Trademark reputation without use is a jurisprudential paradox. Because of the international flow of information, use of a trademark in one country may give rise to a commercially valuable reputation in another where that trademark has not yet been used (at least not by the first owner). The goodwill arising from that reputation could be exploited by another party and consumers could be confused or deceived. This suggests that the reputation should be protected. […]

In October, an NIH team, led by Ian Hutchins, published their exciting new work, “Predicting Translational Progress in Biomedical Research.” The team built a machine learning system that detects whether a paper and its underlying research are likely to be clinically successful, i.e., lead to commercial products for human use. Specifically, the team created an AI-based, big-data model that evaluates research papers based on multiple metrics to determine if that particular study or innovation […]