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Patently-O
AUGUST 22, 2022
For our patent law course today, the students read the Justice O’Connor unanimous opinion in Bonito Boats, Inc. The Florida courts had refused to enforce the law because it conflicted with Federal Patent Law. The Florida courts had refused to enforce the law because it conflicted with Federal Patent Law.
Patently-O
JANUARY 17, 2022
The Deepsouth case was about patented equipment for deveining shrimp in order to render them “more pleasing to the fastidious as well as more palatable.” patent law. patents are territorially limited. We know that U.S. patents are territorially limited. Patent Law Amendments Act of 1984, Pub.
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Trading Secrets
APRIL 18, 2023
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.
LexBlog IP
NOVEMBER 7, 2021
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) grants patents to inventions every day. Not every application succeeds in becoming a granted patent, though. Important requirements must be met in order for an invention to be patented. Usefulness: This is a low bar to meet, fortunately.
LexBlog IP
APRIL 18, 2023
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.
LexBlog IP
APRIL 18, 2023
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.
Patently-O
MARCH 4, 2024
by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit held oral arguments on March 4, 2024 in the important patent case of Celanese Int’l. The question: Under the AIA, does sale of a product by the patent applicant prohibit the patentee from later patenting the process used to make the product? v ITC , 22-1827 (Fed. Compare D.L.
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