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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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Suppose you have an inventor or applicant who asks you to file a patent application in the U.S. However, the applicant has limited financial resources for filing the patent application. Should you claim small entity status or micro entity status for the applicant at the time of filing the patent application?

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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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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? Failing to comply would result in the application being considered withdrawn.

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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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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 2, 2021

The Honorable Justice Beach, in a very thorough judgment, set aside the decision of the Deputy Commissioner of Patents that patent application no. The Deputy Commissioner of Patents said that Thaler could not name an inventor because an AI simply cannot be an inventor under the Act.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

This Big Kat is thinking about the big issues for IP in the coming year. The early years focused on investigating and analysing national experiences to understand the relationship between IP and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions. It has been a long road to a Diplomatic Conference.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Intellectual property (IP) can seem abstract. You can see and experience the benefits of innovation, but you can’t touch IP itself. So what is IP exactly? More specifically, IP is a legal right that gives the owner power to stop others from doing something. Can you build IP in selling such existing products?

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IPilogue

APRIL 1, 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. Where do Canadians Patent? Implications for Canada’s Patent Regime. Nicholas A. delivered the second presentation of the session.

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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. Read the full article on Managing IP. Inventorship in the US is a critical component of patent ownership.

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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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Patent Trademark Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

Why assign the patent to your company? A US patent application must identify each individual inventor who contributed to the claimed invention whether or not they have ownership rights. That is why a patent application would never identify a company only. Are you trying to get your company acquired?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) refer to the legal rights granted to individuals or businesses for their creations or inventions. These rights provide exclusive ownership and control over intangible assets, allowing creators to protect their innovations from unauthorised use, reproduction, or distribution.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 11, 2023

Rothschild is likely better described as someone who is capable of slipping a patent application by the Patent Office in very broad terms, then asserting it against technology that is completely different than the invention in the patent. Take the drink mixer invention above.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Can you imagine the accolades someone would receive if they contributed to an invention that improves bacon? 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.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

Once commerce resumes between Russia and the affected countries, foreign owners of Russian patents should have documentation readily available to demonstrate such commercial activity in the hope that Russia authorizes retroactive compulsory licensing payments. underlining added).

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

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. Non-disclosure Agreements (NDAs) for Ownership. A trademark cannot be used to protect an invention, coding, or software program.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

used in those generated logos retain the ownership to that original art and do not give you a license to use it exclusively. usually you won’t be given the rights needed to have ownership or apply for registration, but even if you are, your logo could still be refused copyright and trademark registration for other reasons.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 2, 2023

Particularly, the Federal Circuit has already denied en banc rehearing; additionally, the Federal Circuit is the only court of appeals with jurisdiction over questions of patent law, so no circuit split will occur. under the Patent Act. Stephen Thaler also has related pending patent applications in multiple other jurisdictions.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 24, 2022

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. The nations in which the Contractor seeks to file the patent application. media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-63579507143ea2268{display:

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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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Kashishipr

DECEMBER 8, 2021

To seek Patent Protection on it is not possible per se since the element of the inventive step is absent, which is of the three essential pillars on which a patented invention is found (inventive step, industrial use, and novelty). However, a modified form of life may be considered a patentable subject matter.

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Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

When people find out that I am an Intellectual Property (IP) attorney, I am often battered with questions about the topic. Few people would want something that they put their heart and soul into creating, whether that’s art, music, design, or an invention, being used or sold without their permission. That’s understandable. Trademarks.

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Intepat

JUNE 19, 2023

The various forms of intellectual property are already well known- trademarks, patents, copyrights, industrial designs, trade secrets, domain names and geographical indications. IP assets are primarily directed towards economic gain, either directly or indirectly. The ownership is not transferred.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

Further, anyone holding rights in the invention must also qualify as a small entity. In general, an applicant qualifies as a micro entity under 37 CFR § 1.29 In general, an applicant qualifies as a micro entity under 37 CFR § 1.29 In general, an applicant qualifies as a micro entity under 37 CFR § 1.29

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Dear readers, as you may have noticed, after a bit of a slowdown, SpicyIP is once again picking up steam and we will be looking to bring you the spicy IP updates that you have been used to! Announcing Winners of 3 rd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law. Exploring the “Space” for Makeup Dupes in the Indian IP Framework”.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 17, 2022

It identifies the product of that company and recognizes its own and gives some rights to ownership that can be enforced. Metaverse is based on various patentable technical infrastructures, including AR, VR, cloud computing, etc. With the growing number of patent applications, the risk is also increasing.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2022

Once commerce resumes between Russia and the affected countries, foreign owners of Russian patents should have documentation readily available to demonstrate such commercial activity in the hope that Russia authorizes retroactive compulsory licensing payments. ” (underlining added).

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SpicyIP

JULY 5, 2021

The Chief Information Commission (CIC), while favouring the rights of the author, made a loose assessment of Section 8(1)(d) of the RTI Act enabling a public authority to deny information involving IP on the basis that its disclosure would harm the competitive position of the third party. The present post discusses the (mis?)application

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

They identify some of the assumptions made by the Federal Court of Australia regarding the technical capabilities of AI systems and question the potential consequences of attributing ownership rights to non-human entities in the absence of a more comprehensive analysis. Third, nothing in the Act dictates the contrary conclusion.”.

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Intepat

APRIL 11, 2023

This scheme, however, merely aids the applicants to garner protection for their IPRs and does not in any way transfer ownership of the same to either the facilitators or the government. Accordingly, the scheme does make any changes to the application processes or ensure registration for the IPRs, both nationally and internationally.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 5, 2021

Bonnie Hassanzadeh is an IPilogue Senior Editor, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . . Novelty and non-obviousness are two of the main criteria for patentability. In order to obtain patent protection for an invention, such as a chemical compound, the invention must be novel.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 18, 2023

The owner gets an exclusive right to use or sell for a specific time period as a legal right under the document which we refer throughout this paper as ‘patent’ The patent system is designed to encourage innovation by protecting the rights of inventors to their inventions. 3] In the case of V.B. Mohammaed Ibrahim v.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 25, 2022

And Does it Apply to Stakeholders of a Patent Lifecycle. Patents are composed of several different parts, each of which serves a particular purpose in securing the rights of an invention. Each component can provide information to the various stakeholders in the life of a patent.

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Patent Trademark Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

What can trigger the loss of patent rights is an inventor’s own public disclosure or sale of an invention. Revealing an invention to the public or selling it prior to filing a patent application will bar inventors from obtaining patent rights unless a grace period for a desired country applies.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

” Can you imagine the accolades someone would receive if they contributed to an invention that improves bacon? 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. 9,980,498 (the “’498 Patent”). The court in Pannu v.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 15, 2023

A part of TK is exposed for patent review whereas the rest is kept undisclosed. Furthermore, trade secrets can solve other issues associated with copyright and patent protection which makes it inapplicable to traditional knowledge. With protecting their TK as trade secrets, the community at aim as perpetual ownership.

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