Copyright, Patent Claims Advance Over AI Dental Diagnostic Tool

AI dental software company VideaHealth Inc. must face copyright and patent theft claims brought by competitor Overjet Inc., a federal judge ruled.

Overjet “adequately pled that the combination of colors, shades, and shapes” of a visualization tool it created is original enough to bring a copyright suit, and its design choices are more than just functional, Judge Allison D. Burroughs wrote in a March 28 opinion denying VideaHealth’s motion to dismiss in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The judge also said VideaHealth’s characterization of Overjet’s patent claims were “overly general” and that Overjet’s patent doesn’t “solely ...