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Celebrating Female Inventors and Creators making a difference with Intellectual Property

JD Supra Law

Nigerians have been making an impact in the world through creativity and innovation and there’s no end in sight, with the backing of intellectual property laws such as the Copyright Act 2022, which continue to provide avenues for accelerating innovation and creativity. By: Dentons

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UK Intellectual Property Office publishes strategy and priorities

The IPKat

The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has published documents outlining its main activities and targets, setting out how it will deliver on its ‘ambitions’ and ‘corporate priorities’. It plays a fundamental role in ensuring that the UK becomes the most innovative and creative country in the world.

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Free Certificate Course in Application of Intellectual Property Rights for Startups and Entrepreneurship [November 22- 23]

SpicyIP

We are pleased to announce that registration for the free Certificate Course in Application of Intellectual Property Rights for Startups and Entrepreneurship is currently open. As per a NASSCOM report, India added a whopping over 1,300 active tech start-ups in the year 2022, taking the total tally of such start-ups to approx.

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Federal Circuit Confirms “Inventor” Must Be Human, Not AI

JD Supra Law

Key Points - On August 5, 2022, the Federal Circuit held in Thaler v. Vidal that the term “inventor” under the United States Patent Act must be a human being. This ruling precludes patent protection for inventions where the sole inventor is an AI system. By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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Inventor Awards in Colombia

Olartemoure Blog

La entrada Inventor Awards in Colombia se publicó primero en OlarteMoure | Intellectual Property. Natural and legal persons may participate in this contest, and the inventions submitted must not have been presented in previous contests.

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Seven Veteran Inventors Named to National Inventors Hall of Fame

IP Watchdog

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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April 2022 Roundup of Copyright News

Copyright Alliance

At the end of April, creators and innovators all across the globe celebrated World Intellectual Property (IP) Day— this year focusing on how young inventors, creators, and entrepreneurs can use […]. The post April 2022 Roundup of Copyright News appeared first on Copyright Alliance.