Who owns an idea? - The Economist
It’s a question the law can struggle to answer, particularly when it comes to fiction "THE SAME basic plotlines form the basis for thousands of ...
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Patents, Copyrights, and other Intellectual Property Rights issues
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Ideas Want to be Shared - Kevin Kelly
I have contrarian ideas on intellectual property. I've come to think that the natural home of ideas is in the commons, that they should not be "own...
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How many layers of copyright infringement are in Emily Ratajkowski’s new NFT? - The Verge
Emily Ratajkowski is selling an NFT at Christie’s, where Beeple made $69 million. Her artwork is a copyright nightmare that trolls Richard Prince, ...
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Australian court finds AI systems can be recognised under patent law | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian
Federal court judge says allowing artificial intelligence systems, as well as humans, to be inventors is ‘consistent with promoting innovation’
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Patent ‘Death Squad’ System Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court - Bloomberg
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld an administrative review system that has helped Google Inc., Apple Inc. and other companies invalidate hundreds of is...
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Theft! A History of Music
A graphic novel laying out a 2000 year long history of musical borrowing from Plato to rap. The comic, by James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins and the lat...
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Congress Shouldn't Turn the Copyright Office Into A Copyright Court
While most people are focused on net neutrality, surveillance, and tax reform, a few legislators are quietly mulling over a different problem: copy...
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European Copyright Law Isn't Great. It Could Soon Get a Lot Worse
EFF has been writing about the upcoming European Digital Single Market directive on copyright for a long time now. But it's time to put away the ke...
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Qualcomm, National Security, and Patents – Stratechery
The Trump administration blocked Broadcom’s acquisition of Qualcomm, and I think it was the right move. Understanding why means understanding Qualc...
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How to Find a Patent Attorney: Everything You Need to Know
Finding a good patent attorney or patent broker will take a bit of research and due diligence on your part.
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Coffee delivery drone patented by IBM
Drones could tell when people are tired and lower a coffee on an "unspooling string", IBM suggests.
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Microsoft open-sources its patent portfolio | ZDNet
By joining the Open Invention Network, Microsoft is offering its entire patent portfolio -- with the legacy exception of its Windows and desktop ap...
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Devolutionary Design - 99% Invisible
It’s hard to overstate just how important record album art was to music in the days before people downloaded everything. Visuals were a key part of...
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The Freewheeling, Copyright-Infringing World of Custom-Printed Tees
Print-on-demand companies allow anyone to upload designs for T-shirts, mugs, and other items. But many images violate intellectual property rights....
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How Otonomo, with nearly $55 million in funding, is illegally cloning our product
We started Smartcar a few years ago with a powerful mission: making it possible for developers to easily build apps for cars. We created a standard...
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The Man Who’s Spending $1 Billion to Own Every Pop Song
Music mogul Merck Mercuriadis is spending $1 billion to buy the rights to the most popular pop songs, from Taylor Swift and Timbaland to Bruno Mars.
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