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Denmark takes a stand against deepfakes – rules are not yet law
By Laura Stravinskaite | Posted on August 12, 2025
Denmark has received international attention for its political agreement aimed at protecting individuals from misuse of their likeness and voice through deepfake technology. However, while many online articles refer to it as a new law, it is important to clarify that this is not yet enacted legislation, but rather a political agreement—a legislative proposal still in the making. The agreement, supported by...
China’s First AI-Generated Picture Copyright Infringement Case
By Ai-Leen Lim, Ashley Zhao | Posted on April 8, 2025
In November 2023, the Beijing Internet Court issued a first-instance judgment in China’s first “AI-generated picture copyright infringement case”, clarifying that the AI-generated picture involved in the case has the quality of “originality”, reflecting the original intellectual input of human beings, and thus should be recognised as a work and protected by copyright law. The...
AI and Intellectual Property
By Hanna Hansson | Posted on December 17, 2024
In this webinar from December 2024, Henrik Aurell, European Patent Attorney, and Hanna Hansson, IP Lawyer, deliver a presentation on emerging IP challenges and legal issues surrounding AI-generated content.
Media Vs. Technology – More U.S. Newspapers sue OpenAI and Microsoft
By Hanna Hansson | Posted on May 6, 2024
In a significant turn of events, in December 2023, the New York Times took legal action against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of using their copyrighted articles to train their chatbots. This was followed by eight more daily newspapers, all owned by the Alden Global Capital Group, including The New York Daily News, The Chicago...
Tags: AI, copyright, Media, technology, trademarks, unfair competition
Balancing Innovation and Regulation: Comparing China’s AI Regulations with the EU AI Act
By AWA | Posted on April 11, 2024
The recent passing of the EU AI Act presents an opportunity to conduct a comparative law analysis against China’s earlier promulgated artificial intelligence (AI) regulations. This is a crucial time for the industry as global attention increasingly focuses on the ethical development, deployment, and regulation of AI technologies. China, a leading player in AI development,...
Tags: AI, artificial intelligence, china, EU, generative AI, Internet
Faster and Stronger Protection for New Technologies in China
By AWA | Posted on May 22, 2020
There have been a series of amendments to China’s Patent Examination Guidelines over the past year, especially regarding the examination of applications for technologies concerning the internet, AI, big data, block chain and business methods. Unclear issues have been clarified and examination standards unified. Join Xiaofan Chen from AWA Asia’s Beijing office who will discuss...
Tags: AI, big data, block chain, business methods, china, examination guidelines, Internet, patents
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