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Digital Assets - Top Trends for 2022
Check out this whitepaper developed by Foley & Lardner LLP to learn more about the top twelve trends in the digital assets space.
Check out this whitepaper developed by Foley & Lardner LLP to learn more about the top twelve trends in the digital assets space.
Learn about legal issues related to the metaverse, including intellectual property, Game Industry Promotion Act/Election Transaction Act, and privacy.
On Aug. 5, 2022, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Thaler v. Vidal ruled that an artificial intelligence (AI) system cannot be listed as a named inventor on a patent application, affirming the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia rulings. The Federal Circuit concluded that the Patent Act requires an “inventor,” as defined in Section 100(f), to be a “natural person."
Learn about the importance of appropriate IP due diligence in transactions decision-making and risk-taking.
Learn how the European Union Intellectual Property Office study on AI and IP laws, published March 2, 2022, illustrates through hypothetical cases the "double-edged sword" of AI in IP protection and infringement.
The decision is an example of the English Courts’ willingness to develop and apply existing case law to contemporaneous disputes, in this case in relation to crypto assets and persons unknown who might be out of the jurisdiction (a common feature of such cases) to ensure victims have a timely means of tracing and recovering stolen assets.
It is common for disputes over intellectual property (IP) rights, including patent, trademark and copyright disputes, to be multijurisdictional in nature. As discussed below, there are a number of important litigation procedures that make Canada an attractive forum in which to litigate IP rights.
This sample contract template can be used as a starting point when your company enters into a sublease of space it currently is leasing as a sublessor. The template can also be used when your company is a sublessee subleasing from a third party.
This is a California form of Promissory Note drafted to be secured by a Deed of Trust.