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A Diverse Patent Portfolio Better Protects Artificial Intelligence InventionsTakeaways from 'IBM v. Zillow' from a Patent Drafting Perspective Part Two of a Two-Part Article Part One of this article discussed the IBM v. Zillow case, where IBM sued Zillow for infringing on seven IBM's patents directed to artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for estimating property value. This segment analyzes the claims made in the case and presents some tips for drafting AI-related claims from the perspective of patent infringement.
By Amir Kashani, Xuechen (Rebecca) Ding and Aseet Patel
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August 17, 2023 | Law.com
A Diverse Patent Portfolio Better Protects Artificial Intelligence InventionsTakeaways from 'IBM v. Zillow' from A Patent Drafting Perspective This two-part article sheds light on several important aspects of patents on AI technology. In Part One, we provide a general overview of the IBM v. Zillow lawsuit and discuss strategies to diversify patent portfolios to maximize protection on AI-related technology.
By Xuechen (Rebecca) Ding and Aseet Patel
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February 12, 2007 | Law.com
What Do Legally Unlocked Cell Phones Mean for the Consumer?Like everything else in the practice of law, the devil is always in the details. And the recent exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act allowing consumers to legally circumvent software locks in cell phones are no different. Timothy C. Meece and Aseet Patel of Banner & Witcoff discuss the changes, looking at whether unlocking cell phones is realistic for the average consumer, and how the exemption could change the ways in which network providers recruit and retain customers.
By Timothy C. Meece and Aseet Patel
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February 05, 2007 | Law.com
Copyright Law Gives Mobile Users New Freedom With Legally Unlocked Cell PhonesFor years, the mobile phone industry applied the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to create software locks that control user access to particular firmware in a mobile phone. Consequently, a mobile telecommunications provider could effectively prevent a user from switching a phone to a competitor's network. But late last year, acting under a DMCA provision, the Librarian of Congress changed that. Timothy C. Meece and Aseet Patel of Banner & Witcoff examine the DMCA exemption.
By Timothy C. Meece and Aseet Patel
7 minute read
February 05, 2007 | Law.com
Copyright Law Gives Mobile Users New Freedom With Legally Unlocked Cell PhonesFor years, the mobile phone industry applied the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to create software locks that control user access to particular firmware in a mobile phone. Consequently, a mobile telecommunications provider could effectively prevent a user from switching a phone to a competitor's network. But late last year, acting under a DMCA provision, the Librarian of Congress changed that. Timothy C. Meece and Aseet Patel of Banner & Witcoff examine the DMCA exemption.
By Timothy C. Meece and Aseet Patel
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