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The relevance of G 2/21 to machine learning inventions (T 2803/18)

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The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) decision in G 2/21 related to the evidence requirement for a purported technical effect relied on for inventive step. The Board of Appeal in T 2803/18 , in particular, highlights how G 2/21 may be relevant to inventions in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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USPTO Issues Inventorship Guidance For AI-Assisted Inventions

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Publish guidance to USPTO patent examiners and applicants addressing inventorship and the use of AI, including generative AI, in the inventive process and how inventorship issues ought to be analyzed; 2. 2] The guidance provides that AI-assisted inventions are not categorically unpatentable. 1] In section 5.2

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Associate Casey Kraning Authors Article for The National Law Journal “Congress and the America Invents Act – An Update on Recent Developments in the Senate”

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Read the full article in The National Law Journal. Several Senate bills have been proposed over the last year to enact changes to the America Invents Act relating to post-grant practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. PDF copy available. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, and John Cornyn, R-Texas.

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New PatentlyO L.J. Article: The AIA at Ten – How Much Do the Pre-AIA Prior Art Rules Still Matter?

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New Patently-O Law Journal article by Colleen V. As the America Invents Act (AIA) turns 10, patent students across the country may be asking: if the law is already a decade old, why am I spending so much time learning pre-AIA law? Figure 1: Percentage of Patent Litigations Including a Pre-AIA Patent, by Year Litigation Initiated.

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New PatentlyO L.J. Article: The AIA at Ten – How Much Do the Pre-AIA Prior Art Rules Still Matter?

Patently-O

New Patently-O Law Journal article by Colleen V. As the America Invents Act (AIA) turns 10, patent students across the country may be asking: if the law is already a decade old, why am I spending so much time learning pre-AIA law? Figure 1: Percentage of Patent Litigations Including a Pre-AIA Patent, by Year Litigation Initiated.

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The SPC alphabet: Are combination product SPCs precluded by Article 3(a), (c) and/or (d)?

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A new referral to the CJEU from the Finish Market Court seeks clarification on the interpretation of Article 3(c) of the SPC Regulation with respect to combination products. Are combination products ruled out from SPC protection under Article 3(d)? Article 3 of the SPC Regulation is provided below (*) for reference.

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Seeing Clearly: Article III Standing of IPR Judicial Review

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Article III standing remains a hot topic at all levels of federal litigation and across many different areas of law. The Federal Circuit dismissed Allgenesis’s appeal because Allgenesis failed to establish Article III standing to appeal. He has an extensive background in chemistry, food science, and viticulture.

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