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. 3-D Printing and Copyrights, Patents, or Trademarks.

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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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Intepat

JANUARY 15, 2024

Registration at UKIPO The case in question, originating in 2019, presents a groundbreaking legal dilemma: Can an artificial intelligence (AI) system be acknowledged as an inventor for the purposes of patent ownership? At the heart of this case lies a critical examination of the UK Patent Act 1977, specifically Section 13(2).

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

A comprehensive guide to intellectual property and legal protections for software technology. When considering how to secure your software product from potential theft or infringement, it is essential to understand the key forms of legal protection offered under Intellectual Property (IP) law.

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IIPRD

MARCH 23, 2022

It should not consist of basic dance movements but have some level of uniqueness in order to prove the ownership. Other forms of Intellectual Property. The methods can be protected under the Patents Laws and the dance costumes can be protected under the Design Laws. Exceptions.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

With a few weeks’ worth of law school, Google, and a healthy dose of procrastination, I went down a rabbit hole of plant patents and breeders’ rights to see if I could be fined or arrested for propagating some of my pothos cuttings. allows entire plants to be patented, Canada does not. Although the U.S. A comparison between U.S.

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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. 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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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Moderna and Pfizer battle’s over the inventive process of their respective mRNA COVID-19 vaccines revisit the negative associations of profit, monopolies, and optics in patent litigation. Moderna claimed that they had registered foundational mRNA patents between 2010 and 2016. This exposes some concerns about our patent laws.

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Patently-O

JULY 21, 2022

Symbiont’s US Patent No. Holt was part of forming two additional companies, BJM and Matrix and Symbiont licensed the technology (including the patent) to those companies. The appellate court noted the change in law under eBay , but also went on to explain that Arizona Law “does not presume irreparable harm.”

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The challenges presented by this state of affairs, including whether ‘artificial agents’ can be considered inventors, patent their inventions, and enjoy the benefit of patent ownership – and how their inventions would be evaluated against established human rules in the first place, are considered in this book.

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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. . Second, so to hold reflects the reality in terms of many otherwise patentable inventions where it cannot sensibly be said that a human is the inventor. Firstly, Kim et al.

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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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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It’s unclear where the mandate is coming from, as guidelines generally do not have the power of law behind them but are merely discretionary / advisory). All Indian Patents are certainly not secured by the GoI through March-in Rights, and as we saw during Covid , there was little to no inclination to bring the topic up at all.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 25, 2023 Champaign, Illinois – Julie King, King Business and Patent Law, PLLC, Champaign, Illinois was recently named to the National Small Business Association (NSBA) Leadership Council. ” King founded King Business and Patent Law in 2017. .

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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. I will be restricting the discussion to the evaluation of the Indian patent regime, as the implications of AI on Indian copyright law has been previously dealt with here.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 19, 2024

ITC , the Federal Circuit has affirmed determinations by the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) favoring the patent holder Universal Electronics, Inc. The most interesting part of the case for me is the assignment issue – whether the patents had been properly assigned at the appropriate time. Universal”).

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 18, 2023

Introduction As artificial intelligence continues to gain momentum in various industries, the question of whether artificial intelligence can be a patent owner has become increasingly relevant. Under current patent law, only a human inventor or a company employing human inventors can be granted legal personality and own a patent. [2]

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The headlines are the result of the Project’s filing of parallel applications to patent offices in several jurisdictions over a number of inventions generated by an AI system named DABUS (Device for the Autonomous Boot-strapping of Unified Sentience), invented by Dr Stephen Thaler. seahorses).

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

NFT creation, investment, sale, and ownership interest exists in Indonesia and elsewhere in the world. Intellectual property rights are a key consideration when it comes to NFTs because they contain art, music, videos, pictures, and other creations. Provisions of intellectual property law will be applicable to NFTs.

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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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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

By transferring rights to the cash flows resulting from these assets or by pledging intellectual property rights , finance can be obtained. As an alternative, a company’s intellectual property may serve as a gauge of its worth and aid in funding choices. Introduction. Image Source: Istock].

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Keep in mind the generators are trained on existing material, including things that are protected by copyright and trademark law and registration and patents. There have been some court decisions on this precise topic, but the law is not completely settled. Can you use it in the ways you want to? AI isn’t human.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 5, 2023

Do defendants and the court have the right to ask who is funding a particular patent litigation? The first standing order requires non-governmental companies and corporations to disclose the name of every person all the way up the chain of ownership who has “a direct or indirect interest in the party.” .

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TraskBritt Intellectual Property

MARCH 18, 2021

Intellectual property law includes patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets and is an important consideration for any new business. This article will address trademarks and copyrights, but the law firm of TraskBritt can assist with any intellectual property law needs.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

This is a book review of The Future of Intellectual Property , edited by Daniel J. Underwood Chair in Law at Vanderbilt University Law School, US. In the introduction, Gervais explains that the approach to discussing IP law reform taken in this edited collection is considering both primary and secondary level reform.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Well, it turns out that not all contributions count when it comes to being an inventor of a patent for a better method of precooking bacon. In 2021, HIP sued Hormel, challenging Hormel’s ownership and the inventorship of U.S. 9,980,498 (the “’498 Patent”). The ‘498 Patent was issued from this application in 2018.

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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. Instead, OpenAI treats the matter as one of ownership via contract law.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 24, 2023

The Fintech segments in India mainly comprises of Pay Tech, Lend Tech, Digital banking, Insur Tech, Wealth Tech, Finance and Regulation Tech, hence Fintech companies hold valuable intellectual property. Patentibility faces two major challenges namely, framing of invention and prior art in the rapidly developing industry.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

billion damage award against defendant Intel Corporation because it found plaintiff VLSI Technology LLC had erred on its damages calculation, that one of the asserted patents was not infringed, and that Intel was wrongly barred from raising a defense that it had a newly acquired license to the asserted patents. The verdict was for $1.5

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2022

Moritz Ammelburg and Peter Fasse examine the patentability requirements and prosecution schemes in the US and Europe and how applicants can prepare applications that will best serve their needs in both jurisdictions. However, different countries have different patentability requirements and prosecution schemes, and these differences.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2023

Establishing Legal Ownership and Exclusivity Trademark registration establishes your legal ownership over a distinctive mark. This ownership comes with exclusive rights to use the mark in connection with specific goods or services.

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Barry Sookman

JANUARY 30, 2022

Copyright Ownership, Transfers, and NFTs [link] 2022-01-25. Is crypto code law? ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE NOT AN “INVENTOR” UNDER EUROPEAN PATENT LAW: Is Canada heading down the same path? Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2022-01-22 [link] 2022-01-23. 2021 ONSC 369 (CanLII) | Cicada 137 LLC v. link] 2022-01-26.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The first legal alternative at hand is to get a patent for the innovation. However, patents are not the only mechanism to obtain legal protection; other instruments may provide effective legal protection, as long as the innovator plans and implement measures and proceedings, from an early stage, to secure protection.

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More Than Your Mark

JULY 16, 2018

The term of a patent defines the time during which the patent is in force and infringing activities may be acted upon. Factors to Consider for Patent Term Calculations. 120, 121 or 365(c); timely payment of maintenance fees; terminal disclaimer(s); patent term adjustments under 35 U.S.C. The Standard Patent Term.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The US, the European Patent Office, and Australia all have considered this question. None of their decisions however are helpful in the UK, since the relevant statutory provisions in those disputes were different from the law of the UK. The UK Intellectual Property Office considered that the statement of inventorship did not satisfy s.13(2)

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The only way to ensure you fully own the rights to your business name is to register the business name as a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Registering your business name this way lets the world know you have the ownership rights to that name when it comes to the goods and services you provide.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

More specifically, in Thaler , Stephan Thaler’s patent applications listed no humans as inventors, and rather listed his AI system, known as DABUS, as the inventor. ” And, “[d]o inventions in which an AI system contributed at the same level as a joint inventor raise any significant ownership issues?“

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