1. Legal fight over “Zoom” name tests Japan’s trademark system. A legal battle between Zoom, the U.S.-based video conferencing system, and a Japanese audio equipment manufacturer of the same name began in the Tokyo District Court in 2021. The dispute now spans 29 countries and is complicated by the unexpected involvement of another party: Tombow Pencil, a Japanese manufacturer of stationery products. – Read More on Nikkei Asia
2. Corporate America is making huge bets on AI transforming their businesses. Investors are paying attention, too, and nearly every tech company’s quarterly results conference call has been full of analysts asking how the company in question will find growth or operating leverage with AI-related tooling. – Read More on TechCrunch
3. Pandemic-Era Habits Just Won’t Die: From how we shop and work to how we connect with others, the pandemic greatly accelerated our adoption of some key technologies. Americans aren’t going to go back to the way things were before. – Read More on the WSJ
4. Crypto Detective ZachXBT Faces Defamation Lawsuit. MachiBigBrother has sued ZachXBT for an investigation the latter published in June 2022 alleging the trader stole tens of millions of dollars worth of crypto. – Read More on Coindesk
5. AI-generated junk is flooding Etsy Images created with Midjourney can be made in seconds and sold as digital downloads on Etsy—a way to tap into the “multimillion-dollar market” of clip art. – Read More on the Atlantic
6. The Future of Luxury: Marketing to China’s Gen Z vs. millennials. Instead of focusing on selling and data collection, brands should leverage social media platforms such as WeChat, Weibo, Xiaohongshu and Douyin, and live-streaming and mobile games to foster a sense of community and interactivity. – Read More on Jing