IP Blog

MAY 21, 2021

Seeking the answer to the question "When were cars invented?" uncovers quite a few notable and surprising developments in the history of Intellectual Property (IP).

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

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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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Just like your business, the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) also grapples with the boundaries of intellectual property (IP) protection and using AI. An important question is what happens when AI is part of the inventive process. By: Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black

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Patently-O

APRIL 25, 2023

As artificial intelligence progresses at an unprecedented pace, numerous cases have emerged where generative AI has played a crucial role in conceiving an invention. This raises the question of whether it is appropriate to designate the human, who contributed to only a part of the invention and collaborated with the AI, as the sole inventor.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 28, 2023

This week in Washington IP news, as a new school year begins, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) looks at the latest research on invention education. federal government can do to patent rights during a public health emergency.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

During IPWatchdog LIVE 2021 in Dallas, Texas, I asked a handful of willing attendees for their thoughts on the impact of the America Invents Act (AIA) in anticipation of today, the ten-year anniversary of the day President Barack Obama signed the AIA into law. innovation. innovation. patent laws.

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IP.com

JULY 14, 2021

Willis Carrier invented the air conditioner in 1902 and was granted a patent for the invention in 1906. Carrier’s invention was the culmination of centuries of experimentation with air, water, The post How Popular Inventions Came to Life: Who Invented the Air Conditioner?

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office on Monday issued guidance on how it will determine whether inventions developed with the assistance of artificial intelligence can be patented, explaining that a human must have made a "significant contribution."

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IP Law 360

MARCH 15, 2024

significantly contributed to the invention of a road trailer for transporting liquefied natural gas, upholding a lower court's finding that they must be credited as co-inventors on the patent. The Federal Circuit ruled Friday that two executives of pipe company Tube-Mac Industries Inc.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 5, 2024

The Guidance, for USPTO examiners and applicants, addresses inventorship and the use of AI, including generative AI, in the inventive process. The Guidance provides illustrative examples in which AI systems play different roles in the inventive process, to show how the USPTO will analyze inventorship issues. an AI] prompt.

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IP.com

APRIL 5, 2022

How the right editing services can set you on the path to protect that IP. The post The Truth About Invention Disclosures appeared first on IP.com - IP Innovation and Analytics. When you open your GPS to get directions, you must know your destination before.

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Intepat

APRIL 2, 2022

A patent is a form of intellectual property right granted to an invention. It gives the inventor or patent owner exclusive rights and prevents others from manufacturing, selling, or marketing the invention. Patents are valuable assets that enable one to share their invention in public without any fear of being misused.

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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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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

While the Report is comprehensive, it does not recommend any new action to address IP issues with NFTs. The most common concern raised about NFTs, however, was the prevalence of consumer confusion about the IP rights implicated in their creation or transfer.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Can AI inventions be patented? Scott Hervey and Eric Caligiuri explore recent USPTO guidance on patenting AI-assisted inventions in this episode of The Briefing. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel or listen to this podcast episode here.

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

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Among these triumphs are the inventions black inventors have contributed, many of which were not recognized with a patent because the Patent Acts of 1793 and 1836 barred slaves from obtaining patents because they were not considered citizens. By: Harness IP

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Patently-O

APRIL 13, 2022

Ryan Abbott has gathered an amazing group of scholars for his new book on AI and IP that is forthcoming later this year. Yes, a corporation may own or license an invention and its resulting patents. Noam Shemtov and Garry Gabison, The Inventive Step Requirement and the Rise of the AI Machines. Abbott, ed.). Read mine here ].

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IP Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2020

When you work day and night in the trenches of Intellectual Property, it can be difficult not to think of concepts like invention and innovation outside of their oft-complex legal contexts. So many of the IP assets we help creators protect are not even physical objects, let alone practical items you can see daily.

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Nelligan Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes The advent calendar, that delightful holiday companion, has not only evolved from chalk lines and candles but also taken a fascinating journey through the world of intellectual property (IP). A whirlwind of inventive ideas emerged faster than you can say, “Deck the halls with boughs of holly!

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 16, 2024

Last week, the US House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet held a hearing entitled “Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: Part III – IP Protection for AI-Assisted Inventions and Creative Works. By: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

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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] The Guidance strives to ensure balance between protecting and incentivizing AI-assisted inventions and not hindering future human innovation, as “the patent system is designed to encourage human ingenuity.” [2]

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The IP Law Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2022

In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog , Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss a defamation dispute between Rachel Williams – a victim of con artist Anna Sorokin – and Netflix, over her portrayal in the docudrama “Inventing Anna.”. Listen to this podcast episode here. Watch this episode here:

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2024

Can AI inventions be patented? Scott Hervey and Eric Caligiuri explore recent USPTO guidance on patenting AI-assisted inventions in this episode of The Briefing. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel or listen to this podcast episode here.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2024

Can AI inventions be patented? Scott Hervey and Eric Caligiuri explore recent USPTO guidance on patenting AI-assisted inventions in this episode of The Briefing. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel or listen to this podcast episode here.

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IP.com

JULY 26, 2021

The post How to Improve an Invention with IP.com appeared first on IP.com - IP Innovation and Analytics. New ideas—even really good ones—aren’t ready for a patent application and spot on store shelves right out of the gate. The most successful ideas aren’t actually very new at all.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 7, 2022

In this episode of The Briefing by the IP Law Blog , Scott Hervey and Josh Escovedo discuss a defamation dispute between Rachel Williams – a victim of con artist Anna Sorokin – and Netflix, over her portrayal in the docudrama “Inventing Anna.” ” Listen to this podcast episode here.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) may change how we invent: many envision a collaborative approach between human inventors and AI systems that develop novel solutions to problems together. Such AI-assisted inventions present a new set of legal issues under patent law. On February 13, 2024, the U.S. 101 and 115.

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Trading Secrets

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The amendment adds a new Section 203-f to the Labor Law, which addresses the assignment of inventions made by employees. Instead, the language suggests that invention-assignment provisions in employment agreements executed on or after September 15, 2023, are unenforceable unless they comport with the new law.

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IP.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The proper authorship of invention disclosures as an internal document meant to record and communicate the processes and products of early-stage innovation can be overlooked. It is an internal document, The post Do More with Your Invention Disclosures appeared first on IP.com - IP Innovation and Analytics.

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Olartemoure Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

However, we do know about the first self-propelled wheelchair that was invented in 1655 by Stephan Farfler in Nuremberg , a 22 year old paraplegic clock-maker who built it to aid his own mobility. Since then, there have been various technological and design advancements to improve the wheelchair.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 30, 2023

by Dennis Crouch USC IP P’ship, L.P. August 30, 2023) In a non-precedential opinion authored by Judge Pauline Newman, the Federal Circuit has affirmed USC IP Partnership’s asserted patent claims are all invalid. Back in 2020, USC IP sued Facebook for infringing its U.S. USC IP P’ship, L.P. Facebook, Inc.,

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IP.com

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The post Invention Stories: Ring Tackles Better Home Security appeared first on IP.com - IP Innovation and Analytics.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 25, 2023

While many speakers cautioned against moving too quickly to change the rules for AI-generated inventions, others warned that doing nothing could result in chaos for the USPTO and grave economic and innovation losses for the country.

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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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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The amendment adds a new Section 203-f to the Labor Law, which addresses the assignment of inventions made by employees. Instead, the language suggests that invention-assignment provisions in employment agreements executed on or after September 15, 2023, are unenforceable unless they comport with the new law.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 31, 2023

PatentNext Summary: Software and computer-implemented inventions (CII) have experienced explosive growth in recent years. Mr. Tan is a partner at FPA Patent Attorneys IP ([link] and may be reached at desmond.tan@fpapatents.com.sg This article is co-authored by Desmond Tan, Amie Khosla, and Ryan N. . or by telephone at +65 6956 9943.

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