Can generative AI models like ChatGPT be “reverse engineered” in order to develop competing models? If so, will this activity be deemed legal reverse engineering or illegal trade secret misappropriation? I have now written a few articles exploring this question, including Trade Secrecy Meets Generative AI and Keeping ChatGPT a Trade Secret While Selling It Too. But when … Continue reading OpenEvidence v. Pathway: The Legal Battle Over AI Reverse Engineering…
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Profs. Perzanowski & Fagundes: A new framework for conceptualizing the end of IP rights
This blog post is cross-posted on Written Description. Aaron Perzanowski and Dave Fagundes have just posted a very interesting and thought-provoking paper draft on SSRN called “How Intellectual Property Ends.” The paper, which follows up on their prior work on copyright abandonment, closely examines how IP rights come to an end through doctrines like “expiration,” “forfeiture,” or “abandonment.” … Continue reading Profs. Perzanowski & Fagundes: A new framework for conceptualizing the end of IP rights…
Prof. Goodman gives keynote at Silicon Flatirons Flagship conference.
Professor Ellen P. Goodman gave a keynote address at Silicon Flatirons Flagship conference: Examining the New Federalism in Technology Policy. She spoke about state AI governance efforts.
Prof. Goodman gives press interviews regarding threats to investigate NPR and PBS
Professor Ellen P. Goodman gave press interviews to The Hill and Voice of America critiquing the FCC Charman Carr’s threat to NPR and PBS to investigate member stations’ underwriting announcements and his statement that Congress should zero out federal funding for public broadcasti
Buccafusco, Masur, & Varadarajan: Does Trade Secrecy Have an “Information Paradox”?
By Professor Camilla A. Hrdy Cross-posted on Written Description One of the key purposes of trade secret law is to address the “Arrow information paradox.” The information paradox posits that there is a fundamental challenge in information exchange: It is difficult to assess the value of information without first sharing it, but once the information … Continue reading Buccafusco, Masur, & Varadarajan: Does Trade Secrecy Have an “Information Paradox”?…