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The University of Tennessee Research Foundation has filed the first patent infringement lawsuit against AI firm Anthropic, alleging violations of intellectual property related to neuroscience-inspired neural network technology developed by university researchers.
A San Francisco federal judge has granted final approval to artificial intelligence company Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors who claimed their works were misused to train the Claude chatbot, marking the largest copyright recovery in US history.
Magnet Forensics, a Canadian cybersecurity company acquired for US$1.3 billion, has filed a federal lawsuit alleging a former contractor unlawfully disclosed a closely guarded iPhone vulnerability to a competing firm, causing significant commercial damage.
A Waco, Texas jury has ruled that Japanese chipmaker Kioxia must pay American satellite-communications firm Viasat $229 million for infringing patents related to flash-memory technology that reduces power consumption and enhances device reliability.
Japan will establish a specialized agency by August to protect its premium agricultural varieties from unauthorized overseas cultivation. The move follows discoveries that seedlings from about 50 Japanese crop varieties have leaked to China and South Korea.
A Suzhou court has ordered Molly Tea, a popular Chinese milk tea chain, to pay Louis Vuitton US$1.5 million for infringing on the French luxury brand's four-petal flower trademark. The ruling has ignited widespread debate about intellectual property protection and the use of traditional cultural motifs in commercial branding.
Legendary Malaysian musician Datuk M. Nasir is pursuing a RM5 million legal action against MyTeksi Sdn Bhd (Grab Malaysia) for allegedly using his name without permission to promote a beverage product, asserting his moral and commercial rights.
India's Tata Consultancy Services will record a $70 million exceptional charge after the US Supreme Court rejected its appeal in a trade secrets dispute with DXC Technology, bringing total exposure to $220 million.
The US Supreme Court has rejected Tata Consultancy Services' appeal against a $168 million damages award handed down by a lower court in a high-profile trade secrets case involving life-insurance software.