Hold-up in the standard essential patent (“SEP”) context can lead to entrenchment, disadvantaging new entrants and smaller firms by raising SEP licensing costs. Former and current enforcement officials have acknowledged the…

Dear Readers, This edition of the TechReg Chronicle explores the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence and intellectual property law. As AI systems become more sophisticated, they challenge traditional notions of…

Plaintiffs allege that creators of generative AI models have collected copyrighted works, used those copyrighted works to train their models, and then generated copyrighted output from those models in response…

This article argues that AI-generated works should receive copyright protection because they are precisely the sort of things designed to be protected. Copyright law, while often framed in terms of…

This article explores the regulatory frameworks governing generative AI platforms, focusing on two primary models: notification-based systems, exemplified by the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), and permission-based systems, as…

The AI Law Proposal (“Proposal”), submitted to the Turkish Grand National Assembly on June 24, 2024, aims to establish a regulatory framework for artificial intelligence (AI) in Turkiye. Inspired by…

Dear Readers, This edition of the TechReg Chronicle addresses issues related to the annual LeadershIP EU Conference, which took place in Washington, DC on April 9, 2024. The panelists span…

As artificial intelligence (“AI”) technologies advance, their integration into creative and inventive processes raises critical questions regarding the intellectual property (“IP”) framework. This paper summarizes the evolving dynamics between AI…

This article showcases why the patent system’s oft-overlooked role as a promotive tool of innovative SMEs must receive more attention, including in the antitrust context. Patents are frequently touted as…

It is commonly assumed that intellectual property rights and antitrust law stand in inherent tension.  This view reflects an incomplete characterization of IP rights solely as an exclusionary instrument designed…

The UPC is up and running, and considering its first FRAND cases. English and German courts have approached the question of injunctions in cases in different ways: the English court…

Each year, the Intellectual Property Court of the PRC Supreme People’s Court published a summary of key points of its antitrust case judgments concluded in the prior year. On February…