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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Patent Filings Continue Explosive Growth Trend at the USPTO

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PatentNext Summary: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Patent Application filings continue their explosive growth trend at the U.S. Patent Office (USPTO). At the end of 2020, the USPTO published a report finding an exponential increase in the number of patent application filings from 2002 to 2018.

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WIPO General Assembly moves to diplomatic conferences on designs and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources

The IPKat

WIPO highlighted that similar treaties are in place: the Patent Law Treaty of 2000 , the Trademark Law Treaty of 1994 and the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks of 2006. This is referred to as a proposed new ‘patent disclosure requirement’. International License. Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod.

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Patent – a shield for modern biotechnology

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Thus, a legal safeguard should be provided to inventors for their inventions to keep their interest in science alive. What are the biotechnological inventions? This leads them to think about protecting their inventions from unauthorized use. What is patent? Who can file a patent application?

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On Sale Bar – Sales require Consideration, not necessarily Money Payment

Patently-O

The “on sale bar” prohibits patenting an invention that was placed “on sale” prior to the application being filed. 126 (1877) (delay excused by “bona fide effort to bring his invention to perfection, or to ascertain whether it will answer the purpose intended”). ” Pfaff v. Wells Elecs.,

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The Patents Amendment Rules, 2023.

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

August 22, 2023, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, proposed the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2023. This set of amendments if accepted has the potential of altering the entire patent ecosystem of the nation. The post The Patents Amendment Rules, 2023.

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Can a website be patented?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

In some case, however, if the functioning of the website involved complex processes and an inventive step, it might be protected through patents too. Requirements for patentability. the requirements for patentability are- Novelty, inventive step, industrial application. Some well-known patented websites.

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Innovate, Protect, Sustain: Navigating IPR for Sustainable Development Goals

Intepat

To achieve the SDGs, IPR should be flexible, including mandatory licensing, exclusions from research for special cases, and protection of both conventional and contemporary knowledge systems. WIPO’s IGC, established in 2000, focuses on Traditional Knowledge (TK) and Genetic Resources (GRs) for sustainable development.