by Francine Ward | Feb 17, 2024 | Copyrights
AI and Patents. Understanding Patent Law in the Age of AI. Patents, along with Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, and Rights of Publicity, are one of the five areas of practice that we call intellectual property law. It protects inventions, systems, methods,...
by Francine Ward | Sep 18, 2021 | Trademarks
Artificial Intelligence is alive and well. Forget the hover cars and cities floating in space. Ex Machina has come to life and wants the right to obtain a patent. While we sit at home waiting for our Alexa’s to tell us what to do, courts wrestle with the newest...
by Francine Ward | May 21, 2020 | Trademarks
Being an Intellectual Property (IP) attorney, I am paying close attention to how the pandemic of CoVID-19 is impacting the trademark and copyright arena. Physical Access Local governments and federal entities have restricted public access to means by which...
by Francine Ward | May 4, 2020 | Copyrights
On Sunday, April 26, 2020, we celebrated World Intellectual Property Day. This day is commemorated as a reminder of how important innovation and creativity are to our societies around the globe. It’s also a reminder that the idea of protecting intellectual...
