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The government-owned antigen and expression tools could support tests for two major lymphatic-filariasis parasites. The opportunity is preclinical: NIH has disclosed promising sera results, not a validated diagnostic product.
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A comparative study prepared for WIPO’s copyright committee offers no global rule for training generative AI. Instead, it identifies the decisions governments still face over permission, opt-outs, payment, transparency and cross-border remedies.
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The Legal Board of Appeal revived an anonymized divisional application filed one day after its parent patent was granted, finding that applicants may rely on the EPO’s published outage safeguards. The decision is narrow, evidence-dependent and not a licence to ignore deadlines.
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Oura has opened a new front against Ultrahuman’s redesigned smart ring, asserting an ornamental-design patent and a utility patent granted two days before the lawsuit. Ring Pro remains on sale, and the claims have not been adjudicated.
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Meta has postponed revised commercial terms until November 20 after publishers, advertisers and a U.S. senator challenged language they say could reach content beyond Meta’s platforms. Meta says the revision does not expand AI-training rights or override website owners’ robots.txt instructions.
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A new European Commission–EUIPO report values 2025 detentions at €6.3 billion. The mix of intercepted labels, packaging and e-commerce parcels shows how counterfeit supply chains are adapting—but record seizures do not by themselves prove the illegal market grew by the same amount.
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A federal judge heard competing bids to decide whether Anthropic’s use of copyrighted song lyrics to train Claude is protected by fair use. No ruling was issued, and the dispute now turns on a crucial distinction between transformative training and outputs that may compete with licensed lyrics or human-written songs.
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The Intellectual Property Office is asking whether non-binding assessments could give smaller companies an independent reference point in SEP licensing. No service has been approved, and the proposed opinions would not decide validity, infringement or essentiality.
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The justices declined Google’s appeal over denied challenges to VirtaMove patents, preserving—for now—a USPTO policy that lets patent age and reliance weigh against PTAB review. The order does not endorse the policy or decide patent validity.
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