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No copyrights for AI-generated images

No copyrights for AI-generated images

The US Copyright Office has determined that illustrations inserted in a comic created with the Midjourney’s Artificial Intelligence cannot be protected by copyright law. The Bureau decided to revoke the copyright protection granted to Kristina Kashtanova last fall for...

USPTO 2022 report: new technologies’ data and trends

USPTO 2022 report: new technologies’ data and trends

Patent data analyst firm “IFI CLAIMS” recently released the list of the 50 largest patent filings in the US for the year 2022, also providing a comprehensive snapshot of the landscape of new technologies and growing trends in the industry.  Firstly, the number of US...

The Reggiano Erbazzone could soon become PDO and PGI

The Reggiano Erbazzone could soon become PDO and PGI

The Reggio Emilia Erbazzone – already registered for some time in the list of traditional agri-food products – could soon be included among the PDO and PGI food specialties of Emilia-Romagna. The Erbazzone Reggiano Producers Association, in fact, has submitted the...

Stockfish and ChessBase settle over GPL licenses

Stockfish and ChessBase settle over GPL licenses

ChessBase, a Hamburg-based company that markets chess software, has reached an agreement with Stockfish – an open source chess engine – settling the dispute that began in the summer of 2021, when the original developers of Stockfish, Tord Romstad and Stéphane Nicolet,...

The EPO’s Strategic Plan 2023

The EPO’s Strategic Plan 2023

The strategic plan developed by the EPO (European Patent Office) for 2023, aims to describe the actions and initiatives to be taken and the improvements necessary to ensure sustainability and excellence to the European Patent Office. In an increasingly connected and...