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Understanding the Contents of a Patent

LexBlog IP

Patents are composed of several different parts, each of which serves a particular purpose in securing the rights of an invention. Each component can provide information to the various stakeholders in the life of a patent. These stakeholders range from inventors, patent owners, licensees and patent examiners.

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2021 IP Year in Review

IPilogue

This article summarizes the top developments reported on our blog and in patents, trademarks, and copyright law in 2021. Continued Debates over AI as an Inventor. Around the world, patent registrars grappled with patent applications that credit artificial intelligence software as the inventor.

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Free Certificate Course in Application of Intellectual Property Rights for Startups and Entrepreneurship [November 22- 23]

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As owners of their intellect, inventors of intellectual properties have a natural right to exclusively commercialise the products of their minds. Comprehend the concept, rationale, and significance of Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.

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Your Intellectual Property Attorney Can be Located in a Different State

LexBlog IP

For example, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is responsible for rules governing federal trademark registration for product and service identification and for issuing patents to inventors, regardless of where the business is located.

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The Sky’s the Limit: How Chestek Frees the USPTO

Patently-O

The USPTO argued that this new address requirement was needed to help enforce its parallel new rule mandating that foreign applicants retain U.S. Other potential examples: Requiring that every application include a signed statement from the inventor explaining their contribution in detail, or face immediate abandonment.

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Can You Copyright or Trademark a Logo Designed by AI?

LexBlog IP

Keep in mind the generators are trained on existing material, including things that are protected by copyright and trademark law and registration and patents. There have been some court decisions on this precise topic, but the law is not completely settled. But what rights do you have to what it creates for you?

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IP infringement in Metaverse

IIPRD

The first and the foremost question which crosses our minds is that does the digital assets in the virtual reality fall under the category of “Goods” under trademark law, and who should be held liable for infringement when the infringer is unknown. With the growing number of patent applications, the risk is also increasing.

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