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Why Should You Patent Your Invention?

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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. Usually, the patent stands valid for 20 years from the date of application. Why should I patent my invention?

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Can We Patent An Idea That Made To Public?

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Will it affect the patentability of the invention? It is time to think if our ideas are patentable if we share them in the public domain. The Intellectual Property Office grants patents to encourage new technology, development, and scientific research. The ideas must be new, useful, and not obvious.

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The Other ‘Maybe’ Authors: Copyright Ownership for AI Trainers

IP Intelligence

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 “lion’s share” cases), and we see that the notion of what an “author” even is is highly nuanced.

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mRNA Patent Litigation: The ‘Sport of Kings’

SpicyIP

Moderna recently sued Pfizer alleging patent infringement of three out of eight patents that cover its Covid 19 vaccine (Spikevax). The sheer size of sales and revenue coupled with patent monopolies and the immense potential of the mRNA technology, makes both these entities King-like – rich, supreme and sometimes hypocritical.

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The Other ‘Maybe’ Authors: Copyright Ownership for AI Trainers

LexBlog IP

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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Traditional Knowledge on the agenda for 2024

The IPKat

A key aspect of the Basic Proposal is an international disclosure requirement for patent applications (Article 3): For inventions based on genetic resources, applicants would be required to disclose the country of origin, or if that is unknown, the source of the genetic resources. The text was not always so narrowly focused on patents.

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Traditional Knowledge and Trade Secrets

IP and Legal Filings

Subsequently, the scientists worked on the plant and developed a patented medicine. A part of TK is exposed for patent review whereas the rest is kept undisclosed. Patent laws fail to protect traditional knowledge as it does not recognise generation innovation.