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Trademark

US Patent Office rejects Major League Baseball’s trademark application

The club is likely to approach the appeal board or the federal court

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US District Court favors Pinterest in copyright infringement suit by estate of photographer Blaine Harrington III

US District Court favors Pinterest in copyright infringement suit by estate of photographer Blaine Harrington III

Cites the case of Harold Davis, wherein infringing fell under the purview of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Safe

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Copyright

US Court rules out modification in copyright infringement law

It was deliberating on the Authors Guild, Inc. v. HathiTrust and the Authors Guild, Inc. v. Google, Inc., cases.

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USPTO

USPTO’s efforts supporting injunctive relief for SEP owners to be continued

The USPTO noted that the SEP Working Group will continue the agency’s efforts to support SEP injunctions through the filing of court statements like the statement of interest filed in Radian Memory Systems v. Samsung Electronics in June 2025

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Trademark

New Zealand High Court dismisses APEDA’s appeal on trademark rights for ‘Basmati’ rice

IP lawyer Elena Szentivanyi attributed the rejection to India’s acceptance of the variety as a ‘transnational geographical indication’

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Google

SerpApi sued for ‘parasitic’ scraping & circumvention of protection measures

Google reportedly argued that ‘SerpApi’s business model is parasitic’ and that it ‘appropriates the output of other services that have made substantial investments to generate it’

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OpenAI

In AI push, OpenAI acquires stake in Thrive Holdings

The non-monetary deal will allow it to provide a dedicated research team and resources in return for an ownership interest

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ChatGPT

Australia launches AI Plan; eludes strict norms

The government recently announced setting up an AI Safety Institute to help authorities monitor risks and respond to threats

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Self-Driving-Cars

Nvidia introduces open-source software Alpamayo-R1 for self-driving cars

It will expedite their development using the ‘reasoning’ techniques in AI

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morrom-africa

Moroom Africa Promotes Oluwapamilerin Blessing Adepoju-Akabunwa To Deputy Managing Partner

Moroom Africa promotes Oluwapamilerin Blessing Adepoju-Akabunwa to Deputy Managing Partner.

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Patent

PTAB invalidation of gesture technology patent claims affirmed by CAFC

After the PTAB upheld an examiner’s decision in an ex-parte re-examination that rejected claims 11 and 13 of Gesture’s US patent number 7,933,431, the case reached the Federal Circuit.

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Copyright

US Supreme Court grapples with copyright dispute between Cox and record labels

Cox’s assertion that its mere awareness of user piracy could not justify holding it liable for copyright infringement was met with skepticism by the justices.

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