Copyright/Intellectual property

Forum: AI copyright debate should distinguish training from authorship

British fashion brand NEXT loses bid to invalidate Singapore firm NEXTEVO’s trademarks

NEXT’s applications for a declaration of invalidity ultimately failed on all grounds, leaving both NEXTEVO trademarks registered.

Forum: Creators seek to keep existing rights, not gain new ones

BitTorrent porn downloads bring costly surprise for users in Japan

The risk of overprotecting human content creators

If the law becomes overly protective of human-generated works, society could lose some of the benefits that AI brings, says the writer.

Forum: Goodwill is an asset that remains when a company closes

Forum: Exclusive music permit rates arranged for instructors at ActiveSG facilities

China says US accusations of AI theft are ‘groundless’

US cyber defence officials released an advisory on Sept 8 accusing top Chinese AI laboratories of systematically stealing the capabilities of American AI models “through industrial-scale knowledge distillation campaigns”.

Why not a Dragon Ball theme park in Japan?

Why is no one talking about building a Dragon Ball park where the franchise was born: Japan?

Authors wrangle with publishers over $1.9 billion Anthropic AI settlement

In some cases, textbook authors are looking at receiving 10-15 per cent of the payout.

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