LexBlog IP

JULY 31, 2023

AI and IP Law: Podcast with Yuri Eliezer by Yuri L. Eliezer AI and Intellectual Property Law An Insightful Discussion with Yuri Eliezer The intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Intellectual Property (IP) Law is becoming increasingly significant in the dynamic landscape of technology and innovation.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 25, 2022

Free Online Tools and Resources for Inventors. As an inventor, you know that protecting your invention is vital to its success. The process of patenting can be daunting, but with the right tools and resources, it doesn’t have to be. PATENT SEARCH TOOLS. Google Patents. Link: patents.google.com.

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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. 9,980,498 (the “’498 Patent”). The ‘498 Patent is directed to a two-step process for cooking bacon pieces. Also, Howard was not named as an inventor.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 14, 2022

The idea of patented inventions brings to mind machines fully realized - flying contraptions and engines with gears and pistons operating in coherent symphony. AI inventors sound much more like philosophers theorizing about machines, rather than mechanics describing a machine.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 18, 2021

The IP Innovation Clinic, the first student-based clinic of its kind in Canada, is seeking law students from Osgoode Hall Law School to provide assistance to under-resourced inventors, entrepreneurs and start-up companies with their innovation and commercialization activities. IP Innovation Clinic Fellows (5-8 positions).

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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. 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

AUGUST 11, 2022

Previously, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) has found that a non-human may infringe patents. But can an AI system be a named inventor on a patent? With the advances in AI technologies, AI systems create drugs, treatments, designs, and more. 16/524,350 (“the ’350 Appl.”)

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In the fast growing economy, innovation is necessary for businesses and Patents as an intellectual property rights protects that innovation. Intellectual property rights provide a negative right in other words a monopoly right to the creator or Inventor over their creation or Invention. 1] WIPO, Competition and Patents. [2]

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 1, 2021

As I recently (tentatively) predicted, on Friday 30 July 2021 Justice Beach in the Federal Court of Australia handed down a judgment giving Australia the dubious honour of becoming the first country in the world to legally recognise a non-human as a valid inventor on a patent application: Thaler v Commissioner of Patents [2021] FCA 879.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 8, 2021

It is not often that one reads a decision which raises not only complex and interesting issues of the correct interpretation of Australian patent legislation, but also calls upon the reader to consider existential and philosophical questions regarding the Promethean role of technology in modern society. ” [7]. ” [7].

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

In Thaler , the Court confronted, analyzed and answered the question of “can an artificial intelligence machine be an ‘inventor’ under the Patent Act?” After analyzing the plain statutory language of the Patent Act and the Federal Circuit authority, the Court held that the “clear answer is no.”

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 4, 2022

The only president ever to obtain one, Abraham Lincoln knew the essential role patents have played in the scientific and technological innovations that have driven American growth and prosperity since the founding of the republic. What was true a century and a half ago remains true today.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 8, 2022

The August 2019 announcement that two patent applications had been filed naming an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm as an inventor in the United States and a dozen other countries was regarded as disruptive and profound at the time. It was one of the hot topics in patent law during those last few months before the pandemic.

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The IPKat

MAY 19, 2024

The prior art is any disclosure, written or oral, made available to the public before the filing date of the patent (with some grace period exceptions in certain jurisdictions for disclosures made by the inventor). Under existing patent law, the patentability of such an invention would require the patent claim to be purpose limited.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 4, 2021

A world first – South Africa recently made headlines by granting a patent for ‘a food container based on fractal geometry’ to a non-human inventor, namely an artificial intelligence (AI) machine called DABUS. Each of these three jurisdictions found sufficient reasons in these formalities to reject DABUS’ patent applications.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 5, 2021

An artificial intelligence system, which has been described as a device for the autonomous bootstrapping of unified sentience (DABUS), was named as the inventor by Dr. Thaler. DABUS was the inventor of two inventions, a type of improved beverage container and a type of flashing beacon meant to be used in emergencies.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

More and more loans are being supported by certain intellectual property assets, such as copyrights, designs, and patents, or revenue streams connected to these assets. Ownership of intellectual property (IP) used as collateral often belongs to the borrower. Applying for IP Financing. In 2021, the creative economy produced 6.98

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 18, 2021

As a result, constant and resolute technological advancements have immensely changed the dynamics of the relationship between technology and laws. One area of law that has been undergoing constant amendments due to changing technologies are patent laws. Today, we live in a wired world.

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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 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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Patently-O

MAY 24, 2023

Bagley , Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law, co-inventor, and Principal, Diversity Pilots Initiative. Watch her video for Invent Together , entitled Challenges Encountered as a Diverse Inventor.

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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. What Does This Mean in the Canadian Context? In Apotex Inc v Wellcome Foundation.,

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IPilogue

AUGUST 13, 2021

Meena Alnajar is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. . Jobs created as a result of the proliferation of AI technology will require extensive education and are often proven to become a male-dominated industries. Photo by Tara Winstead ( Pexels).

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Companies rely on intellectual property (“IP”) rights to protect their valuable information, creations, and branding. IP rights come in several forms: copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets. While there are certain rights in common law trademarks, greater protection is afforded by registering the mark with the USPTO.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 21, 2022

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Blake Brittain: Search For New Patent Hub Begins After Court Ends Waco’s Hold On U.S. Foo Yun Chee: Illumina Offers Patent Licenses To Rivals, Patent Truce With BGI – Sources (Source: Financial Post). New Job Postings on Patently-O: Lathrop GPM. Alliance IP, LLC.

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Intepat

MAY 4, 2023

Interface of Competition Law and Patents Patent law particularly bears more relevance to antitrust jurisprudence. Patent law operates on two principles i.e. to encourage innovation and to promote the progress of science and technology. The Supreme Court in Eldred v.

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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. We will examine the fundamental ideas and rules of copyright, trademark, and patent laws as well as how they relate to various entertainment business sectors in this extensive book.

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IPilogue

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Emily Xiang is an IPilogue Writer, a Senior Fellow with the IP Innovation Clinic, and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. For the first time in decades, the US Supreme Court will engage with enablement in patent applications. The requirement of enablement in US patent law is codified in 35 USC s.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Jason Johnson and Blaze D. Patent System (Source: The New York Times) Paul Stewart: Hostile IP Environment for Inventors Could Hamper US Innovation (Source: Bloomberg Law) Prof.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 12, 2023

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? These orders are in place to protect sensitive technologies from falling into the wrong hands. Figure 4 of U.S. Finally, Fig.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 24, 2023

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? These orders are in place to protect sensitive technologies from falling into the wrong hands. Figure 4 of U.S. Finally, Fig.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Chien , Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law and Margo A. Bagley , Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research, Emory Law School and Hieken Visiting Professor in Patent Law, Harvard Law School (visiting Fall 2022) .

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IPilogue

JUNE 29, 2022

Sally Yoon is an IPilogue Writer, IP Innovation Clinic Fellow, and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. Vaver recognized some of Justice Laddie’s significant contributions to trademark, copyright, and patent law. On June 22, 2022, I had the pleasure of tuning into the 14th Annual Sir Hugh Laddie Lecture.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 5, 2021

An artificial intelligence system, which has been described as a device for the autonomous bootstrapping of unified sentience (DABUS), was named as the inventor by Dr. Thaler. DABUS was the inventor of two inventions, a type of improved beverage container and a type of flashing beacon meant to be used in emergencies.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 10, 2021

March 16, 2013 marked a watershed date in the practice of patent law as the effective date of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA). Not surprisingly, there were a number of patent applications filed that bridged the March 16, 2013 AIA effective date.

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Kashishipr

OCTOBER 20, 2021

On the other hand, international trade law recognizes that where a unique problem arises specifically referable only to a particular field of technology, a solution applying sui generis only to that field of technology cannot be said to be discriminatory according to the ordinary meaning and purpose of the TRIPS Agreement.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Anita Gogia is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. v Canada (Attorney General) the Federal Court has addressed a long-standing complicated issue in patent law, computer-related subject matter. In Choueifaty , the court held that this approach disregarded the intention of the inventor.

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