In this week’s Washington Intellectual Property News, the House Justice Department’s Intellectual Property Subcommittee curtails technological protection measures against copyrighted software to protect Americans’ right to repair their own cars and equipment. We are grappling with the difficult question of whether we should. On Wednesday, the Senate Small Business Committee will consider several bills related to the Small Business Administration’s grant program for innovative technology developers. Elsewhere, the Brookings Institution explores national security concerns raised by generative AI platforms, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies may reauthorize laws directing national policy on supporting quantum computing development. are investigating.
Tuesday, July 18th
House Military Service Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technology, and Innovation
Humans and Machines: Artificial Intelligence on the Battlefield
2118 Rayburn House Office Building and online livestream Tuesday at 9am.
On Tuesday morning, the House Armed Forces Innovation Subcommittee will hold a hearing to discuss the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in battlefield technology and the risks of AI, including development by foreign adversaries. The witness panel for this hearing includes Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI. Cron Kitchen, Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, American Enterprise Institute. Dr. Haniya Mahmudian, Global AI Ethicist at DataRobot.
House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
Am I entitled to repair?
Livestream online with 2141 Rayburn Tuesday at 10am.
Technological measures to protect copyrighted software have benefited from technological advances in many industries, but advocates of the right to remediation have challenged legislation at both the state and federal levels. We are gaining momentum. Witnesses at the hearing include Aaron Perzanowski, Thomas W. Rakia Law Professor at the University of Michigan Law School. Devlin Hartline, Hudson Institute Intellectual Property Forum Legal Fellow. Kyle Wiens, co-founder and CEO of iFixit. Paul Roberts, Founder of SecuRepairs.org, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Security Ledger. Scott Benavidez, President of the Auto Service Association and owner of Mr. B’s Paint & Body Shop.
Center for Strategic and International Studies
The Quantum Future – Developing Quantum-Ready Systems
We will be livestreaming in person and online on Tuesday at 11:30am.
Five years ago, Congress enacted the National Quantum Initiative Act to establish a federal plan to advance the state of quantum information technology. In 2023, our Congress will discuss reauthorizing this bill that will shape the near future of quantum-centric supercomputing. The event will feature a discussion on deploying quantum-enabled systems with Dr. Dario Gill, Senior Vice President and Director of Research at IBM. James A. Lewis, Senior Vice President, Pritzker Chairman, CSIS Strategic Technology Program Director.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Trademark Fundamentals Bootcamp, Module 2: Overview of the Registration Process
Online webinar on Tuesday at 2pm.
This webinar is the second module in the USPTO’s eight-part Trademark Basics Bootcamp series, which focuses on the entire trademark registration process at the Office. Topics covered in this session include application workflow, enrollment timeline overview, and post-enrollment workflow overview.
Wednesday, July 19th
Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
business meeting
3:00 pm Wednesday, SR-428A Russell Senate Office Building.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee will convene a business meeting to discuss a series of 25 legislative proposals, many of which ask the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish or improve programs for U.S. businesses. It is an instruction. These bills include S. 1739, Small Business Innovation Vouchers Act of 2023, which provides SBA with competitive innovation grants to allocate funds to small businesses that promote new products and services. to establish the program. S. 3109, Research Advancing into Market Production for Innovators Act (RAMP), commercialization efforts of companies funded by Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs improve. The RAMP for Innovators Act also requires the SBA and the USPTO to work together to help protect the intellectual property of her STTR and SBIR grant recipients.
the brookings institute
The Geopolitics of Generative AI
Live online Wednesday at 3pm.
While the emergence of generative AI platforms has already provided staggering productivity gains for many industries, these technologies also pose significant national security concerns. The production of deepfake videos, such as the fake video of Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) that was distributed on Twitter in February this year, can lead to successful disinformation campaigns. These platforms also increase concerns around the security of critical data and protection of intellectual property. The event will feature a panel discussion with Marietje Schaake, Director of International Policy, Center for Cyber Policy, Stanford University, and International Policy Fellow, Stanford Human-Centered AI Institute. Sam Sachs, Senior Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School, Cyber Policy Fellow, New America. Chris Messeroll, Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies Initiative and Foreign Policy Fellow of the Strobe-Talbot Center for Security, Strategy and Technology. It will be moderated by Jessica Brandt, Policy Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies Initiative and Foreign Policy Fellow at the Straub Talbot Center for Security, Strategy and Technology.
Thursday, July 20th
United States Patent and Trademark Office
The Road to Patent, Part II: Drafting a Provisional Patent Application
Online webinar Thursday at 2pm.
This webinar is the second module in the USPTO’s “Path to a Patent” series and focuses on issues related to preparing provisional patent applications for filing with the Office. Topics covered in this webinar include key differences between provisional and non-provisional patent applications, and requirements for filing provisional patent applications.
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