EP
European Patent Office holds meeting with Samsung SDI
In 2023, Samsung recorded approximately 4,760 patent applications, ranking second in the EPO's 2023 patent application statistics (Patent Index 2023)1). Samsung SDI with over 30,700 employees worldwide, provides solutions in the rechargeable lithium-ion battery field through a variety of products ranging from cells, racks, and electronic materials.
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This meeting is part of a series of meetings planned by the EPO to strengthen its dialogue with users under the EPO’s ‘Quality Action Plan’ initiative.
Through these meetings, the EPO seeks to directly engage users to receive information and help identify areas requiring improvement.
The Samsung SDI delegation expresses gratitude for the opportunity this meeting provided to strengthen relations with the EPO and discuss future plans.
During the meeting, Samsung SDI reaffirmed that EPO is continuing its efforts to engage users and its will to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030.
Meanwhile, an information session was also held for EPO examiners on the latest battery technology, a key component of electric vehicles in which the EPO is interested.
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In an interview, Samsung SDI Legal Team Managing Director Ha Young-ki emphasized that companies’ interest in the European intellectual property system is growing again due to the implementation of the Unitary Patent system and the Unified Patent Court (UPC). He also stated that companies with a lot of production activities in Europe, such as Samsung SDI, are actively considering adjusting their intellectual property (IP) strategies.
He also added that the quality of work of EPO examiners is recognized, and that this is of great help to applicants in securing strong patent rights that can respond to invalidation trials or infringement lawsuits.
1) For the original text of these statistics, please refer to the following link: https://www.epo.org/en/about-us/statistics/patent-index-2023
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Recording Industry Association of America files copyright
infringement lawsuit against two AI music generation service companies
On June 24, 2024, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced that they had filed a lawsuit against each Suno and Udio, an artificial intelligence (AI) music creating service providers, on charges of unauthorized copying and infringement of copyrighted music.
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Sony Music Entertainment, UMG Recordings Inc., and Warner Records Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the three record labels) are the three music companies that own the rights to the music that Suno and Udio infringed.
RIAA filed a lawsuit on behalf of the three record labels above, claiming that the AI service operated by defendants Suno and Udio violated copyright to train generative AI models by using artists' music without permission.
The lawsuit filed against Suno is governed by the District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the lawsuit filed against Udio is governed by the District Court for the Southern District of New York.
∙ The cases is seeking;
①declarations that the two services infringed
plaintiffs’ copyrighted sound recordings;② injunction barring the services from infringing
plaintiffs’ copyrighted sound recordings in the future; and ③ damages
for the infringements that have already occurred.
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RIAA President and CEO Mitch Glazier said : “The music
community has embraced AI and we are already partnering and collaborating with
responsible developers to build sustainable AI tools centered on human
creativity that put artists and songwriters in charge”. “But we can only
succeed if developers are willing to work together with us. Unlicensed services
like Suno and Udio that claim it’s ‘fair’ to copy an artist’s life’s work and
exploit it for their own profit without consent or pay set back the promise of
genuinely innovative AI for us all.”
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