Intellectual Property

Summarily, this case highlights and affirms the concept that you cannot “own” a common word just because you registered it as part of your brand, especially if it is widely used in your industry.

Patents are often seen as guardians of innovation, protecting creators and incentivising discovery. But what happens when the very tool designed to reward ingenuity becomes a gatekeeper to survival?

Razeen and his co-author, Nate Gotora, explore the tension between traditional notions of authorship and the realities of machine-generated output.