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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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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 ...
2026.04.03 パテント探偵
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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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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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NEC Launches Commercial AI Patent Search Service, Claims 94% Efficiency Gain — ¥300 Billion Revenue Target by FY2030

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USPTO Rejects All 26 Claims of Nintendo’s ‘Summon-and-Battle’ Patent — Ripple Effects on the Palworld Litigation

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Maxell Sues LG Electronics for Infringement of 7 TV Patents — Following Samsung Victory, LG Is the Next Target

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