Posts Tagged ‘Infringement’
Nintendo sues Palworld maker Pocketpair for patent infringement
NINTENDO filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Tokyo-based Pocketpair, the maker of hit game Palworld, seeking an injunction and compensation for damages. The case, brought together with affiliate Pokemon, was submitted to the Tokyo District Court on Wednesday (Sep 18), Nintendo said the following day. Nintendo did not detail which patents it believed were infringed…
Read MoreMajor Music Labels Sue AI Startups Over Copyright Infringement
Some of the world’s major music labels are suing music generation services Suno and Udio, accusing the startups of violating the copyrights of top artists to train their generative AI engines without permission. Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Records, Capitol Records and others — who filed the copyright infringement suits on Monday in federal courts in…
Read MoreHP sued by Wex for trademark infringement over ‘Wex’ software
SOFTWARE company Wex sued HP for trademark infringement in Maine federal court on Thursday (Apr 11), accusing it of misusing the “Wex” name to brand competing HP software. Wex, which specialises in payment-processing and information-management applications, said that HP’s recently announced “HP Wex” workforce-management platform will confuse customers. Confusion is likely given “the similarities between…
Read MoreGwyneth Paltrow’s Goop products face trademark infringement suit
GOOD Clean Love (GCL) is suing Gwyneth Paltrow’s company that specialises in female and health hygiene products for allegedly selling products using a confusingly similar trademark and creating a likelihood of reverse confusion. GCL says it filed suit “to prevent the calamitous situation where a junior trademark user, with substantial economic power, saturates the marketplace…
Read MoreAustralia’s corporate regulator fines ASX, issues infringement notice
AUSTRALIA’S corporate regulator said on Thursday (Mar 7) that ASX has paid a A$1.1 million (S$966,988) fine following a compliance investigation, marking the first such infringement notice issued to an exchange operator in the country. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic) said it had reasonable grounds to believe ASX breached the rule requiring pre-trade…
Read MoreAuthors sue Microsoft, OpenAI for copyright infringement in new lawsuit
OpenAIIANS San Altman-run OpenAI and Microsoft have been hit by another class-action lawsuit by book authors, who alleged that the company “simply stole” their copyrighted works to help “build a billion-dollar artificial intelligence system”. The lawsuit was filed in the Manhattan federal court late on Friday by non-fiction authors Nicholas Basbanes and Nicholas Gage, reports…
Read MoreNew York Times Files Lawsuit Against Microsoft, OpenAI For Chatbot Copyright Infringement
In what could be the first major legal salvo fired between traditional journalism and the emerging technology of artificial intelligence, The New York Times filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI on Wednesday. Alleging that the tech companies are using and misusing the newspaper’s copyrighted material without its permission, NYT claims that Microsoft and OpenAI,…
Read MoreApple Wins Reversal Of $502 Million VirnetX Patent Infringement Verdict
The Apple Inc. logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 16, 2019. Reuters Apple Inc on Friday convinced a U.S. appeals court to throw out a $502 million verdict for patent licensing company VirnetX Inc in a long-running fight over internet privacy…
Read MoreModerna Sues Pfizer, BioNTech For Covid-19 Vaccine Patent Infringement
Moderna has launched a lawsuit against Pfizer over coronavirus vaccine technology Moderna said Friday it is suing rival vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech, alleging the partners infringed on its patents in developing their Covid-19 shot administered to hundreds of millions around the world. The lawsuits set up a high-stakes showdown between the leading manufacturers of…
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