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An Indian court has permitted a festival organiser to pursue a lawsuit alleging brand copying, establishing that trademark confusion should be judged by whether an ordinary consumer with typical memory lapses would be deceived.
Netflix is being sued for approximately RM429 million after an unreleased war film starring Nicolas Cage reportedly disappeared from its Los Angeles facilities, marking a significant intellectual property dispute.
South Korean dessert brand Tokyo Berry has drawn criticism for allegedly copying the packaging design of Japan's popular Tokyo Banana confectionery, with consumers claiming the similarities are misleading.
Pop superstar Ariana Grande is pursuing legal action against two unnamed hackers who allegedly released her unreleased music without permission. The lawsuit marks another high-profile case involving digital theft in the entertainment industry.
Malaysia's national TVET innovation competition participants have been advised to register patents and copyrights to protect their intellectual property and unlock commercialisation opportunities through industry partnerships.
A US federal judge has approved a landmark settlement compensating authors and publishers whose copyrighted books were used without permission to train Anthropic's Claude chatbot, marking the first major resolution in ongoing AI copyright disputes.
News Corp has filed a countersuit against Brave Software, alleging the independent search engine engaged in widespread copyright infringement by scraping and reselling articles from the Wall Street Journal and New York Post to artificial intelligence companies.
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation has filed what appears to be the first patent infringement case against AI company Anthropic, alleging violations of patents covering neuroscience-inspired machine-learning technology.
A San Francisco federal judge has given final approval to Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors who accused the AI company of misusing their published works to train its Claude chatbot, marking the largest copyright recovery in US history.
Magnet Forensics, a Canadian cybersecurity company, has filed a lawsuit against a former contractor and rival firm Paradigm Shift Technology, alleging theft of trade secrets involving a previously undisclosed iPhone vulnerability used by government agencies.
A US federal jury has ordered Japanese chipmaker Kioxia to pay satellite communications firm Viasat $229 million for violating patents covering energy-efficient flash-memory technology, marking a significant victory in intellectual property litigation.
Apple's lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets and recruiting its engineers threatens to disrupt the AI company's device ambitions even before the case concludes, potentially slowing recruitment and reshaping development timelines.
Japan will establish a new organisation by August to protect plant variety rights and curb unauthorised overseas cultivation of premium crops like Beni Princess citrus and Shine Muscat grapes, which have leaked to China and South Korea.
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Apple has launched a major lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging systematic theft of confidential technology and trade secrets. The dispute represents a sharp reversal in the companies' relationship and signals intensifying tensions in the AI industry.
Major US newspapers led by the New York Times are pushing a court to sanction OpenAI, claiming the AI company deceived the court about its capacity to detect misuse of their copyrighted articles in training its systems.
A Chinese court has ruled that Molly Tea, a popular Shenzhen milk tea chain, infringed seven of Louis Vuitton's registered four-petal flower trademarks and must pay 10.3 million yuan (US$1.5mil) in damages.