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Artificial intelligences need training to create articles, images, sounds, etc., so they happily dip into existing resources – the work of journalists and artists – without their prior consent, thus blithely plundering their copyrights and financial rights. Some authors are pressing charges: In 2023, the American daily The New York Times and the Authors Guild (over 14,000 American authors and writers) against Open AI (developer of the AI ChatGPT), or three artists Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan and Karla Ortiz against Stable Diffusion, Midjourney and DeviantArt. And in early 2024, Midjourney was again targeted after the names of 16,000 artists it […]

On April 18, Nathalie FAYETTE had the pleasure of taking part in interviews with MonacoTech and Monaco Boost Starts Up, selected by WIPO. WIPO had taken the initiative of organizing a seminar on Intellectual Property in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the Principality of Monaco in Geneva, the Monaco Economic Board and the Direction du Développement Economique, which was a resounding success. The presentation by Jean-Pierre Santos, Head of Division at the Monegasque Industrial Property Office, also provided an opportunity to discover the growing dynamism of this office, as well as the support offered by its incubators to promising […]

Eleonore Dauphant will represent MARK & LAW at the INTA Annual Meeting in Atlanta (USA) from 18-22 May, 2024. She will be delighted to meet you on this occasion and to exchange with you. For more information on the INTA 2024 Annual Meeting, click here.

On August 3, 2024, it will be possible to extend your trademark to Qatar via the Madrid System. Qatar joined this international treaty on May 3, 2024, becoming the 115th member of the Madrid System, which comprises 131 countries worldwide: from China to the USA, from France to Finland, from Benelux to Botswana, from Estonia to Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) – let’s brush up on our geography in the process. Qatar is the 4th of the 6 member countries of the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), along with Bahrain, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, to join the Madrid System. This system […]