LexBlog IP

JUNE 14, 2023

Hormel Foods Corporation (22-1696) where the appellate panel found the purported inventor’s contribution to be “insignificant in quality. Blue Gentian sued Tristar for infringement of six patents, all of which relate to an expandable hose and named a sole inventor Michael Berardi: U.S. Patent Nos.

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Inventor Invention Designs Design 52

Patently-O

JANUARY 20, 2023

Gernsback was also an inventor and serious scientific thinker in his own right. He died with over thirty patents to his name. His magazines were full of information about patents and advice on patenting—which Gernsback deemed an essential step in the commercial success of any new invention. 709 (2012).

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Patent Law Law Inventor Patent 95

IPilogue

JANUARY 10, 2022

Part 5: The IP Hidden Gems: Trade Secrets and Industrial Designs. Patenting software, and inventions related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning, known as computer-implemented inventions (CII) in patent lingo, is a complicated and evolving area. Now, all elements of an invention are presumed to be essential.

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Invention Patent Intellectual Property IP 104