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Another EU AI Act Milestone – Nearly Final Version of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice Published
On July 10, 2025, the European Commission released a nearly final version of the General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice (Code) under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act). This blog post outlines the purpose, applicability, and content of the Code….By: WilmerHale
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Development Contract Considerations for AI-Generated Works and Copyright Ownership
In a recent ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the court refused to register a work where its sole author was an artificial intelligence (AI) tool. This holding is in line with the Copyright Office’s guidance, as briefed in a previous Quick Byte, advising that AI programs are not eligible…
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Crisp boundaries: Federal Court defines the scope of protection for French fry manufacturing process patent
In McCain Foods Limited v J.R. Simplot Company (2025 FC 1078), the Federal Court of Canada found that the Defendant’s use of pulsed electric fields (PEF) to pretreat potatoes before further processing into French fries did not infringe the Plaintiff’s Canadian Patent No. 2,412,841 (the “’841 Patent”). The Court found that the term “high electric…
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Can a Personal Injury Case Turn into a Wrongful Death Claim?
It is never easy to lose a family member, but the loss is much more painful when the death of a loved one could have been prevented if someone had only acted responsibly. When another person’s failure to act responsibly causes injuries or death, that person or the company they work for can be held…
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Defective Logic: Why Recall Evidence Falls Short in Court
In product liability litigation, plaintiffs often treat a product recall as though it is conclusive proof that the product is defective or that its warnings are inadequate. Some plaintiffs even cite clearly inapplicable recalls — for example, lot-specific recalls spurred by a manufacturing or labeling issue that did not impact the unit that the plaintiff…
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Expect More Extreme Anti-Corporate Attitudes
In modern times at least, corporations have not been terribly popular. However, since the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO about a half a year ago in New York City, observers and the corporations themselves have been paying more attention to the extreme edges of these attitudes. For nearly two decades, Persuasion Strategies has tracked anti-corporate bias…
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As Iran Deports a Million Afghans, ‘Where Do We Even Go?’
Afghans being forced out of Iran are grappling with an uncertain future in Afghanistan, where widespread poverty and severe restrictions on women and girls await.
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At Least 20 Killed in Stampede Outside a Gaza Aid Site
There were conflicting accounts from Palestinian and aid officials over what happened at the food distribution hub run by the Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
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The Air India Plane Crash Took His ‘Everything’
His son and daughter-in-law brought love to his home and represented the family’s hope for a better life.
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Migration Fears Turn Europe’s Borderless Dreams Into Traffic Nightmares
Germany’s new government imposed border checks to demonstrate toughness on migration, though crossings started slowing years ago.