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How IP Law Will Evolve in the AGI Era: AI Inventions, AI Authorship, and the Regulatory Crossroads

As artificial general intelligence (AGI) comes into view, intellectual property law confronts foundational questions it ...
2026.04.03 パテント探偵社 編集部
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When a Car Shape Becomes a Trademark: Ferrari, Porsche, and Jeep’s Design IP Strategies

When a car’s shape becomes recognizable without its logo, that form may deserve legal protection. Ferrari’s distinctive ...
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How Meta’s Llama Strategy Rewrote the Rules: Open Source AI as an IP Strategy

Meta’s decision to release the Llama series in “open” form has introduced structural changes to the competitive dynamics...
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Company Analysis

Gibson’s 15-Year Quest to Trademark a Guitar Body Shape — The Limits of 3D Trade Dress Protection

For over 15 years, Gibson Brands has pursued trademark and trade dress protection for the iconic body shapes of its Les ...
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The Shine Muscat Leak: What Japan’s Grape Variety Theft Reveals About GI Protection Failures

The global spread of Japan's premium grape variety Shine Muscat presents a critical case study in agricultural intellect...
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IP News

Where the Training Data Lawsuits Stand Now: NYT v. OpenAI, Getty v. Stability AI, and the Legal Questions Ahead

Copyright litigation over generative AI training data has accelerated sharply since 2023, concentrated primarily in the ...
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The LLM Architecture Patent Race: From Transformer to RLHF and Inference Optimization

Large language model (LLM) core technologies—Transformer architectures, reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF...
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Company Analysis

The AI Patent War of 2026: How OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and Meta Are Drawing the Battle Lines

In 2026, the intellectual property (IP) competition surrounding artificial intelligence has entered a new phase. Patent ...
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EPO 2026 Examination Guidelines Take Effect: PACE Search-Phase Acceleration Abolished, Two Reference Documents Consolidated

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USPTO Overhauls Ex Parte Reexamination: Patent Owners Can Now File Pre-Order Responses Before SNQ Determination — Effective April 5

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