The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Well, it turns out that not all contributions count when it comes to being an inventor of a patent for a better method of precooking bacon. 9,980,498 (the “’498 Patent”). Unitherm”), argued that it had rights to the patent because its president was an inventor and should be added to the patent. Iolab Corp.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 24, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is set to hold its first public listening session on AI inventorship, the U.S. Vidal, which asked the Court to consider the question: “Does the Patent Act categorically restrict the statutory term ‘inventor’ to human beings alone?” One day before the U.S.

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Patently-O

APRIL 25, 2024

Which IP professionals ascend to partnership or top counsel roles? And which innovators become inventors? This call is motivated by the observation that while women comprise 35% of the STEM workforce, they make up only 13% of inventors; Black professionals represent 9% of STEM workers but only 1.2% of inventors.

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Olartemoure Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

We share some of the patents that protect this inventions: CONVERTIBLE WHEELCHAIR AND SEPARATE LIFT MODULE FOR CONNECTING TO AND ELEVATING THE WHEELCHAIR US6866288B2 Inventor: Willis Martin Assignee: Martin Manufacturing Co LLC Date of Patent: Mar. ELEVATED HEIGHT WHEELCHAIR US11571345B2 Inventors: James P. Antonishak.

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 5, 2022

The Federal Circuit on Friday rejected a researcher's bid to name an artificial intelligence machine he created as an inventor on two patents, ruling that the Patent Act is unambiguous that only human beings qualify as inventors.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) may change how we invent: many envision a collaborative approach between human inventors and AI systems that develop novel solutions to problems together. Such AI-assisted inventions present a new set of legal issues under patent law. On February 13, 2024, the U.S. 101 and 115. .”

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JD Supra Law

MAY 15, 2023

This week, the Federal Circuit reversed the United States District Court for the District of Delaware’s (“District Court”) decision to add David Howard as a joint inventor on Hormel Food Corporation’s (“Hormel”) U.S. 9,980,498 (“the ’498 patent”). By: Irwin IP LLP

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Last September, a bipartisan pair of Senators introduced the Pride in Patent Ownership Act, which, if passed, would add greatly-needed transparency to our patent system. The legislation would require patent owners to disclose their identity to the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 22, 2021

It reportedly conceived two separate inventions without any human intervention and therefore, was designated as an inventor on patent applications related to those inventions. By: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Among these triumphs are the inventions black inventors have contributed, many of which were not recognized with a patent because the Patent Acts of 1793 and 1836 barred slaves from obtaining patents because they were not considered citizens. By: Harness IP

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for IP and USPTO Director No. 7,110,444 (the “’444 Patent”), which was directed to frequency translation technology as utilized in wireless local area networks (WLANs). ParkerVision sued Intel for infringement of the ’444 Patent and Intel filed a request for an IPR. ParkerVision, Inc.,

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 25, 2023

A fundamental reform that gives inventors the option of alternative patents tailored to the value of an invention offers a potential solution for resolving patent-system problems, says John Powers of The Powers IP Law Firm.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 5, 2022

Vidal that an artificial intelligence (AI) machine does not qualify as an inventor under the Patent Act. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled today in Thaler v. The decision is the latest in a series of rulings around the world considering the topic, most of which have found similarly.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2023

On 30 November 2023, the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) published the findings of a survey on “Intellectual Property Principle – What the IP Community regards as important” ( executive summary and slides ). The survey was conducted by response:AI, an independent market research firm.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The 2022 class of inductees into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF), announced earlier this week, includes the inventors of the foundational technology for messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based vaccines, the Super Soaker, and Laserphaco cataract surgery. Twenty-two of these inventors were announced in 2020.

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Patently-O

APRIL 26, 2023

Though the patent system exists to promote innovation, it also serves to promote inventors and innovators. For more visit, For more stories, and to add your own story , visit the “Inventor’s Diary” at www.diversitypilots.org. What did becoming an inventor mean to you? ” – Sujesha S., ” – Sujesha S.,

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IP Watchdog

MAY 10, 2023

On Tuesday, the European Patent Office (EPO) announced the 12 inventors and inventor teams that have been selected as finalists for the 2023 European Inventor Award. An independent jury of former European Inventor Award finalists used their expertise to select this year’s finalists.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office said Thursday it is launching a "pre-application review program" that's aimed at "underresourced inventors." "

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for IP and USPTO Director No. ParkerVision, Inc., Katherin K. 2022-1548, (Fed. By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The question of whether it should be possible to name artificial intelligence (AI) code as an inventor on a patent application continues to dog patent offices and courts around the world. The US District Court, by contrast, recently found against naming an algorithm as an inventor ( IPWatchDog ).

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IP Watchdog

JULY 12, 2022

Neapco just a few days earlier, inventor David Tropp on July 5 again asked the Court to unravel U.S. patent eligibility law. 101, as interpreted in Alice Corporation Pty v. 101, as interpreted in Alice Corporation Pty v. CLS Bank International, 573 U.S. 208 (2014).”.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 10, 2023

In April, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) requested public input on an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM). The Request for Comments (RFC) allowed the public to voice their opinion on the proposed rules, including hundreds of real, authentic inventors.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Unsurprisingly, the UK Supreme Court today ruled that Stephen Thaler’s AI Machine, DABUS, cannot be granted patents for inventions it autonomously created.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2023

In its last judgment of 2022, the Patents Court issued a decision in the case of Oxford University Innovation Ltd v Oxford Nanoimaging Ltd [2022] EWHC 3200 (Pat)). Thereafter, the Laboratory engaged Oxford University Innovation, the technology transfer office wholly owned by the University, to obtain patent protection for the Nanoimager.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In July 2021, the Federal Court of Australia affirmed in Thaler v Commissioner of Patents [2021] FCA 879 that artificial intelligence (AI) systems may be deemed “inventors” under Australian patent law. Hilty, and Peter R. Slowinski expound on the evolving case-law in this subject area. Firstly, Kim et al. However, Kim et al.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a decision granting a Motion for Summary Judgment for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and upholding the Office’s view that AI algorithms cannot be listed as inventors on U.S.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The inventor of a novel jump rope system (the Revolution Rope), Molly Metz, argued in a reply brief to the U.S. Supreme Court filed on behalf of her company, Jump Rope Systems, LLC, on Tuesday that her case against Rogue Fitness is justiciable and the company has standing despite the cancellation of her patent claims by the U.S.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2021

There has been much headline ink spilled on the question of AI-inventorship in the IP press and beyond. One question that has recently been in the headlines around the world, thanks to the Artificial Inventor Project, is whether or not an AI system can be regarded as an inventor. more likely not.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 24, 2023

Facebook has convinced the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to wipe out a number of claims in a patent that covers a way of creating profiles of website users by arguing that the inventors had already presented some of their ideas at an academic conference years before a Xerox subsidiary landed the patents.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

Previously, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) has found that a non-human may infringe patents. But can an AI system be a named inventor on a patent? That may have been done by the AI system, which raises the question as to who is the inventor of the invention created by that system.

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IP Close Up

JANUARY 6, 2022

In the latest episode of ‘Understanding IP Matters’, which dropped today on leading podcast platforms, award-winning inventor Dan Brown says that the patent winds have shifted and are blowing Continue reading.

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IP Law 360

MAY 16, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office that it made the right call in refusing to issue patents on devices that name artificial intelligence programs as inventors. Tech titans and major drugmakers have filed comments largely assuring the U.S.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 6, 2023

An inventor is accusing Major League Baseball of infringing his 2015 patent for a digital ticketing system, which he says the league and its teams have used at ballparks without permission.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) report finds pro bono legal services have amounted to $39.3 million in free legal services for inventors and small businesses; Canada announces plans to retain more IP domestically, and the U.S. This week in Other Barks & Bites: a U.S.

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IP Tech Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

Every year, on April 26, intellectual property organizations around the world observe “ World IP Day ” – an event established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to raise awareness of patents, copyrights, designs, and trademarks, and to celebrate the creativity and contributions of inventors, authors, artists and entrepreneurs.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2023

Within the next few years, the city of Newark, NJ, will be the home of a museum properly paying homage to the historic contributions that these inventors have made to medical science, telecommunications, transportation and more. Some of the earliest chapters in the story of U.S.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2021

With South Africa’s patent office having recently granted the first patent to an AI inventor, and an Australian court ruling in favor of AI inventorship, it’s time to review how we got here—and where we’re going. If AI-related patent applications and grants are on the uptick, what was the problem with DABUS?

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