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Mishandled Disclosures: A Greek Tragedy in IP Law

Patently-O

According to the complaint [ SDNY-1-24-cv-04156-1 ], in 2020 Neuropublic retained Ladas & Parry to assess the patentability of its innovative “telemeter station” technology for the agriculture industry. “Neuropublic’s Proposed Invention Disclosure has been otherwise confidentially maintained and protected in Greek.”

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A Relook at Business Methods in light of Madras High Court’s Decision in Priya Randolph v. Deputy Controller 

SpicyIP

Deputy Controller , Madras High court rejected the contention that the subject invention was excluded for being business method. The findings of this short judgement have possible significant implications on the jurisprudence regarding 3(k) and business methods in the Patent Act. 3(k) of the Patent Act and thereby excluded.

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Can You Patent Something by Mailing it to Yourself?

LexBlog IP

Navigating the Patent Application Process to Secure Protection and Privacy for Innovative Products As an innovator, you may find yourself in the delicate situation of trying to balance the protection of your trade secrets and obtaining patent protection. This effectively provides retroactive patent protection.

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Spilling Secrets to AI: Does Chatting with ChatGPT Unleash Trade Secret or Invention Disclosure Dilemmas?

Trading Secrets

In our AI-driven world, we might rephrase it as: If we share our secrets with an AI language model like ChatGPT, but the information remains unused, does it count as trade secret disclosure or public disclosure of an invention? Spoiler alert: sharing invention details with ChatGPT does not count as public use or on sale. enablement).

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Spilling Secrets to AI: Does Chatting with ChatGPT Unleash Trade Secret or Invention Disclosure Dilemmas?

LexBlog IP

In our AI-driven world, we might rephrase it as: If we share our secrets with an AI language model like ChatGPT, but the information remains unused, does it count as trade secret disclosure or public disclosure of an invention? Spoiler alert: sharing invention details with ChatGPT does not count as public use or on sale. enablement).

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Spilling Secrets to AI: Does Chatting with ChatGPT Unleash Trade Secret or Invention Disclosure Dilemmas?

LexBlog IP

In our AI-driven world, we might rephrase it as: If we share our secrets with an AI language model like ChatGPT, but the information remains unused, does it count as trade secret disclosure or public disclosure of an invention? Spoiler alert: sharing invention details with ChatGPT does not count as public use or on sale. enablement).

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Cloaked in Secrecy: Can Secrecy Orders Shield Alien Innovations?

Trading Secrets

In a recent post , we discussed whether patent applications could provide insight into the blueprints of extraterrestrial spacecraft. Yet, an enigmatic question looms large: would the powers that be genuinely consider patenting such advanced technology, fully aware that patent applications might see the light of day?