Catherine Rowland

Apr 11, 2024 | ipwatchdog.com | Eileen McDermott |Catherine Rowland |Bruce Berman

“Apparently, the critics who have tried so long to misuse the march in rights provision of the Bayh-Dole Act to impose price controls have given up on that ill-fated gambit only to try an even more desperate ploy.” On April 9, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), the Union for Affordable Cancer Treatment (UACT) and Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) sent a letter to Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, requesting that CMS...

Apr 10, 2024 | ipwatchdog.com | Eileen McDermott |Catherine Rowland |Bruce Berman

“While the use of AI tools does not generally have to be disclosed to the Office, ‘given the potential for generative AI systems to omit, misstate, or even ‘hallucinate’ or ‘confabulate’ information, the party or parties presenting the paper must ensure that all statements in the paper are true to their own knowledge and made based on information that is believed to be true.’” – USPTO guidance The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced guidance for practitioners and the...

Apr 10, 2024 | ipwatchdog.com | Catherine Rowland |Eileen McDermott

“Despite efforts by LLM providers to avoid reproducing lengthy excerpts from single works, strings of words from ingested works persist in LLMs. This has significant legal implications….”A spate of recent lawsuits is shining light on how some generative AI (GenAI) companies are using copyrighted materials, without permission, as a core part of their products.

Apr 26, 2023 | copyright.com | Catherine Rowland

Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and CreativityThousands of years ago, Enheduanna of Mesopotamia was writing works of art describing many aspects of the human condition. Considered to be the first named author in history, she was creating hymns and poems long before more well known authors like Homer and Shakespeare were honing their crafts. Innumerable women have followed in her footsteps, creating original works that inspire and innovate, shaping the world we live in today.