by W. John Eagan | Sep 26, 2023 | Blog, Partner, Patent
The United States Patent and Trademark Office celebrated a milestone this week as it issued the millionth design patent. The patent was issued to Agustina Huckaby of Fort Worth, Texas and is for a Dispensing Comb. Design patents are one of the three types of patents...
by Kelly Malloy | Sep 26, 2023 | Associate, Blog, Copyright
This is an update to a blog post dated February 25, 2022. On August 18, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia released an Opinion denying Plaintiff Stephen Thaler copyright protection for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, a work of visual art...
by Victor Bruzos | Sep 15, 2023 | Analyst, Blog, Uncategorized
OpenAI, the organization behind the ChatGPT platform, finds itself amidst a series of lawsuits centered on allegations of copyright infringement. For context, ChatGPT operates as a free-to-use generative AI model trained on vast amounts of text data from the internet....
by Tyler Litwak | Sep 5, 2023 | Associate, Blog, Copyright
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and its integration into everyday use in modern society has brought to the forefront a multitude of complex issues, especially those concerning copyright law. The relationship between AI and copyright protection is...
by Malloy & Malloy | Aug 30, 2023 | News, Partner, Senior Associate, Trademark
The Firm successfully defended a monster of a trademark case filed by Monster Energy Corp. against Firm client, SS Vape Brands, Inc. Monster Energy is one of the world’s largest beverage companies. SS Vape sells electronic cigarette products. The...
by Victor Bruzos | Aug 29, 2023 | Analyst, Blog, Copyright
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has delivered a significant ruling in the case of Valancourt Books v. Garland. The court determined that the Copyright Office’s mandatory deposit requirement (17 U.S.C. §407) is an unconstitutional taking....
