Billionaire investor Mark Cuban said the AI arms race will be won by companies that hoard top talent and lock up valuable intellectual property - and that 'IP is king' as the competition heats up.
The Smurfs go to the real world for the same reason they do everything else in the movie, which at different points invokes the multiverse, serves up bewildering lore, and includes a pillar-of-light showdown out of a superhero movie - because no one involved in it has any idea what they're doing.
Patents are no longer merely legal assets—they're investable, yield-generating financial products. Every nine-figure patent package marketed recently has received private equity bids.
"If the internet is going to survive the age of AI, we need to give publishers the control they deserve and build a new economic model that works for everyone - creators, consumers, tomorrow's AI founders, and the future of the web itself," said Matthew Prince.
The district court concluded Mitek had no reasonable apprehension of suit, determining that MiSnap did not practice all claim elements, thus undermining the legitimacy of Mitek's claims.