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AI-assisted inventions: USPTO’s most recent guidance for determining inventorship

JD Supra Law

AI technologies bring several new business opportunities, but they also bring a host of new legal questions, including in intellectual property law. By: Smart & Biggar

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The USPTO and USCO Delivered a Report to Congress on IP Issues with NFTs – Maintains Existing IP Regime

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). While the Report is comprehensive, it does not recommend any new action to address IP issues with NFTs.

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A Seller’s Guide to Navigating Intellectual Property Law on Amazon

LexBlog IP

A basic understanding of Intellectual Property (IP) law is essential to managing an Amazon storefront, as IP issues can be a minefield for the uninformed. Patents A patent permits the owner to exclude others from making, using, offering to sell, selling, or importing the invention of the patent.

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White House Executive Order on AI Punts on IP Issues

Intellectual Property Law Blog

One of the topics which raises many legal issues, particularly with generative AI (“genAI”), is intellectual property. However, it does recognize that IP issues exist and mandates actions by various agencies to address these issues. It addresses many of the risks and problems that can arise with AI.

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The Implications of Intellectual Property Laws in the Tourism Industry

IP and Legal Filings

Black’s Law Dictionary defines intellectual property as “a commercially valuable product of the human intellect, in a concrete or abstract form such as a copyrightable work, a protectable trademark, a patentable invention, or a trade secret.” IP Branding: Certification marks and GI.

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USPTO Releases Inventorship Guidance for AI-assisted Inventions

LexBlog IP

The USPTO released inventorship guidance on February 12, 2024, for inventions assisted by artificial intelligence (AI). 2022), and this release provides guidance regarding the open question of human inventorship for inventions developed by a person working with the assistance of an AI system. Vidal , 43 F.4th 4th 1207 (Fed.

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The Quest for a Meaningful Threshold of Invention: Atlantic Works v. Brady (1883)

Patently-O

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 an indiscriminate creation of exclusive privileges tends rather to obstruct than to stimulate invention.