LexBlog IP

AUGUST 11, 2022

Arguably, an AI system, which is a non-human, can also create or invent. But can an AI system be a named inventor on a patent? While these systems may have been programmed and/or trained by a human, the human may not have actually invented the apparatus or method claimed in the patent application. Stephen L.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2023

On 30 November 2023, the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) published the findings of a survey on “Intellectual Property Principle – What the IP Community regards as important” ( executive summary and slides ). The survey was conducted by response:AI, an independent market research firm.

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IP Intelligence

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released its much anticipated Inventorship Guidance on AI-Assisted Inventions (“Guidance”). [1] 2] Section II of the Guidance confirms the USPTO’s position, and that of the Federal Circuit, regarding who can be named an inventor on patents or applications. In Thaler v. 4] Based on U.S.

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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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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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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Inventors and patent practitioners filing patent applications before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) may have an obligation to disclose if artificial intelligence (AI) is used in the innovation process. With the advent of such AI-assisted inventions, the USPTO is rethinking its requirements regarding the duty of disclosure.

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Patently-O

MAY 31, 2022

This case raises the novel legal issue of whether a patent can be obtained for an invention created by an artificial intelligence (AI) in the absence of a traditional human inventor (“AI-Generated Invention”). That same panel is hearing two other IP cases: Samsung v. Appellee Brief. Dynamics , 21-2352.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Black Inventors and Entrepreneurs – Past, Present, and Future. Patent and Trademark Office and the International Trade Administration. It is also an opportunity to spotlight some of the many inspiring stories and successes of Black inventors and Black-owned businesses. February 16, 2022. KCPullen@doc.gov. Intellectual property.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MAY 24, 2022

When do patents and trademarks overlap? Everyone once in awhile, a client may have IP rights that involve both patents and trademarks. When the two types of IP overlap, it helps to have a patent and trademark attorney that can carefully navigate pending IP applications to avoid forfeiting rights.

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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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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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U.S. Department of Commerce

APRIL 25, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office for World Intellectual Property Day! 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. All are welcome!

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 25, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) held its East Coast Listening Session on AI Inventorship today, featuring both USPTO staff and patent stakeholder speakers contemplating possible approaches to patenting in a world in which generative artificial intelligence (AI) almost seems to have snuck up on everyone.

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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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IP Tech Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

On September 3, 2021, the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) will announce that it is modifying the COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program to accept an unlimited number of applications until December 31, 2021. Please see our blogs here and here for further background information.

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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). On June 7, the U.S.

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) held a second symposium looking at the potential for change in the treatment of machine-created works. As a result of these applications, the government of South Africa recognized DABUS as the inventor on a patent. 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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Intepat

MAY 24, 2024

In today’s highly competitive business environment, safeguarding intellectual property (IP) is of paramount importance. Organizations must carefully consider to consider these options when protecting their inventions. By carefully weighing these options, businesses can safeguard their IP effectively.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Artificial intelligence (“AI”) advancements in this Fourth Industrial Revolution period have resulted in AI capable of developing innovative and inventive inventions. The question then becomes whether these AI-generated inventions are patentable under present patent law.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

The grounds for the court’s decision was the definition of “inventor” under the Patents Act 1977 (the Act ) which requires the inventor of a patent to be a natural person. The court unanimously found that AI cannot.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 9, 2022

When filing a CIP application, it is common to add new inventors related to the new disclosure. But, is it necessary to include the previous inventors as well? The short answer is yes; at least a subset of the inventors from the parent application should be included in the CIP application. Understanding CIP Applications.

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IP Intelligence

AUGUST 9, 2022

Vidal ruled that an artificial intelligence (AI) system cannot be listed as a named inventor on a patent application, affirming the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Eastern District of Virginia rulings. He filed two patent applications at the USPTO, listing DABUS as the sole named inventor on both applications.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 9, 2022

Vidal ruled that an artificial intelligence (AI) system cannot be listed as a named inventor on a patent application, affirming the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Eastern District of Virginia rulings. He filed two patent applications at the USPTO, listing DABUS as the sole named inventor on both applications.

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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 Law 360

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

As the America Invents Act turned 10 Thursday, two dozen independent inventors and activists gathered outside the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia, to demonstrate against one of the law's major impacts: the creation of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

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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. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) states, ” a trademark protects brand names and logos used on goods and services.

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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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U.S. Department of Commerce

MAY 27, 2021

Inventors, Physicists and Entrepreneurs: Commerce Home to Diverse-Range of AANHPI Pioneers. Inventors, Physicists and Entrepreneurs: Commerce Home to Diverse-Range of AANHPI Pioneers. LEADING INVENTOR IN ACCESSIBILITY TECHNOLOGY CHIEKO ASAKAWA. Leading Inventor in Accessibility Technology Chieko Asakawa More details.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office has requested comments from the public on the role of artificial intelligence in inventing after the Federal Circuit refused to let an AI machine be named as an inventor on two patents last year.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It involves several IP rights, some of which overlap in some cases: copyright, trademarks, patents, trade secrets/confidential information, and the right of publicity (and similar rights with different names). The following is a checklist for scholars and practitioners who are looking at an AI-related IP issue. Trade secrets 1.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

APRIL 26, 2021

For World IP Day, Fish Principal and chair of Fish’s Diversity & Inclusion Initiative , Ahmed Davis , authored the article “Celebrating Black Inventors on World IP Day” for the National Law Journal, which celebrates the contributions of Black inventors who all too often get overlooked.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 20, 2022

Germany’s Federal Patent Court has set aside a decision by the country’s Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) that refused a patent application naming an artificial intelligence (AI) as the inventor. Thaler and the inventor as “DABUS - The invention was autonomously generated by an artificial intelligence.”.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) examining corp. In terms of its design, the proposed legislation attempts to deal with each of the Supreme Court’s decisions in Alice, Mayo and Myriad, plus all of their progeny applications thereafter engendered by the Federal Circuit, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), all the way down to the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 18, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) practices. With the comment period set to close on June 20, more than 11,000 comments had been filed as of Friday, June 16, in response to the U.S. Only 265 of those had been posted as of Friday, however.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In 2022, the Federal Circuit definitively ruled that artificial intelligence (AI) systems cannot be named inventors or co-inventors on patent applications, reinforcing the longstanding principle that only natural persons are eligible as inventors under the Patent Act.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2022

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held oral argument on the issue of whether an invention generated by artificial intelligence (AI) is patentable. Thaler listed DABUS as the inventor on two patent applications, one for a light beacon and one for a beverage container, that he filed with the U.S. On June 6, the U.S. The Appeal.

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