intellectual property

Nick Clegg, former UK Deputy Prime Minister and current Meta executive, recently ignited a contentious debate by asserting that mandating AI companies to obtain explicit consent from artists before using their work for training models would "kill" the UK's AI industry. Speaking at a book launch...

Microsoft once again finds itself at the center of legal scrutiny in the United Kingdom, this time facing a potentially multibillion-pound collective claim that strikes at the heart of its software licensing practices. The suit, filed by barrister Alexander Wolfson and supported by the law firm...

The collision of artificial intelligence and copyright law reached new levels of public scrutiny in late 2023, when The New York Times, one of the world’s most respected journalistic institutions, filed a landmark lawsuit against OpenAI and its high-profile collaborator, Microsoft. This legal...

When established titans of the gaming world like Nintendo make headlines for legal battles, the entire industry pays attention. The latest stir erupted after Nintendo sued Genki, the accessory maker, for what the Japanese gaming giant claims was a breach of multiple trademark and competition...

Microsoft's response to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regarding the regulator's provisional ruling on cloud software licensing pricing is robust and critical. Microsoft calls the CMA's intervention "extraordinary and unprecedented," emphasizing that no other software provider...

The UK cloud computing sector is currently facing intense regulatory scrutiny, particularly focusing on the licensing practices of major cloud service providers Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud. This follows the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) provisional findings...

Ziff Davis, the digital media heavyweight behind such familiar internet fixtures as PCMag, Mashable, and IGN, has decided it’s time to lawyer up—dragging OpenAI and its high-profile AI aspirations into federal court for a good old-fashioned copyright throwdown. If you thought the age of “robots...

It’s getting hard to tell whether Qualcomm and Arm are longtime frenemies or just an old married couple who refuse to divorce for the sake of the microcircuits. No sooner had the dust begun to settle after their last courtroom dance than Qualcomm decided to open up new salvos—this time with Arm...

Artificial intelligence continues to stir up a hornet’s nest of legal, ethical, and technological debates. A recent US District Court decision in New York has thrown a spotlight on the practices of AI companies, notably OpenAI and Microsoft, and their role in investigating alleged copyright...

When Tech Titans Collide: Context for a Lawsuit Shaping AI’s Future Silicon Valley has seen no shortage of drama, but few spectacles compare to the ongoing courtroom clash pitting Elon Musk against OpenAI and Microsoft. Centered around allegations of broken promises, shifting alliances, and the...

OpenAI and Microsoft Push to Dismiss Elon Musk’s Broad US Lawsuit: What It Means for AI, Tech Giants, and Innovation The legal saga between OpenAI, Microsoft, and Elon Musk has taken another turn. OpenAI and Microsoft have recently submitted formal replies supporting their motions to dismiss the...

Nintendo's legal strategy is taking a page from its own playbook—this time, not for a new game release, but to protect its patented gameplay mechanics. The well-known gaming giant is arming itself with two additional U.S. patents aimed squarely at Pocketpair’s Palworld, intensifying the threat...

Clarivate and Iprova Join Forces to Redefine Invention Creation and IP Management In the ever-evolving world of intellectual property, innovation is as much about ideas as it is about the technologies that bring those ideas to life. A new strategic partnership between Clarivate and Iprova is set...

In a surprising twist within the rapidly evolving realm of AI-driven coding tools, concerns over data privacy have taken center stage. Recent findings reveal that Microsoft Copilot—a celebrated AI code assistant—continues to suggest code fragments from GitHub repositories that have been made...

The landscape of artificial intelligence is shifting faster than ever, and Microsoft is leading from the front. In a major announcement, the tech giant has made Chinese startup DeepSeek's R1 artificial intelligence (AI) model available on its Azure cloud platform and GitHub tools. This...

Microsoft has once again made waves in the artificial intelligence space by integrating DeepSeek’s AI reasoning model, R1, into its Azure AI Foundry platform. This announcement has everyone talking—and not only because of the cutting-edge capability it represents. The move is shadowed by...

Original release date: July 19, 2021 Summary This Joint Cybersecurity Advisory was written by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to provide information on a Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group known in open-source...

Original release date: October 1, 2020 Summary This Alert uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK®) framework. See the ATT&CK for Enterprise framework for all referenced threat actor techniques. In light of heightened tensions between the United States and...

Original release date: May 5, 2020 Summary This is a joint alert from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). CISA and NCSC continue to see indications that...

Original release date: May 5, 2020 Summary This is a joint alert from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). CISA and NCSC continue to see indications that...