IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Confusion and misunderstanding among some independent inventors might slow or stall progress of the excellent eligibility reform bill recently introduced by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Thom Tillis (R-NC).

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2021

With South Africa’s patent office having recently granted the first patent to an AI inventor, and an Australian court ruling in favor of AI inventorship, it’s time to review how we got here—and where we’re going. Further, the USPTO has issued thousands of inventions that utilize AI.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

AUGUST 16, 2021

Invention-Con 2021: Capitalizing on Your Intellectual Property. Are you a young or independent inventor, an entrepreneur, or a small business owner whose success depends on guarding your creative work? Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) free online Invention-Con 2021: Capitalizing on your intellectual property, coming August 18-20.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a decision granting a Motion for Summary Judgment for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and upholding the Office’s view that AI algorithms cannot be listed as inventors on U.S.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Black Inventors and Entrepreneurs – Past, Present, and Future. It is also an opportunity to spotlight some of the many inspiring stories and successes of Black inventors and Black-owned businesses. His numerous inventions range from the fire retardant Aerofoam to treatments for glaucoma and rheumatoid arthritis.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 31, 2022

The IPKat is pleased to host the following contribution by Katfriend Marianna Ryan (Edwin Coe and King's College London) on the topical issue of how Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) are to be treated and what IP issues come with them. Here's what Marianna writes: Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh?

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Patently-O

MARCH 26, 2024

The Supreme Court ultimately reversed the lower court’s decision upholding the patent and found instead that Brady’s claimed invention lacked novelty and did not constitute a patentable advance over the prior art. Such inventors are worthy of all favor. Brady for an improved dredge boat design. 63, 67 (2020).

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 9, 2021

According to WIPO’s Revised Issues Paper on Intellectual Property Policy and Artificial Intelligence , AI-generated works refers to any inventions created by AI without any human intervention. ‘AI An important question that arises is can AI actually invent on its own?

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The IPKat

AUGUST 16, 2021

Late last month, South Africa's Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) became the first Patent Office in the world to award a patent that names an artificial intelligence as the inventor of a product. a machine/device) to be named as the inventor in a patent application. See Section 30(4).

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

by Dennis Crouch Berkely Center for Law & Technology is hosting a great half-day virtual-conference this week: “AI as an Inventing Tool – it’s Implications for Patent Law” organized by Prof. In a recent talk about the Future of IP, I noted that I have never been comfortable with the Winslow Tableau. Colleen Chien.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 25, 2022

Free Online Tools and Resources for Inventors. As an inventor, you know that protecting your invention is vital to its success. In this blog post, we will discuss several free online tools and resources that every inventor should know about. Jump to a Section: USPTO Website. Events and Webinars. Patent Basics.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2022

The legal and regulatory environment for these tools remain at the forefront of copyright policy, and we observe that government agencies entrusted with administering these issues are thinking about them and soliciting views from the public about them. Is there a case for protecting AI-devised inventions by IP rights?

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IPilogue

JUNE 2, 2022

Reversing what seemed like a victory for supporters of AI-owned intellectual property, the full bench of the Federal Court of Australia has confirmed the majority view of the world: only human inventors can own patent rights to their creations. Previously, IPilogue reported that Australia has granted patent ownership to an AI inventor.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 4, 2021

A world first – South Africa recently made headlines by granting a patent for ‘a food container based on fractal geometry’ to a non-human inventor, namely an artificial intelligence (AI) machine called DABUS. Guest Post by Meshandren Naidoo and Dr. Christian E.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 9, 2021

As we move into an era of Artificial Intelligence (AI), quantum computing, and 5G telecommunications that supports Kurzweil’s vision, we must make sure that our laws and federal agencies match the pace of invention and protect innovators from trolls who would game the legal system and government functions for their ill-gained profit. .

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2023

Bad decisions made in previous forks in the road have gradually undermined the innovative spirit in our nation, but some inventors in Washington, DC, next week want to change course before we automatically go down the well-trod path.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2021

patent application was filed by Moderna, with no NIH scientists listed as inventors. patent application as co-inventors with the Moderna scientists. As a result of the collaboration, a vaccine labeled “mRNA-1273” was created and a U.S. patent application.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 23, 2023

US Inventor is publicly opposing the appointment of Representative Darrell Issa (R – CA) to Chair the IP Subcommittee due to Issa’s record of IP reforms that are harmful to independent inventors and startups. Issa is unfit to be IP Subcommittee Chair.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 25, 2023

While many speakers cautioned against moving too quickly to change the rules for AI-generated inventions, others warned that doing nothing could result in chaos for the USPTO and grave economic and innovation losses for the country.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Director’s Blog published a post authored by USPTO Director Kathi Vidal announcing that the agency is now receiving applications from inventors seeking free legal assistance to bring ex parte appeals of patent examiner rejections to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

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IPilogue

JULY 7, 2021

While an employer may have invested significant resources to facilitate the production of an invention and wish to capitalize on their investment, their employee also likely devoted significant time and energy into developing the invention and may feel entitled to benefit from its associated IP. Private Sector Employees.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

by Dennis Crouch The White House this week issued a new executive order focusing on a variety of aspects of regulating artificial intelligence, some of which focuses on IP issues. Advancing equity and civil rights when using AI in criminal justice, government benefits, hiring, and other areas. .”

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Intellectual Property Office Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

The AI and IP consultation was launched in October. IPO CEO Tim Moss looks at the consultation’s role in the global drive to understand how IP can best support AI innovation, within the framework of the government’s National AI Strategy. So, why are we holding a consultation on AI and IP? ? . AI patent applications ? .

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

United States , [1] the Federal Circuit rejected a strict temporal limitation on when the Government’s license rights in patents stemming from federally funded research is triggered under the Bayh-Dole Act. The funding agency obtains a license to “subject inventions,” which is defined as “any invention.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The much discussed, but previously unreleased, Restoring America Invents Act has finally been made public. The bill was submitted by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in what he described late last week as an attempt to reverse the reforms of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) made by former USPTO Director Andrei Iancu.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Companies rely on intellectual property (“IP”) rights to protect their valuable information, creations, and branding. IP rights come in several forms: copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets. A patent protects an invention. And with patents, the only protection arises when the USPTO issues a patent on an invention.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

With this consultation, the Office seeks to assess whether the current IP regime strikes the appropriate balance to encourage the development of AI and its use across the UK economy. This is not the first time the UKIPO has engaged with a public call for views on the topic of AI and IP. IP plays a fundamental role in this.

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IIPRD

MAY 9, 2024

This has led to the introduction of intellectual property rights which are a set of exclusionary rights as it excludes the world from enjoying a set of rights arising out an invention or creation, except the inventor or creator.

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IPilogue

APRIL 1, 2022

This article is part of a series covering the 5th Annual IP Data & Research Conference, hosted by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office and the Centre for International Governance Innovation. Identifying Artificial Intelligence (AI) Invention: A Novel AI Patent Dataset. Where do Canadians Patent?

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IP Watchdog

MAY 14, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) recent Request for Comments (RFC) on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) highlights a critical juncture in intellectual property law—evaluating the impact of generative AI (GenAI) on the non-obviousness standard.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) on November 5 introduced a bill, titled the Restoring America's Leadership in Innovation Act of 2021 (RALIA), HR 5874, that would repeal the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), return the patent system to a “first-to-invent” model, rather than first-to-file, and would end automatic publication of patents.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2021

This post is the third and final installment in the “Africa IP Highlights 2021 series” of posts highlighting some of the key developments in IP in Africa in 2021. This post is about patents and reforms in IP policy, legislation and administration. The first 2 posts covered copyright and trade marks.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

APRIL 25, 2023

April 25, 2023 KCPullen@doc.gov Tue, 04/25/2023 - 09:48 Intellectual property Post by Kathi Vidal Every year on April 26, we join intellectual property (IP) organizations from across the globe to celebrate World Intellectual Property (IP) Day. This year’s theme is “Women and IP: Accelerating innovation and creativity.”

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 16, 2023

Whether or not the law recognizes a machine as the inventor-at-law, the facts are indispensable to determination of the true inventor-in-fact. Vidal caused the discourse to jump over the facts of how the food container and the light stick were invented by DABUS. The procedural posture of Thaler v.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 8, 2021

But that is just what his Honour Justice Beach has done in a recent judgment that a patent applicant can name as the inventor, not a human person, but an artificial intelligence ( AI ) system. [1]. 3] The application was filed in 2019 by Dr Thaler as the patentee, but named DABUS itself as the inventor. ” [7].

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SpicyIP

JULY 3, 2022

The IP Reveries series is an experimental ‘fun’ series set in an imaginary classroom where we are using a dialogue format to raise questions and discussions around IP that traditionally don’t find a place to get voiced either due to long standing assumptions, or due to being seen as ‘too trivial’ to discuss in more formal settings.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 14, 2022

The idea of patented inventions brings to mind machines fully realized - flying contraptions and engines with gears and pistons operating in coherent symphony. AI inventors sound much more like philosophers theorizing about machines, rather than mechanics describing a machine.

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