UK considers new IP right for AI & more… Keep up with what has been happening this week in our latest IP news round-up…
UK considers new IP right for AI
A new form of intellectual property (IP) right could be written into UK law to provide protection to “AI-devised inventions”. The measure is one of several options UK policymakers are considering implementing to ensure UK IP law “strikes the appropriate balance to encourage the development of AI and its use across the UK economy”, following the publication of the government’s national AI strategy in September.
Truth Social’s Place in the Social Media IP Landscape: Explained
A contrast between the terms of service of former President Donald Trump’s new social networking service Truth Social and those of other platforms provides a window into how platforms approach user intellectual property in a world in which sharing content is easy and protecting it is hard by design.
Changes affecting small number of trade mark tribunal proceedings
Trade mark owners can challenge a later filed trade mark that they think conflicts with their existing trade mark. Before the end of the Brexit Transition Period, this challenge (by way of opposition or invalidation proceedings) could be based on an existing EU trade mark. When this happened, it was possible to counter challenge the EU mark by questioning its validity at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). This counter challenge could be based on the existence of an earlier UK trade mark.
