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The Evolution of Lifestyle From Conformity to Individuality Unlocking the Secrets of
When we think about lifestyle, we often associate it with certain choices and behaviors that are influenced by societal norms and expectations. From the clothes we wear to the food we eat, there has always been an underlying pressure to conform to a certain way of living. However, in recent years, there has been a…
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Suspicious Minds: Protecting Tennessee Artists from Generative AI
Effective July 1, 2024, a revolutionary new law will protect Tennessee artists and musicians from unethical uses of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). The unprecedented Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (“ELVIS”) Act greatly expands the reach of Tennessee’s Protection of Personal Rights law by creating an enforceable property right in a person’s “name, photograph, voice, or…
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Interpreting the Printed Matter Doctrine in Inter Partes Review
In Ioengine, LLC v. Ingenico Inc. No. 2021-1227, 2021-1331, 2021-1332 (Fed. Cir. May 03, 2024), the case addresses the patentability/validity of three patents. In particular, this case discusses the application of the printed matter doctrine during inter partes review, the treatment of newly introduced claim constructions on appeal, and the PTAB’s anticipation and obviousness determinations….By:…
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Do legal AI tools that use RAG still hallucinate?
Large language models (LLMs) have a well-known propensity to “hallucinate,” or provide false information in response to the user’s prompt—note that the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s preferred term for this is “confabulate,” but this has yet to catch on. Researchers at Stanford University previously found that legal AI tools hallucinated 58–82% of the…
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Netherlands – The Dutch Data Protection Authority publishes guidance on facial recognition (May 2 2024)
On May 2 2024, the Dutch data protection supervisory authority (the Dutch DPA) published guidance on the processing of personal data when using facial recognition….By: A&O Shearman
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Federal Circuit Finds that a Narrowing Claim Limitation that Expressly Requires Optional Elements of a Markush Group from the Same Claim is Neither Contradictory Nor Indefinite
In Maxell, Ltd. v. Amperex Technology Limited, 2023-1194 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 6, 2024), the Federal Circuit reaffirms that a patent claim that includes narrowing limitations requiring only some elements of a Markush group recited in the same claim are not indefinite under Section 112 so long as the claim, when read as a whole, is…
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What To Do If You’re Injured In A Public Place In Florida
Public spaces create community, but they also carry risks. While the expectation is that you will be safe and not exposed to undue risks, this is not always the case. For example, there has been much litigation involving large pallets of food products and household goods placed on top shelves of big box stores which…
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The Fixx: FDA Clarifies Distinctions Between Medical Device Servicing and Remanufacturing
The 1980s British rock band, The Fixx, comes to mind when one reads the Food and Drug Administration’s recently issued “Guidance for Industry, Entities That Perform Servicing or Remanufacturing, and Food and Drug Administration Staff” (the “Guidance”)….By: Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
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Trionfo Solutions Announces Data Breach Affecting BCBS of Texas, Illinois, Montana, Oklahoma and New Mexico
On June 10, 2024, Trionfo Solutions, LLC (“Trionfo”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Texas after discovering that confidential information that had been provided to the company was subject to unauthorized access. In this notice, Trionfo explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’…
