Intellectual Property Law Blog

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”). While the Report is comprehensive, it does not recommend any new action to address IP issues with NFTs.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 13, 2022

The dramatic rise in e-commerce in the last two decades saw many brand and business owners struggling to safeguard their Intellectual Property (IP) assets in cyberspace, starting from domain names and then going onto social media handles. These are non-fungible, implying that they are unique and can never be replaced by something.

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IP and Legal Filings

MAY 15, 2024

Introduction Intellectual Property Rights are intangible rights All rights related to the property are exclusively reserved with the copyright holder. It serves the purpose of having Intellectual Property Rights in existence that is to give legal rights for the protection of the invention and creation.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 3, 2021

Today, companies are increasingly placing a huge amount of enterprise value on Intellectual Property (IP). The same serves as a disincentive to transferring ownership of IP outside the US. It makes a profit from exploiting patented inventions and innovations that qualify under this regime. The European Union.

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IPilogue

MARCH 29, 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. Trends and Challenges in Canada’s IP Ownership and a Collective’s Role in Addressing these Challenges.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 24, 2021

Companies often hire employees to develop new products, improve processes, create new technologies, and develop new markets. But how should employers address the ownership of intellectual property created by their employees in the course of their employment?

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More Than Your Mark

AUGUST 20, 2021

the past decade, the use of 3-D printing has expanded rapidly, in part because the original intellectual property protections on the technology, first invented in the 1980s, expired, making it less expensive to produce the hardware and software involved in the 3-D printing process.

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Intepat

JUNE 22, 2023

Commercialization Through Franchising Franchising is essentially a subset of licensing whereby the owner of an intellectual property grants the franchisee to replicate the entire business concept in a different location. Explicitly outline the extent of access to the rights of background intellectual property of all the parties.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Intellectual Property Rights and Federally Funded Research. Under typical Phase 1 contracts with the Department of Defense (DoD), such as the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), default ownership of domestic and international intellectual property rights belong to the Contractor. media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-635795071433f3800{display:

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Kashishipr

JUNE 23, 2021

Big data is a relatively new concept that has created a greater conundrum in the realm of Intellectual Property (IP) laws. Generally speaking, IP laws safeguard the right of the proprietor of the original work or invention, including literature, inventions, logos, designs, etc. Big Data and Patents.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 18, 2022

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and Intellectual Property (IP) have historically been two separate legal disciplines, seemingly separated by impenetrable walls. Every sort of intellectual property has a unique set of rights that can only be used by the owner of that type of property. I ntroduction.

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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. This signals a shift in Canadian attitudes towards AI ownership of their work.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 31, 2022

Here's what Marianna writes: Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh? In zoology, also Kats qualify as Decentralised Autonomous Entities The emergence of DAOs is a yet another clever way of using the blockchain technology, though this time it is to achieve corporate governance goals.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

What is an intellectual property right? Intellectual property (IP) can seem abstract. At its core, intellectual property is a legal right. Trade secrets may not be ideal if your technology can be easily reverse engineered. From an idea to something real: How do concepts become intellectual property?

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

A comprehensive guide to intellectual property and legal protections for software technology. As a software developer, investor, visionary that has invested significant time and resources into software technology, it is crucial not to share the details of your innovation until you have taken steps to protect it properly.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

While leveraging generative AI presents potential problems such as loss of ownership of patents and other intellectual properties, a series of practice tips, including ensuring that the technology is used as a supplementary tool and is not contributing to invention conception, can help mitigate those concerns, say Mackenzie Martin and Bryce Bailey (..)

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Kashishipr

JULY 27, 2022

The term ‘ Intellectual Property (IP) ‘ basically refers to the creations of the human mind that are intangible in nature. In simple terms, it pertains to the original creations of the human intellect, including inventions, symbols, designs, artistic works, literary works, and so on.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 22, 2023

The mRNA technology is a versatile platform technology that has been heralded as a new era in vaccines. This platform technology has potential for use for several other infectious as well as non-infectious diseases including TB, malaria, dengue and possibly even cancer, auto-immune diseases, and diabetes.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

On February 20, 2024, a Brazilian congress member, Antônio Luiz Rodrigues Mano Júnior (known as Júnior Mano), introduced a bill to amend the national IP Statute (Law #9,279/96) and regulate the ownership of inventions generated by artificial intelligence systems.

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CopyrightsWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

This article is part of our series showcasing well-known copyright ownership cases from the music and film industries, technology, and more. This week’s post looks at three well-known copyright infringement cases involving tech giants battling each other over ownership rights. Apple vs. Microsoft.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Promoting innovation and competition in AI, such as through public-private partnerships, addressing intellectual property issues in ways that “Protect inventors and creators”, and ensuring market competition and opportunities for small businesses. ” Improving government use of AI.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 29, 2023

If signed into law by Governor Hochul, the legislation would, effective immediately, add to New York labor law a new section 203-f that renders unenforceable provisions in employee agreements that require employees to assign certain inventions developed using the employee’s own property and time.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2023

IP Ownership Nearly all purchase agreements require the seller to warrant that it owns or licenses the intellectual property necessary for operation of the business. In most cases, this can be broken down between two central areas – technology and branding.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

What if the company decides to sever ties or even worse, continue using your invention without your permission? In this newsletter, I’ll show you the importance of patenting and how it can protect you and your invention when someone uses it without your permission. WHY PATENT AN INVENTION?

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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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The IPKat

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Image: Thomson Reuters In ‘The Artificial Inventor’ ( Thomson Reuters ), Luz Sánchez García (University of Murcia) characterises humanity as standing at the cusp of an ‘Artificial Invention Age’ in which Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer used as a tool but rather a creative partner or independent innovator.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 24, 2023

by Dennis Crouch In 2022, the Federal Circuit held that an invention is only eligible for a US patent if a human conceived of the invention. Thus, no patents for invention wholly conceived by artificial intelligence. Vidal , 43 F.4th 4th 1207 (Fed. Extension Motion. PERLMUTTER et al, Docket No. 1:22-cv-01564, Paper No.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

From a long-awaited WIPO Diplomatic Conference , to the debates about the Traditional Knowledge Bill in India, and the release of new guidelines on the use of traditional knowledge in Australia, this year may prove the busiest yet for the relationship between intellectual property and traditional knowledge.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 15, 2023

For more than 40 years, they’ve been resisting the Bayh-Dole Act’s mandate cutting Washington out of micro-managing the commercialization of federally funded inventions. As a result, few inventions were ever developed. And under the guise of increasing domestic manufacturing, they’re well on their way to reasserting control.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Recently, AI technology once again exceeded the legal community’s expectations by filing a patent for its invention of interlocking food containers. The main question for patent offices is: can AI technology be considered an “inventor” within patent law? A prime example is Tesla’s newly announced AI-powered robot, the “Optimus”.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 24, 2023

Combine that “mastermind/dominant” author doctrine with the run of cases discussing ownership of software outputs (i.e., Copyright Office (the Office) when it comes to copyright ownership of artificial intelligence (AI) output. The Office has answered that question with a resounding “maybe.”

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Emily Xiang is an IPilogue Writer, the President of the Intellectual Property Society of Osgoode, and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . found in paragraph 10 of the Thaler decision: “First, an inventor is an agent noun; an agent can be a person or thing that invents. Firstly, Kim et al. However, Kim et al.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 3, 2022

Thus, the newly added subject matter of the CIP must independently be patentable (inventive and non-obvious) over the base subject matter that it shares with the parent application. John is a patent and technology technical advisor at Founders Legal. John performs patent prosecution assistance for the Intellectual Property practice.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Malvern”) sued TA Instruments-Waters LLC and Waters Technology Corporation (collectively, “Waters”) in the District of Delaware for infringement of various claims of U.S. After a change in ownership, Malvern sought supplemental examination of the ’175 patent under 35 U.S.C. § Background Malvern Panalytical Inc.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 26, 2022

“Web3 cannot and should not be reduced to blockchain when the real shift is towards user ownership of digital assets… This definitional shift focuses attention on what assets can be legally owned and the meaning of ownership “rights,” more generally, in the emerging digital spaces of web3.”. . The Rift Over Web3. I can’t find it.”.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 9, 2021

In this post, I will be analysing the recommendations pertaining to the amendment of patent laws in order to facilitate inventorship and ownership by AI. Recommendations vis-à-vis Inventorship and Ownership. An important question that arises is can AI actually invent on its own?

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Kashishipr

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Claiming Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) over a subject matter as debatable as life forms has created diverse opinions since the day such a claim application was first made. Also, there arise questions of obviousness and ownership rights. A life form is basically a living thing that exists in nature.

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