Ownership, Authorship, Inventorship and Piano Rolls - The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Innovation So, lines and lines and lines of code are being created by AI, solving problem after problem, but who owns it? In fact, does anyone own what artificial intelligence is generating, creating, or inventing? The AI explosion has raised the rather urgent question of who (if anyone, or anything), legally, owns AI generated output. From recent statements of policy and case law emerging from the Courts, the USPTO...

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The widespread reliance on email has made it a prime target for cybercriminals. Over the past few years, a form of cyberattack known as business email compromise (BEC) has escalated in frequency and impact, causing significant financial and reputational damage to victim companies.  What is business email compromise? BEC is an email-based fraud scheme that often unfolds over several weeks or months. Cybercriminals target businesses by infiltrating or mimicking employee email accounts to pose as a known contact or existing...

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Highlights The memo characterizes Adjustment of Status as discretionary, not routine. Satisfying every statutory eligibility requirement does not entitle an applicant to approval. Consular processing is now treated as the default pathway. The memo positions consular processing as the norm and Adjustment of Status as the exception as United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) characterizes this approach as more consistent with Congress’s intent. Absence of negative factors is insufficient to adjudicate. Applicants may need to affirmatively demonstrate positive factors such as...

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