Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2021

This post originally appeared as an article (“Stakeholders Should Not Miss Congress’s Invitation for Feedback on Patent Eligibility”) on Law.com on October 7, 2021. According to the opinion, the claimed method was directed to an application of Hooke’s law, and thus patent ineligible. 86 FR 36257. In Thaler v.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 25, 2023

New Patent Trial and Appeal Board Decision Analysis by John DeStefano We are delighted to announce an important update to our 35 USC 101 Rejection Subject Matter Eligibility Database. This strategic enhancement offers the much-needed insight into how the USPTO interprets the scope of patent eligible subject.

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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. Thaler and DABUS embarked on their journey for AI patent ownership.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 31, 2023

AI and IP Law: Podcast with Yuri Eliezer by Yuri L. Eliezer AI and Intellectual Property Law An Insightful Discussion with Yuri Eliezer The intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Intellectual Property (IP) Law is becoming increasingly significant in the dynamic landscape of technology and innovation.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In July 2021, the Federal Court of Australia affirmed in Thaler v Commissioner of Patents [2021] FCA 879 that artificial intelligence (AI) systems may be deemed “inventors” under Australian patent law. The principal question at hand is whether non-human entities, such as AI systems, should have legal capacity.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Eliezer Accelerating Innovation: Navigating the USPTO’s New Path for Semiconductor Patents The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced an important initiative that could significantly impact the semiconductor industry. USPTO’s Semiconductor Technology Pilot Program by Yuri L.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This article is part of a series on commonly held misconceptions about patents. Many prospective patentees often have unfounded reservations about patenting their inventions. The aim of this series of short articles is to debunk these common myths around patent protection. provisional application A U.S.

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Patently-O

APRIL 17, 2024

The following are a few of the articles that I’ve been delving into this past week: James Hicks, Do Patents Drive Investment in Software? , Ana Santos Rutschman, From Myriad to Moderna: The Modern Pharmaceutical Company , Texas A&M University Journal of Property Law (2024) (forthcoming). 1277 (2024). 1131 (2024).

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Kashishipr

DECEMBER 8, 2021

It is very important to assess the same, morally, ethically, and legally, in the light of accepted norms laid by the Patent Laws in different major jurisdictions. However, a modified form of life may be considered a patentable subject matter. Whether or not Patents over Life Forms should be Granted?

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2024

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”).

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

This article is part of a series on commonly held misconceptions about patents. Many prospective patentees often have unfounded reservations about patenting their inventions. The aim of this series of short articles is to debunk these common myths around patent protection.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 10, 2023

This is because most of the relevant intellectual property laws involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets are federal laws, which apply uniformly throughout the United States. Intellectual property attorneys can file these applications from anywhere.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 5, 2023

Nu Tsai Capital, LLC, [2023-1146] (February 17, 2023), the Federal Circuit vacated a preliminary injunction against Lite-Netics patent-related speech, holding that the district court abused its discretion. Lite-Netics owns multiple patents on magnetic holiday string lights. Patent Nos.

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Kashishipr

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The evergreening of patents is a common element of pharmaceutical patents. The evergreening of patents is a common element of pharmaceutical patents. The most crucial method that global medicine enterprises use is drug evergreening of patents.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

MAY 12, 2020

Determining inventorship, prior to patent issuance, can save an applicant the costly procedural and evidentiary burden required for correcting the named inventors post patent issuance. Had STgenetics done so, it could have saved the time and money spent in pursuing the Court application.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 12, 2024

At the close of 2023, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom handed down its eagerly awaited and widely publicized judgment in Thaler v Comptroller-General confirming that a patent application may not name an AI machine as an inventor. Attendance is free for members and new applicants for membership.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2023

With deep expertise in litigation and patent prosecution and counseling, the attorneys represent clients across a range of industries and in various legal venues. Newly promoted principals for 2023 are: Ashley Bolt has experience handling complex patent and intellectual property litigation in U.S. Ashley received her J.D.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

There are several types of IPRs that startups should be aware of: Patents: Patents protect new inventions and grant exclusive rights to the inventor for a limited period. Intellectual property rights (IPR) play a pivotal role in safeguarding the creations of startups and fostering innovation.

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SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2023

On page 8, it mentions that India shall benefit from the AI innovation wave if it develops a robust intellectual property regime. It notes that despite the government initiatives to strengthen India’s IP regime, applying the ‘narrowly focused’ and ‘stringent’ patent laws toward AI applications remains challenging.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 10, 2022

Madelaine Lynch is a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School, enrolled in Professor David Vaver’s 2021-2022 Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program. Part 1: The Four Pillars of Patentability. Part 2: A Beginner’s Guide to Patenting Software and Artificial Intelligence.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 12, 2023

.” But our problem often is that the law, or lawyers, frequently use unfamiliar or exotic terms that others claim have no more understood meaning than a reference to a “ vermicious kind ,” and those or other lawyers may overuse a word that they do not seem to actually comprehend. Eset, LLC, a patent case.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 27, 2023

ChatGPT responded with the following, which for the most part is accurate, but gets details such as the “founding date” wrong: Marshall Gerstein is a law firm based in Chicago, Illinois, that specializes in intellectual property law. Patents: Inventorship Can an AI, such as ChatGPT, invent?

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In chapter 3, Intellectual Property Primary and Secondary Rights in International Law: The Case of Mexican Pharmaceutical Patents and the USMCA , Roberto Garza Barbosa illustrates the primary right and secondary right distinction in the context of pharmaceutical patents in Mexico. The first (chapter 7), by Dan L.

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