The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Can you imagine the accolades someone would receive if they contributed to an invention that improves bacon? 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. Also, Howard was not named as an inventor. The dispute arose between HIP, Inc. (“HIP”)

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IP Close Up

JANUARY 3, 2024

IP CloseUp, weekly perspective on intellectual property trends and business, broke through 392,000 views and 272,000 visits in 2023, on its way to 400,000 plus Continue reading

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IP Close Up

JUNE 13, 2023

Videos of the five panels and keynote from the 2023 Intellectual Property Awareness Summit – including Andrei Iancu’s compelling analysis of the power of IP Continue reading

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Intepat

JANUARY 15, 2024

Registration at UKIPO The case in question, originating in 2019, presents a groundbreaking legal dilemma: Can an artificial intelligence (AI) system be acknowledged as an inventor for the purposes of patent ownership? Uniquely, he declared that he was not the inventor; instead, he attributed the creations to his AI system named DABUS.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

. § 135, and specifically whether the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) has the authority to cancel SNIPR’s pure AIA claims through an interference for lack of invention priority under pre-AIA § 102(g). patent system from a first-to-invent system to a first-to-file system.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

The Guidance, for USPTO examiners and applicants, addresses inventorship and the use of AI, including generative AI, in the inventive process. The Guidance provides illustrative examples in which AI systems play different roles in the inventive process, to show how the USPTO will analyze inventorship issues.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 5, 2024

The Guidance, for USPTO examiners and applicants, addresses inventorship and the use of AI, including generative AI, in the inventive process. The Guidance provides illustrative examples in which AI systems play different roles in the inventive process, to show how the USPTO will analyze inventorship issues.

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IP Intelligence

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Further to President Biden’s 2023 executive order (EO) on the safe, secure and trustworthy development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) last year ( see [link] ), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released its much anticipated Inventorship Guidance on AI-Assisted Inventions (“Guidance”). [1] In Thaler v.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 17, 2023

And the similarly savory subject of who must be named inventor on a bacon patent was the issue in the recent case of HIP, Inc. May 2, 2023). HIP claimed that one of its employees materially contributed to the invention of Hormel’s patent on methods for precooking bacon. Hormel Foods Corp., 2022-1696 (Fed.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

USPTO Extends Combined Patent Search Pilot Program with Japanese Patent Office and Korean Intellectual Property Office @media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-63ed303eda0729464{display: The combined petition option and the related process took effect on January 18, 2023.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 1, 2024

(October 5-November 23) Following a favorable outcome of preparing students and professionals for the patent agent exam and providing them with a comprehensive guide on Patents in 2022 and 2023. Majumdar & Co, a reputed full service Intellectual property Firm. About Our Exclusive Knowledge Partner S. Majumdar & Co.,

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

” Can you imagine the accolades someone would receive if they contributed to an invention that improves bacon? 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. Also, Howard was not named as an inventor. The court in Pannu v.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JULY 25, 2023

Background Blue Gentian is an assignee of Berardi’s six patents involving a collapsible hose, where Berardi is the named inventor. The district court ordered correction of the inventorship for the six patents holding that Ragner should have been a named co-inventor for all of the asserted patents.

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Olartemoure Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

However, we do know about the first self-propelled wheelchair that was invented in 1655 by Stephan Farfler in Nuremberg , a 22 year old paraplegic clock-maker who built it to aid his own mobility. SWINGBACK WHEELCHAIR FOR EASY TRANSFER OF PATIENTS US20210307979A1 Inventor: Carrie Mabe Assignee: Individual Date of Patent: Oct.

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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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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

16, 2023) , the Federal Circuit considered whether U.S. Teleflex claimed that Itou was not prior art because the invention claimed in the ’116 patent was conceived before Itou’s critical date and was either actually reduced to practice before the critical date or diligently pursued until its constructive reduction to practice.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 31, 2023

If such new content forms part of a new “invention” (i.e., part of a patent claim), does the AI system need to be listed as an “inventor”? It may all come down to “conception” – that is, whether an AI system can mentally conceive and contribute to an invention. an invention).

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Patently-O

JANUARY 24, 2023

by Dennis Crouch In 2022, the Federal Circuit held that an invention is only eligible for a US patent if a human conceived of the invention. Thus, no patents for invention wholly conceived by artificial intelligence. Jan 10, 2023). Vidal , 43 F.4th 4th 1207 (Fed. Extension Motion. PERLMUTTER et al, Docket No.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

On June 22, 2023, Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023 , which seeks to clarify the jurisprudence surrounding 35 U.S.C. § A process that is substantially economic, financial, business, social, cultural, or artistic.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2023

But assuming Weber’s account is a fair assessment, I would suggest that it raises additional questions about the ongoing global efforts – driven by Professor Ryan Abbott and his Artificial Inventor Project – challenging the legal barriers to AI inventorship and authorship. What is a ‘fractal bottle’?

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 22, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a unanimous decision in the case of Amgen Inc. This has been interpreted to require that the specification includes enough disclosure to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the invention without “undue experimentation.” Sanofi, et al. ,

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has recently released The Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules 2023 for public comment. Key Details Required: Date of the earliest invention display. Verification if the display was with the true inventor’s consent. Nature of the exhibition where the invention was displayed.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Women inventors are making significant strides, leaving an indelible mark on the world of innovation and intellectual property. Women & Patents Women have played a vital role in developing the Industry through their inventions. She had invented a Process for weaving straw with silk or thread.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Responses to this request are due by this Thursday, February 2, 2023. Patent owners, especially small businesses and independent inventors, need two things of the patent system: 1) Reliability/believability. Many of our strategies reflect the startup-nature of our inventions, where we are constantly working on the product-market-fit.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 28, 2023

However, in a recent case, the Federal Circuit found that a “machine learning” claim element lacked sufficient enablement because both the claim itself and the written description of the patent to which it belonged failed to describe “ how ” the claimed invention implemented this element. 8, 2023) (nonprecedential).

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The intersection of Artificial intelligence and Intellectual Property is complex. EU (CDSM arts 3-4; obligation concerning sufficiently detailed summary in June 2023 draft of AI Act) d. Can a machine be an “inventor”? Fair use in US ( Google Books but reuse pattern different here.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

The grounds for the court’s decision was the definition of “inventor” under the Patents Act 1977 (the Act ) which requires the inventor of a patent to be a natural person. The court unanimously found that AI cannot.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

Most of these fee reductions have an effective date of March 22, 2023, with the remaining ones effective as of April 1, 2023. However, the cost of obtaining and maintaining patents may be a barrier for individual inventors and small businesses to benefit from the advantage or enter certain markets.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

112 , which requires that the specification of a patent application “enable any person skilled in the art…to make and use” the invention in question. On January 3rd, 2023, many interested parties submitted amicus briefs to offer the Supreme Court their take on the issue to be considered.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 6, 2023

. § 135, and specifically whether the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) has the authority to cancel SNIPR’s pure AIA claims through an interference for lack of invention priority under pre-AIA § 102(g). patent system from a first-to-invent system to a first-to-file system.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 3, 2024

The grounds for the court’s decision was the definition of “inventor” under the Patents Act 1977 (the Act ) which requires the inventor of a patent to be a natural person. So for the moment, the position under the UK patent system is that AI is very much a tool rather than an autonomous agent in its own right.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2023

This trend brings about new risks to intellectual property (IP), including new challenges in procuring IP protection and new risks of IP infringement. Patenting an invention requires pinning down the correct inventorship. Businesses are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to innovate. Yet, the U.S. Vidal , 43 F.4th

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The IPKat

JULY 16, 2024

These days, the volume is edited by skilled team of members of the British intellectual property bar, with Douglas Campbell KC taking over as general editor, and Tim Austen as deputy editor, of the latest edition. Chapter 5 explores the life of a granted patent, including the procedure for opposition and the law on employee inventions.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today released guidance for determining inventorship of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted inventions. The USPTO issued a call for comments on AI inventorship in February 2023.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 25, 2023

Background Blue Gentian is an assignee of Berardi’s six patents involving a collapsible hose, where Berardi is the named inventor. The district court ordered correction of the inventorship for the six patents holding that Ragner should have been a named co-inventor for all of the asserted patents.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

11, 2023 (claiming that various products were “patented”). 30, 2024) (R&R) Recommendation: Dastar should block Qingdao’s Lanham Act false advertising counterclaims based on Lashify’s claim to be the originator of lash technology, but false patent marking counterclaims should survive. 1, 2017 to Apr.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

2021-2246 ] (February 15, 2023), the Federal Circuit affirmed summary judgment that the asserted claims of U.S. The Federal Circuit said that an invention is in public use if it is shown to or used by an individual other than the inventor under no limitation, restriction, or obligation of confidentiality. Hologic, Inc.,

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