The plaintiffs, which included multiple education organizations and highly ranked colleges, alleged the decision broke both federal law and grant rules, but the Department of Defense argued its decision was within its discretion to allocate research funds as a government agency.
Stephen Thaler, an AI inventor, says artwork created entirely by artificial intelligence should be eligible for the same copyright protection available for photography, paintings, writing and other human-created works.
The appeal, scheduled for argument on Wednesday morning before all five justices in Dover, consolidates several separate challenges to two 2024 decisions from Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick.
"Make yourself valuable in ways other than just billables. Get to know people, both inside and outside of the firm. It is not something you have to force, and you can do it in different ways—find what works best for you."
"Whenever a small group of dominant companies gains control of an emerging industry, competitive risks are inevitable," Mogin Law wrote in a note to clients.
A friendly government under Trump, market familiarity and steps toward regulatory clarity have spurred more legal work in the crypto space, which now has a market cap of over $4 trillion.
In August, the Federal Circuit issued a surprisingly self-critical ruling in the long-standing dispute between Erik Brunetti and the USPTO over Brunetti's efforts to register the term F*CK for a wide variety of goods and services.
