Patents and IP

1+ hour, 21+ min ago   (309+ words) October 7, 2026, 11:33 am | Read time: 2 minutes The European Commission aims to become less dependent on Microsoft and introduced Element Pro as a sovereign alternative to Microsoft Teams in the summer of 2026. However, the tool faces significant internal opposition. In an internal…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (169+ words) WN Hub Sony wants to patent a technology for training NPCs based on player actions Sony Corporation has devised a way to make non-player characters (NPCs) more realistic. They have filed a patent application for a system that considers gamers…...

4+ hour, 46+ min ago   (465+ words) Inhouse-focused LawVu has launched Lens, an AI contract analysis tool that gives lawyers visibility across a company’s ‘entire contract portfolio, surfacing risks and obligations before they become problems’. It’s all part of the New Zealand-based platform’s LegalOS operating system roll-out....

4+ hour, 3+ min ago   (478+ words) Ivo has launched a super-affordable ‘open-source model for contract work’. Branded as Sage, it was built in partnership with River AI by post-training DeepSeek V4 Flash on long-horizon contract work. It used both public and synthetic data generated by lawyers, with…...

5+ hour, 53+ min ago   (140+ words) Nippan reportedly admitted to selling books, but said it had not understood the purchases to be for the purpose of AI training. Nippan’s handling of the matter has drawn criticism from publishing industry figures, with an executive quoted by Yomiuri…...

4+ hour ago   (1632+ words) ARERA’s new resolution on MACSE raises the maximum premium to €27,000/MWh/year for the auction with a 2029 delivery year, exceeding the level proposed during consultation. But beyond the new premium, broader questions remain: annual updates to technology parameters, the availability…...

5+ hour, 17+ min ago   (795+ words) But a name is not simply a label. In trademark law, property and property have owners. A unique name, logo, or mark allows a business to build goodwill and reputation, and the law protects whoever established that identity first, not…...

6+ hour, 43+ min ago   (623+ words) Despite growing public discussion about its potential role in the justice system, we still know remarkably little about how ordinary people are already using generally available tools like ChatGPT when they encounter legal problems. In turn, we are overlooking what…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (473+ words) A JUSTICE survey of 3,287 people found chatbots filling gaps legal aid does not cover, and warns the justice gap is widening for women, older and unemployed users. The reform charity JUSTICE surveyed 3,287 people, representative by age, gender and ethnicity, and…...