LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

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. Also, Howard was not named as an inventor. 9,980,498 (the “’498 Patent”).

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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. Recommendations vis-à-vis Inventorship and Ownership. Well, the answer is no according to the IP Owners Association (whose members include Microsoft, Google, Apple, Oracle, IBM, etc.),

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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. In the evaluation stage, expert AI examiners evaluated each document for AI component technology. Where do Canadians Patent?

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This is a book review of Teaching Intellectual Property Law: Strategy and Management edited by Sabine Jacques, Associate Professor in Information Technology, Media and Intellectual Property Law, University of East Anglia Law School and Ruth Soetendorp, Visiting Academic, City University of London and Professor Emerita, Bournemouth University.

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IPilogue

JUNE 2, 2022

Reversing what seemed like a victory for supporters of AI-owned intellectual property, the full bench of the Federal Court of Australia has confirmed the majority view of the world: only human inventors can own patent rights to their creations. Previously, IPilogue reported that Australia has granted patent ownership to an AI inventor.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

DABUS and its creator Dr. Stephen Thaler have garnered worldwide attention when patent applications naming DABUS as the sole inventor were filed in several national patent offices. These filings have spurred meaningful discussion about AI-related inventorship and ownership and patents have been granted in Australia and South Africa.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

by Dennis Crouch The White House this week issued a new executive order focusing on a variety of aspects of regulating artificial intelligence, some of which focuses on IP issues. ” Safeguarding privacy including through evaluating commercial data use and advancing privacy-enhancing technologies.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 3, 2024

The grounds for the court’s decision was the definition of “inventor” under the Patents Act 1977 (the Act ) which requires the inventor of a patent to be a natural person. The court unanimously found that AI cannot.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 26, 2022

David Park is an IP Intensive student and a 3L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Over the past few months, I was lucky to be placed at two very different organizations as part of the IP and Technology Intensive Program. During my virtual placement at Alectra, I continued an IP audit started by the previous year’s intern.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 2, 2021

The Federal Court of Australia on Friday ruled in Thaler v Commissioner of Patents [2021] FCA 879 that an artificial intelligence (AI) system can be an inventor under the Australian Patents Act. 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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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In today’s era, where the whole world has turned to virtual means, blockchain as a technology is gathering everyone’s attention and showing accelerating growth in its market. In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable?

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Patent Trademark Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

Startups frequently ask whether their patent should be owned by the company or the individual inventors. A US patent application must identify each individual inventor who contributed to the claimed invention whether or not they have ownership rights. IP can certainly boost the value of your company.

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IPilogue

MAY 18, 2022

Mariela Gutierrez Olivares is an IP Innovation Clinic Fellow and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. This blog was prepared as a requirement for the Directed Reading: IP Innovation Program course, taught by Prof. Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies prevail all around us. Pina D’Agostino. The Legal Conundrum.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Ownership of intellectual property (IP) used as collateral often belongs to the borrower. A lender may, however, impose restrictions on how the IP may be used in the future. The ability to licence the IP or transfer it to others may be impacted by this. Applying for IP Financing.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

As an inventor, there’s nothing more thrilling than having a big corporation take interest in your idea. Patenting is essentially claiming ownership of your invention by obtaining exclusive rights to make, use, or sell it. Patents played a crucial role in proving ownership and securing Voxer’s compensation.

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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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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The balance that patent law seeks to achieve is well known, with Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 , of the United States Constitution defining the purpose “to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.”

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 18, 2021

Contrary to most legal practice, representing inventors to secure a patent does not require a licensed attorney. Patent agents” can also represent inventors when seeking a patent from the USPTO. On this exam, applicants are tested on laws and rules that address patentability issues and inventor obligations. (A

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LexBlog IP

MAY 11, 2023

Mr. Rothschild is typically both the inventor of the asserted patent and the owner of the company asserting the patents. All troll-like behavior, but from an inventor who is creating the patents rather than mining for them. Leigh Rothschild is a bit different. This suggests at least some of his cases are quite weak.

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Intepat

JANUARY 24, 2024

*Written by Uttara Nair INTRODUCTION The administration and assignment of intellectual property rights, encompassing patents, copyrights, trademarks, designs, geographical indications, and proprietary knowledge, are critical for all business entities, particularly those in the technology sector.

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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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IIPRD

OCTOBER 17, 2022

With new advancements in technology, new challenges come forward. It identifies the product of that company and recognizes its own and gives some rights to ownership that can be enforced. Till then use of AI technology can be the best practice, for example ,companies like Google and Youtube use AI to detect copyrighted content.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

These rights provide exclusive ownership and control over intangible assets, allowing creators to protect their innovations from unauthorised use, reproduction, or distribution. Firstly, intellectual property rights grant startups exclusive ownership over their innovative ideas and inventions.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In this sector, intellectual property (IP) regulations are essential for defending the rights of inventors, artists, and producers. Copyright and trademark are the most important IP rights in this industry. It gives authors and artists the sole ownership rights to their original writings, music, films, and artwork.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Unfortunately, this won’t be the last word on the IP protectability of emojis. Also, the iDiversicons’ inventor got a brief shoutout in 2019 The Emoji Story documentary, which made me wince after seeing this lawsuit. Copyright Owner Claims Ownership Over Depicting Emoji Symbols in Multiple Colors–Cub Club v.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 25, 2022

These stakeholders range from inventors, patent owners, licensees and patent examiners. The most direct stakeholders are the inventors who conceptualized the invention that is now patented. The inventor’s rights to the patent vary depending on ownership, further explained below.

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Kashishipr

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Also, there arise questions of obviousness and ownership rights. Even if the organism is made by isolation involving human intervention, ownership could still violate nature. Similarly, where a human gene is separated for treatment of an ailment, it is erroneous to claim ownership. ’ Conclusion.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

4] Globally, countries are at varying stages in enacting rules governing AI, signalling a range of approaches to the technology’s regulation across jurisdictions. [5] 6] For example, the CMA published an initial report on AI foundation models in September 2023. [7]

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 10, 2023

Metaverse is a 3D world where multiple users can interact with each other using evolving technology that would enable the users to enjoy real time experience of the events and activities happening in the virtual world. It’s a famous novel in the world of technology and Geeks. The metaverse is no more a dream rather a possibility.

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Patent Trademark Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Are there any patent grace periods that might give inventors more time to file? Grace periods are generally applicable to the pre-filing activities of inventors and others connected to the inventors (e.g., third parties who divulged information taken from the inventors). And how late is too late? Whose activities matter?

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

A comprehensive guide to intellectual property and legal protections for software technology. As a software developer, investor, visionary that has invested significant time and resources into software technology, it is crucial not to share the details of your innovation until you have taken steps to protect it properly.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Background Malvern Panalytical Inc. (“Malvern”) sued TA Instruments-Waters LLC and Waters Technology Corporation (collectively, “Waters”) in the District of Delaware for infringement of various claims of U.S. 8,827,549 (the “’549 patent”) and its parent, U.S. § 257.

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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 inventor of the invention and the corresponding contract number that the agreement was conceived under. important;}}.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 27, 2023

The firm was founded in 1999 [ sic ] and has since grown to become one of the largest IP law firms in the Midwest region of the United States. Marshall Gerstein’s practice areas include patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and related litigation, as well as IP licensing, counseling, and transactions. ” Id.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The government has been supportive to the endeavors of MSMEs, which can be seen through the concession on fees within the IP framework and otherwise. Cross-licensing agreements also enable access to external technology. Over the years, they have generated 7.56 Enhancing Reputation: A robust patent portfolio enhances corporate image.

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