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The IPKat EPO Boards of Appeal (BA) Year in Review 2021

The IPKat

Following on from our IPKat EBA 2021 Year in Review , here is some more festive holiday reading on some of the important decisions to come out of the EPO Boards of Appeal this year. 2021 saw key decisions on claim supremacy, types of antibody claims, the data threshold for second medical use inventions and the AI inventor debate. ??

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DABUS: An AI inventor or the Emperor's New Clothes?

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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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AI and copyright in 2022

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This post looks back at the key developments in AI and copyright in 2022, covering generative AI, text and data mining exceptions, the pastiche exception, deep fakes, voice cloning and infringement and enforcement of copyright using AI. Generative AI Computer-generated art reached a tipping point in 2022.

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Bad cases make bad law: Has DABUS "the AI inventor" actually invented anything?

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In keeping with the so-called media "silly season" of late summer, PatKat thought she would check-in on the AI inventor debate. PatKat has been sceptical about Dr Thaler and his purported inventing machine, DABUS, for some time ( IPKat ). A recent EPO Examining Division office action appears to share similar concerns.

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The IPKat EPO Boards of Appeal Year in Review 2023

The IPKat

PatKat reviewing the year It is time once more for the IPKat patent year in review! This Kat suspects that the shift to "credibility" is partly an attempt by the EPO to distance itself from the UK courts and their approach to plausibility as almost a legal concept in and of itself.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

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Image from here. Continuing our annual tradition of recounting the significant developments that impacted the Indian IP landscape in the year that has been, we bring you a round-up of 2021’s developments. Cup of coffee, pen and notepad on wooden background. Here’s wishing all our readers a very happy, safe, and healthy new year!

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