US lawsuit against Anthropic highlights hidden value in aging AI patents
By Melissa Ritti ( July 27, 2026, 19:50 GMT | Comment) -- A new complaint by the licensing arm of the University of Tennessee accuses Anthropic of infringing two widely cited, yet never previously asserted, neural-network patents. The case could nudge other technology transfer offices to take a fresh look at their AI portfolios.Anthropic was accused last week of infringing breakthroughs belonging to one of the world's most influential neural-network patent families....
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