The IP Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has reduced the patent fees for small businesses and certain other applicants. This fee reduction is part of an effort to reduce financial burdens and resulting barriers that discourage or prevent these entities from participating in the patent system.

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IIPRD

JUNE 13, 2024

Analyzing the convergence of AI and IPR laws, it elucidates the challenges and ambiguities in recognizing AI as inventors or creators. Ai doesn’t understand what it’s doing in the way that a person does but functionally what it is doing is the same thing that an author or an inventor may be doing.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In this sector, intellectual property (IP) regulations are essential for defending the rights of inventors, artists, and producers. A thorough awareness of intellectual property laws is crucial, regardless of your career goals—be they that of a fashion designer, singer, filmmaker, or just someone curious about the legal side of entertainment.

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Patently-O

MAY 22, 2024

by Dennis Crouch In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit vacated a district court’s grant of summary judgment that an inventor, Dr. Mark Core, had automatically assigned a patent associated with his PhD thesis to his then-employer and education funder TRW. Core Optical Techs., Nokia Corp. , 23-1001 (Fed. May 21, 2024).

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Patently-O

MARCH 26, 2024

I thought I would write a more complete discussion of this important historic patent case. Atlantic Works has had a profound impact on the development of patent law, particularly in shaping the doctrine of obviousness, but more generally providing theoretical frameworks for attacking “bad patents.”

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Intangible assets may only make up a small fraction of a company’s total value for some businesses. These businesses must explain to lenders and investors the worth of their intellectual property and other intangible assets. Others may derive the majority of their worth from their intellectual property. Image Source: Istock].

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Kashishipr

JULY 7, 2021

Such a piece of information is capable of adducing additional benefits to the company, which gives it an economic edge over its competitors in the like business. Another mode of protection could be through enforcement of the law against industrial or commercial espionage, breach of contract, and breach of confidence.

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