Tag: intellectual property
Washington Can Stop the AI Free-for-All
In April, lawyers for the airline Avianca noticed something strange. A passenger, Robert Mata, had sued the airline, alleging that a serving cart on a flight had struck and severely injured his left knee, but several cases cited in Mata’s lawsuit didn’t appear to exist. The judge couldn’t verify them, either. It turned out that ChatGPT had made them all up, fabricating names and decisions. One of Mata’s lawyers, Steven A. Schwartz, had used the chatbot as an assistant—his first
Twitter’s turn to X marks the spot for EU trademark trouble – POLITICO
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BRUSSELS — Twitter turned into X this week, marking the spot for trademark lawyers to send off legal warnings to its billionaire owner Elon Musk.
Rockers Metallica, software giant Microsoft, carmaker Honda and sportswear brand Adidas all own versions of X as a trademark.
There are already 262 Xs registered as trademarks with the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office, according to an agency database. These give companies exclusive rights
EU trade deals risk affordability of generic medicines for Global South – POLITICO
Ban Ki-Moon is the 8th U.N. secretary-general and Club de Madrid honorary member. Winnie Byanyima is the executive director of UNAIDS.
India has long been known as the “pharmacy of the world,” producing generic medicines at prices that other developing countries and global institutions can afford. The country was the single largest supplier of pharmaceutical products to Africa in 2018, and accounted for a fifth of the continent’s pharmaceutical imports.
However, as the European Union now negotiates free
How to navigate Spain’s EU presidency policy agenda like a pro – POLITICO
Spare a thought for Spanish diplomats in Brussels. They’re going to be working flat-out until Christmas.
Sweden has spent the last six months trying to process a huge pile of legislative files, many of which were proposed late by a European Commission distracted by COVID-19 and Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Despite commendable progress, many of these files still need a lot of work before being passed into law. Look at the files we’ve laid out below, then look back at
AI comes for the creative class – POLITICO
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When Jason M. Allen entered a fine art competition at the Colorado State Fair, he wasn’t just trying to win — he wanted to make a point.
Allen is a video game designer. His submission, titled “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial,” was a baroque phantasmagoria depicting three gowned figures illuminated by the light of a large open window. It was only after the artwork took first place, in August
Who killed the COVID vaccine waiver? – POLITICO
“Is that a direct threat? I don’t know.” The adviser to the Belgian prime minister spoke calmly as they recounted a lobbying phone call from 2021, but the contents of the conversation are extraordinary.
The call was from a spokesperson for Janssen, the Belgian-founded pharmaceutical arm of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) that developed the company’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine. According to the adviser, the spokesperson warned them that if Belgium supported a radical proposal made by India and South Africa at
Putin scrambles for high-tech parts as his arsenal goes up in smoke – POLITICO
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It’s the microchips that look set to get Vladimir Putin in the end. Six months into its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is being throttled by a severe technology deficit inflicted by sanctions.
Having fired off (or lost in combat) way more of their missile firepower than they originally anticipated, Moscow’s soldiers are now increasingly relying on ancient stocks of primitive Soviet-era munitions while Western-armed Ukrainian forces are battling to turn the tide in
The Four Ways Sanctions Work (Or Don’t)
The United States, the European Union, and countries around the world have cut Russia out of the global economy. Moscow’s central bank is struggling to support the ruble. Russian financial institutions are blocked from the global payments system. Far-reaching import and export bans have choked off trade to and from the country. Russian markets have seized. Will these sanctions pressure Vladimir Putin to withdraw the Russian military from Ukraine? Or will their main effect be to hurt Russian civilians and