Intellectual property law

Andy Boxall / Digital Trends Apple has experienced another setback in its bid to keep the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches on U.S. shelves. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that Apple should stop selling the two aforementioned smartwatches over a patent dispute related to the blood oxygen measurement feature. The company had requested that the court pause the sales ban of its latest smartwatches, reports Bloomberg. The court has declined, ordering Apple to stop selling these…

Mickey Mouse is finally in the hands of the public, to do whatever they want with him. Well, in part. After Disney infamously helped delay the moment, today is the day Steamboat Willie, the first Disney animated short to star Mickey and Minnie Mouse, become public domain. But what does that mean? Simultaneously a lot and not much.Let’s Eat a Chocolate Xbox ControllerWhy Is Steamboat Willie Entering Public Domain?Legal copyright doesn’t last forever—and was never meant to. Copyright law is meant to balance a fine line…

Andy Boxall / Digital Trends The sales ban on the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, which caused Apple to stop selling the two smartwatches late last week, has already been lifted — for now. On December 27, the U.S. Court of Appeals temporarily lifted the sales and import ban on the two Apple Watch models. Apple stopped selling the Series 9 and Ultra 2 from its online stores on December 21 and pulled the watches from its physical retail locations on December 24. With this latest ruling, Apple is now…

Image: Roy Rochlin / Stringer (Getty Images)Variety has released a report on what’s going on behind the scenes between the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the two guilds that are striking for fair pay, AI protections, and other existential issues. It seems, however, that the AMPTP isn’t coming back to the table precisely because the guilds have not immediately offered concessions on those exact line items. Samsung Galaxy Fold 5: Hands-on first Impressions of Samsung's Big-Screen Flagship…

Earlier in the month, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP). Because the WGA Strike is about to reach its second month, and SAG-AFTRA may also strike (depending on how things shake out soon), it initially seemed like the DGA had managed to avoid helping bring Hollywood to a complete standstill. But as it turns out, things aren’t entirely as sunny as they seemed for the DGA.Stay in Your Seats, It's Gonna Be a Bumpy Flight |…

Image Source : APPLE SAKET iPhone makers are willing to have IP rights on Apple fruit in a unique battle Apple, the tech giant is reportedly seeking intellectual property (IP) rights over depictions of apples (fruit), causing concern for the Fruit Union, the oldest and largest fruit farmers' organization in Switzerland.  As per the Wired report, Apple is attempting to…

Hollywood’s managed to avoid another strike, at least with its directors.On late Saturday night, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP) to form a new labor contract. Under this new three-year deal, directors will receive increased wages and benefits (5% in the first year, then 4% and 3.5% for years two and three), and a 76% boost in residuals from international streaming. Most importantly, they’ll receive protections against…

It’s setting up to be a slow year for Hollywood productions. Leadership for SAG-AFTRA, the national guild for screen actors, unanimously voted to send a strike authorization vote to its members. The guild represents over 160,000 entertainment and media professionals, and all of them now have an email in their inboxes: do they support a strike?ChatGPT’s Creator Buddies Up to Congress | Future TechOver the past year entertainment unions have had overwhelming strike support during the lead up to contract negotiations. From…

OpenAI released ChatGPT-4 last month, but ChatGPT-5 is not coming soon according to CEO Sam Altman.Image: T. Schneider (Shutterstock)As AI hysteria continues to pick up steam, OpenAI seems to be feeling the heat from its competitors. After appealing to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to speed up the process of trademarking “GPT,” the office denied the company’s request just last week.Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor PicksAs TechCrunch points out, OpenAI applied in December to…

Google questioned Australia’s copyright laws in an open letter to the government last month, asking it to relax the law so it doesn’t restrict the use of artificial intelligence. The company asked if the Australian government has considered if its copyright legislation has“the necessary flexibilities” to support AI development. It requested the government include a fair dealing exception that would also allow for Text and Data Mining (TDM).The FTC Just Prescribed a Can of Whoop Ass on Health DataThe response comes as…