Recent decisions by courts and regulatorss on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean proved costly for Google parent Alphabet, but the outcome could have been a lot worse. 
First, in a mixed ruling, a US District Court found that Alphabet's division Google, the group's biggest money maker, will have to share online data with competitors but, on the bright side, will not have to divest from its search engine Chrome. 
Then, a federal court in San Francisco determined that Google...

The United States Copyright Office has appointed Erik Bertin to the position of Acting Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Registration Policy and Practice, following the departure of Associate Register and Director of Registration Policy and Practice Robert Kasunic after twenty-five years with the Washington, DC-based organisation.
In his new role, Bertin shares responsibility for overseeing the Office of Registration Policy and Practice and manages a diverse portfolio of legal, po...

A coalition of 35 creative and cultural organisations across Latin America have launched JusticIA, an initiative calling on policymakers "to protect and preserve the exclusive intellectual property rights of authors, artists, producers and publishers." The initiative was triggered by "rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence" that are transforming the creative landscape.  

JusticIA's inaugural declaration states, "Robust and full exclusive rights are the only way to ensure that ri...