my labor, my personal data.”
—Carole Cadwalladr
#chatgpt #openai
#ip #intellectualproperty
#samaltman #altman
AI avatar generator Synthesia does video footage deal with Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/10/ai-avatar-generator-synthesia-video-footage-shutterstock #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Intellectualproperty #Technology #Computing #Business #UKnews #Media
https://www.europesays.com/1979568/ Donald Trump says ‘major’ pharmaceutical tariffs coming soon #DonaldTrump #EFPIA #eu #EUBiotechAct #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanConfederationOfPharmaceuticalEntrepreneurs #EuropeanHealthSystem #EuropeanPharmaceuticalCompanies #EuropeanPharmaceuticalGiants #GlobalSupplyChains #IntellectualProperty #Medicines #PharmaceuticalImports #PharmaceuticalSector #POTUS #PresidentDonaldTrump #PresidentOfTheUnitedStates #PresidentTrump #tariffs #trump
#writers #IntellectualProperty #Facebook #AI #protests #activism
' Around 100 authors on Thursday protested outside the London headquarters of Meta, accusing the U.S. tech giant of "stealing" content to train its Artificial Intelligence models.'
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/04/04/entertainment-news/authors-protest-meta-ai/
AFP: Authors hold London protest against Meta for ‘stealing’ work to train AI. “Around 100 authors on Thursday protested outside the London headquarters of Meta, accusing the U.S. tech giant of ‘stealing’ content to train its Artificial Intelligence models.”
@eff
As always, Copyright is a global censorship regime. But using it to censor public knowledge of laws is really a next level move.
Companies in MURICA love #copyright and lobby against Creative Commons and fair use, unless it´s convenient for them, like #openai and the #Ghibli syle. I thought #FairUse had to do with education and non-profit goals. 
#IntellectualProperty
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/is-ai-art-stealing-from-artists
https://www.europesays.com/1957469/ Startup Founder Claims Elon Musk Is Stealing the Name ‘Grok’ #ArtificialIntelligence #Chatbots #ElonMusk #IntellectualProperty #Musk #startups
#Germany, supported by the #EU_Commission's #DG_SANTE & several other #EU member-states, threatens to block the crucial #PandemicAgreement. Why? For Germany & its cronies, it's #BigPharma #IntellectualProperty über alles, even if this threatens the health of billions of people, even if it means violating international trade treaties.
https://www.brusselstimes.com/1507860/will-europe-block-the-pandemic-agreement-because-of-one-word
US judge dismisses Samsung's Oura lawsuit, ruling Samsung acted prematurely in seeking judgment that Galaxy Ring doesn't infringe Oura's patents. 
#Samsung #Oura #Lawsuit #Patents #TechNews #LegalNews #GalaxyRing #IntellectualProperty
ChatGPT’s viral Studio Ghibli-style images highlight AI copyright concerns https://www.inbella.com/972739/chatgpts-viral-studio-ghibli-style-images-highlight-ai-copyright-concerns/ #AnimationAndComics #ArtificialIntelligence #AssociatedPress #business #DominicanRepublic #DonaldTrump #Entertainment #EntertainmentNews #GeneralNews #GenerativeAi #HayaoMiyazaki #IntellectualProperty #JoshWeigensberg #KarlaOrtiz #mali #movies #SamAltman #technology #U.s.News #WorldNews #XCorp. #YusufDikec
Save these dates! 
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) will host a free virtual webinar on Intellectual Property and AI on April 23-24, 2025.
For more details and to register:
https://mailchi.mp/wipo/wipo-conversation-11-ai-ip-the-future-of-copyright-infrastructure-join-us
TorrentFreak: Meta’s BitTorrent Uploads of ‘Pirate Library’ Data Equaled 30% of Downloads, Expert Says. “A lawsuit filed by several authors against Meta centers on Meta’s alleged use of pirated books for AI training data and the technical details of BitTorrent which was used to obtain them. Yesterday, Meta filed a motion for summary judgment, while countering the authors’ request to […]
Great to be part of the collection, celebrating the life and work of Intellectual Property Professor Antoon Quaedvlieg of Radboud University in the Netherlands. The book - Q - has just been launched https://www.ie-forum.nl/artikelen/presentatie-gedenkbundel-q-sfeerimpressie https://www.delex.nl/shop/boeken/q My contribution is on The Story of Shapeways: Reshaping Intellectual Property and 3D Printing in the Netherlands. #intellectualproperty #Netherlands #3dprinting
#AI #Facebook #books #IntellectualProperty #MITPress
"We want to be clear: The MIT Press has not licensed any of our books or journal articles for LLM training purposes, nor have we granted permission for any such use. However, we are well aware that many MIT Press publications have ended up in pirated training data sets."
https://mitpress.mit.edu/a-note-on-libgen-and-the-unauthorized-use-of-our-authors-work/
MIT Press: A note on LibGen and the unauthorized use of our authors’ work. “We want to be clear: The MIT Press has not licensed any of our books or journal articles for LLM training purposes, nor have we granted permission for any such use. However, we are well aware that many MIT Press publications have ended up in pirated training data sets. We share the deep distress of our authors whose […]
Fast Company: Hollywood warns about AI industry’s push to change copyright law. “A who’s who of musicians, actors, directors, and more have teamed up to sound the alarm as AI leaders including OpenAI and Google argue that they shouldn’t have to pay copyright holders for AI training material. In an open letter, submitted to the White House Office of Science and Technology, more than 400 […]
The #law also refers to other elements that can’t be attributed to a #machine, Millet said, when it requires an #author’s “signature” to transfer, talks about co-authors’ “intention,” & refers to an author’s “nationality or domicile.”
“Machines do not have property, traditional human lifespans, family members, domiciles, nationalities, mentes reae, or signatures,” Millet said, later adding that “the #Copyright Act makes no sense if an ‘author’ is not a human being.”
