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In a new lawsuit filed in a California federal court, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI has accused Sam Altman’s OpenAI of stealing its trade secrets. xAI makes the generative AI (GenAI) tool called Grok, and OpenAI makes the G… Read More

A recent federal court decision on trade secret law serves as a reminder of the importance of having an effective trade secret protection plan in place for your business. Trade Secret Damages In this case, the Federal Circuit mostly upheld damages aw… Read More

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has released a revised edition of its China Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Toolkit. According to the USPTO, The Toolkit offers an in-depth look at the basics of protecting IP rights in China… It also p… Read More

A “cleanroom” is a controlled environment in which pollutants like dust, microbes, and aerosol particles are filtered out. A cleanroom is used for the development and manufacture of things like microchips and other electronic parts, lenses, pharm… Read More

Appian Corp. was awarded more than $2 billion in damages after a Virginia jury found that its competitor, Pegasystems Inc., had stolen its trade secrets. As The Motley Fool reported, The Appian case centers around a government contractor working as a… Read More

What are Web 3.0 and the Metaverse, and what do these things mean for intellectual property (IP)? According to Investopedia, Web 1.0 was ushered in by web browsers such as Netscape Navigator in the mid-1990s. Early website pages were primarily static… Read More

Maintaining that “sign stealing” by Houston Astros cost him a job in the major leagues, former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Mike Bolsinger has refiled a lawsuit against the team in a Texas court. As the Houston Chronicle notes, Bolsinger, who hasn�… Read More

Apple Inc. has sued a former product designer for the company, claiming that he stole Apple trade secrets in order to help his new employer and that he also leaked secrets to a reporter. The designer, Simon Lancaster, worked at Apple for more than te… Read More