https://1.next.westlaw.com Intellectual Property & Technology https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I250fee994ec911f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I250fee994ec911f1bf8d82e776af4c9e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 CDT The Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I3e5db890efba11f0bc29ee412aedc12c/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I3e5db890efba11f0bc29ee412aedc12c/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 CST The European Commission has launched a call for evidence on EU open-source digital ecosystems. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I9a11f3aacf9811f0a5f6fa0d299e95bd/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I9a11f3aacf9811f0a5f6fa0d299e95bd/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 CST The European Commission has requested feedback on a draft Implementing Regulation setting out rules for AI regulatory sandboxes required to be established under the EU AI Act. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/Idbf755c5cf7811f098028aa0904d44cc/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/Idbf755c5cf7811f098028aa0904d44cc/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 CST The European Commission has launched a consultation on potential technical solutions that allow GPAI model providers to identify a reservation of rights made by rightsholders to support compliance with the copyright protection provisions in the EU AI Act. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I3483aadac9f511f098028aa0904d44cc/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I3483aadac9f511f098028aa0904d44cc/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 CST The White House has released an executive order outlining President Trump's vision for the federal government to build an integrated AI platform to harness federal scientific datasets to facilitate AI‑accelerated innovation and discovery. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I503143d9c9db11f0a5f6fa0d299e95bd/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I503143d9c9db11f0a5f6fa0d299e95bd/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 CST The European Commission has launched a whistleblower tool to assist individuals to notify the AI Office of potential violations of the law, including the EU AI Act. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I8326b288c64c11f0b5e1f6185fe336a9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I8326b288c64c11f0b5e1f6185fe336a9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 CST In Parry v. URBN US Retail LLC, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania found no continuing copyright infringement when there was a four-year gap between pre- and post-registration infringement. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I0157230fc55311f0b5e1f6185fe336a9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I0157230fc55311f0b5e1f6185fe336a9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 CST The European Commission has prepared a proposal for a Council Decision regarding a Council of Europe Recommendation on AI and Equality to complement the Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I5d929bbdbff411f09eb2cf77be1665bc/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I5d929bbdbff411f09eb2cf77be1665bc/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 CST In Canatex Completion Solutions, Inc. v. Wellmatics, LLC, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the district court's invalidity for indefiniteness determination based on erroneous claim language that the patent owner argued was an evident error. The Federal Circuit concluded that the error in the claim language was evident on the face of the patent and that the proposed correction was the only reasonable correction based on the intrinsic evidence. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/Ib00db260bbce11f0b5e1f6185fe336a9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/Ib00db260bbce11f0b5e1f6185fe336a9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 CST In In re Motorola Solutions, Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied Motorola's petition for a writ of mandamus ordering the USPTO to resume inter partes reviews (IPRs) that were de-instituted following a change in USPTO internal guidance concerning the criteria for IPR denials. In denying the petition, the Court rejected Motorola's arguments that de-institution violated due process and found Motorola's challenges based on the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) were not available on mandamus. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/Id8f2bc43baf711f09eb2cf77be1665bc/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/Id8f2bc43baf711f09eb2cf77be1665bc/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 CST The European Commission has launched work to develop a code of practice on marking and labelling AI-generated content to help compliance with the Article 50 transparency provisions of the EU AI Act. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I023a6b43a98611f0a6fc90e599a2d03e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I023a6b43a98611f0a6fc90e599a2d03e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 CST In Getty Images (US) Inc and others v Stability AI Ltd [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch), the High Court handed down its much-awaited ruling in a claim brought by Getty Images (US) Inc and related companies against Stability AI regarding its deep-learning AI model Stable Diffusion. The court rejected Getty's claim that Stability AI's act of importing its diffusion model into the UK amounted to secondary infringement of copyright. It found that Getty partially succeeded in its trade mark infringement claim, but the findings were historic and limited in scope. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/Ia974d487b96b11f0b5e1f6185fe336a9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/Ia974d487b96b11f0b5e1f6185fe336a9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 CST In a precedential decision in Revvo Technologies, Inc. v. Cerebrum Sensor Technologies, Inc., the Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) John Squires vacated the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) institution of inter partes review (IPR) and remanded the matter for further proceedings over inconsistent claim construction positions. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I04269840b96811f0b5e1f6185fe336a9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I04269840b96811f0b5e1f6185fe336a9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 CST In Getty Images (US) Inc and others v Stability AI Ltd [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch), the High Court handed down its long-awaited ruling in a claim brought by Getty Images (US) Inc and related companies against Stability AI regarding its deep-learning AI model Stable Diffusion. Practical Law IP&IT is working on a full update of this case which will be available shortly. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I96cbc3b2b65011f09eb2cf77be1665bc/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I96cbc3b2b65011f09eb2cf77be1665bc/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 CDT In Merck Serono S.A. v. Hopewell Pharma Ventures, Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a reference is considered "by another" if it does not reflect the collective work of the same inventive entity identified in the patent. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I0f2ab820b5b911f09eb2cf77be1665bc/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I0f2ab820b5b911f09eb2cf77be1665bc/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 CDT The European Parliament has published a study on the interplay between the EU AI Act and other EU digital regulation, such as the GDPR, the Data Act and the Cyber Resilience Act. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/Iae977d79b4d911f0b5e1f6185fe336a9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/Iae977d79b4d911f0b5e1f6185fe336a9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 CDT In an October 28, 2025 memorandum, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director designated Corning Optical Communications RF, LLC v. PPC Broadband Inc. as precedential, formally restoring the USPTO prior practice of requiring inter partes review (IPR) petitioners to identify all real parties in interest (RPIs) before IPR institution. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I5c2cfc1cb38c11f0b5e1f6185fe336a9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I5c2cfc1cb38c11f0b5e1f6185fe336a9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 CDT On October 27, 2025, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) began accepting petitions from patent applicants to participate in the Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program, which advances accepted applications out of turn until the first office action issues. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/Ib52c9bd1b3fe11f0b5e1f6185fe336a9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/Ib52c9bd1b3fe11f0b5e1f6185fe336a9/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 CDT In In re: OpenAI, Inc. Copyright Infringement Litigation, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York denied defendant OpenAI's motion to dismiss a direct copyright infringement claim, finding that a reasonable jury could determine that at least some of the challenged ChatGPT outputs are substantially similar to plaintiffs' protected works. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I59bed1a9ada211f0a6fc90e599a2d03e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I59bed1a9ada211f0a6fc90e599a2d03e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 CDT The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that, effective October 20, 2025 the USPTO Director will determine whether to institute petitions for inter partes review (IPR) and post grant review (PGR), rather than a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) panel. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I15050f68ab6311f0a6fc90e599a2d03e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I15050f68ab6311f0a6fc90e599a2d03e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 CDT In Richardson v. Kharbouch, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held. as a matter of first impression, that a plaintiff alleging infringement of a sound recording copyright must present evidence that a defendant copied the specific sound elements of the work at issue. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I1aa969eaaa6e11f0a0f8b8c1f831a509/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I1aa969eaaa6e11f0a0f8b8c1f831a509/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 CDT The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) withdrew its April 19, 2024, notice of proposed rulemaking and proposed revised modifications to its existing rules governing institution of inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I5b104aeca9ba11f0a6fc90e599a2d03e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I5b104aeca9ba11f0a6fc90e599a2d03e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 CDT California governor Gavin Newsom signed several bills (A.B. 316, 621, and 853 and S.B. 243) addressing emerging threats from AI systems, including AI companion chatbots. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I3c21084ea47511f0a0f8b8c1f831a509/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I3c21084ea47511f0a0f8b8c1f831a509/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 CDT The European Commission has launched the AI Act Service Desk and the Single Information Platform to help organisations find information about the EU AI Act and understand their compliance obligations. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I9e456b9da45511f0a6fc90e599a2d03e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I9e456b9da45511f0a6fc90e599a2d03e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 CDT The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice announcing a new Automated Search Pilot Program. This program will use an AI tool to generate a list of potential prior art documents before examination of a utility patent application. The program allows patent applicants to review these documents and determine whether to make changes to their application before it is formally examined by the USPTO. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/Iae9e08819edc11f0a0f8b8c1f831a509/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/Iae9e08819edc11f0a0f8b8c1f831a509/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 CDT California governor Gavin Newsom signed S.B. 53, California's Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (TFAIA), which requires developers of large frontier AI models to assess and manage catastrophic risks associated with their AI models and report assessments to the state Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES). https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I6b6496f59c4711f0a0f8b8c1f831a509/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I6b6496f59c4711f0a0f8b8c1f831a509/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 CDT The European Commission has published draft guidance and launched a consultation on serious incident reporting for high-risk AI systems under the EU AI Act. The guidance is accompanied by a reporting template. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I3ba384c09a5311f0a6fc90e599a2d03e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I3ba384c09a5311f0a6fc90e599a2d03e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:00 CDT The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published a report showing how leading AI developers and institutions are managing AI risks by adopting voluntary transparency reporting under the G7 Hiroshima AI Process Code of Conduct. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I46b1ca15995211f0a6fc90e599a2d03e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/I46b1ca15995211f0a6fc90e599a2d03e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 CDT In Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit partially affirmed and partially vacated a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that found Bayer's asserted claims unpatentable as obvious. https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/Ie127c31c923b11f0b24092ee327aff1e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/Ie127c31c923b11f0b24092ee327aff1e/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29 Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 CDT In Rearden, LLC v. Walt Disney Pictures, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held, in a matter of first impression, that the US Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 504) does not provide a right to a jury trial on disgorgement of profits claims.