Category: Artificial Intelligence & Patents
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Via signs founding licensors to data center DRAM program, announces new cloud media pool for genAI
The new program will offer a comprehensive license for the “back-end” of AI-generated media, covering multiple standards including AAC, AVC, and Opus.
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Chinaâs top court reinforces human-inventor rule, scope of human-contribution standard likely to be tested in future litigation
Chinaâs top court has reissued the rule that AI itself cannot be an inventor and expressly requires a natural person to make a creative contribution to an AI-assisted invention, bringing an approach already taken by the CNIPA into the judicial framework.
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âWe have the obligation to price it rightâ: Qualcomm IP licensing head John Han
âWhether you pay at the device level or module level, we try to create parity in pricing so it does not discriminate or differentiate between where in the supply chain you take a license,â John Han, who was recently promoted to Executive Vice President of Qualcomm Technology Licensing, tells ip fray in an interview.
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Valtrus Innovations expands data center-focused campaign with multiple district court complaints asserting former HPE patents
Meanwhile, Starbucks’ declaratory judgment and anti-troll actions against Valtrus in Washington have been terminated.
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Dental AI patent still has teeth after Federal Circuit vacates decision that saw PTAB side with Invisalign maker
The appeals court found that the PTAB erred in recognizing as prior art an application claiming a priority date from a provisional filing.
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Bank of America & United Services Automobile Association strike cross-license agreement for AI, fintech patents
BoA has one of the largest portfolios of U.S. patents relevant to AI technologies.
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âWeâll be able to scale our business infinitelyâ: behind the creation of Erich Spangenbergâs digital twin Agatha
In an exclusive interview with ip fray, SIM IPâs Erich Spangenberg and Garden Intelâs Adi Sidapara discuss how Agatha, an AI-driven digital twin of how Mr. Spangenberg communicates and thinks about IP, will be able to scale their IP monetization business âinfinitelyâ.
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Anthropic accused of infringing University of Tennessee neural network patents as judge approves $1.5B class action payout
While genAI companies have mainly been the focus of copyright complaints, patents are fast becoming a flashpoint in the rapidly growing industry.
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Supercomputer firm ParTec sues Google and AMD/Bull at UPC Mannheim: third UPC venue chosen in this campaign
Apparently energized by a recent settlement with Microsoft, the German supercomputer firm led by a former patent litigator and monetizer is on fire.
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After the platform peak: Alibabaâs patent map points to the cloud-native AI buildout
Alibabaâs patent map is becoming less about the platform it built first, and more about the infrastructure it is positioning for AI-driven growth, cloud expansion, and the next layer of digital services.
