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Churchill Downs Incorporated said Tuesday it has entered into an agreement to acquire the intellectual property for the Preakness Stakes and Black-Eyed Susan-Stakes from 1/ST Racing’s Maryland department for $85 million, subject to customary closing conditions. Churchill Downs, the home of the Kentucky Derby, plans to…
Vietnam will introduce significant updates to its intellectual property (IP) regime effective April 1, 2026, under the Law on Intellectual Property revised by Law No. 131/2025/QH15. The changes clarify how IP rights are established, streamline registration procedures, and shorten examination timelines – marking a nota…
Nicole Mantini (00:05): Hi, and welcome to Ask an IP Litigator. Today we're going to run through some of the unique issues that arise when IP intersects with competition law. So Andy, to start us off, IP is all about giving some level of exclusivity to a market participant to permit it to exclude its competitors. Whil…
Who owns the intellectual property in a world run by AI? Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto The distinction between computation and consciousness is central to understanding why legal debates over AI ownership remain unsettled.
By Frederick Mostert, Professor of Practice at the School of Law, King’s College, London and Research Fellow at the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre, University of Oxford*, United Kingdom Digital technology is arguably humankind’s greatest achievement since speech. Thanks to Big Tech and the advent of plat…
Despite mounting evidence supporting the effectiveness of mediation and other non-adjudicative processes in resolving intellectual property disputes, many practitioners and clients continue to default to litigation and arbitration. This analysis explores the paradox, examining the reasons behind the hesitation to embr…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A small group of organizations held a “private convening” at Belmont University on Monday afternoon involving the future of artificial intelligence (A.I.) and intellectual property called “From Elvis to Infrastructure — Tennessee Launches AI Royalty Economy." Attendees included leaders from a…
Sibilla Delorenzi works at the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI), the federal government's primary point of contact for matters related to intellectual property. The IPI is responsible for examining, granting and managing industrial property rights (patents, trademarks and designs). It works with…
A series of public letters reflect on the impact of internet culture on intellectual property, the evolution of language in media communication, and practical advice for daily life. Contributors discuss the normalization of free content online, the phrasing of media outreach, and share personal anecdotes ranging from…
EP4615820 – “Crystalline Forms of Evenamide” is expected to extend asset exclusivity in EU into 2044 Evenamide is currently being investigated in Newron’s global ENIGMA-TRS Phase III development program, enrolling at least 1,000 schizophrenia patients with topline results expected in Q4-2026
Cedric Muscat, who has recently started his PhD with the IROE group, scooped the Award for Emerging Innovation at the Malta Intellectual Property Awards 2025, for his research on geospatial modelling for offshore wind in the Mediterranean. Supervised by Prof. Susan Gourvenec (SMMI Deputy Director and IROE chair) and D…
Key stakeholders from government, academia and business will convene in Kimberley this week for a colloquium aimed at strengthening South Africa’s innovation and technology commercialisation ecosystem and unlocking new economic opportunities. Hosted by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) in partne…