The IPKat
AUGUST 11, 2023
In keeping with the so-called media "silly season" of late summer, PatKat thought she would check-in on the AI inventor debate. The process of patent prosecution determines whether the application contains an invention that may be awarded a patent. Sceptical Kat Has DABUS invented? Perhaps herein lies the problem.
Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts
JUNE 14, 2022
When applying for a patent at the USPTO, the applicant must name all inventors of the invention claimed in the patent application. Absent an assignment, each joint inventor may exploit the invention without the permission of, and without accounting to, the other joint inventors. Practice tip. Right of priority.
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IP Watchdog
JULY 29, 2021
South Africa’s patent office has granted the first patent for an invention conceived by an artificial intelligence (AI) inventor, DABUS. The patent is for “a food container based on fractal geometry,” and was accepted by South Africa’s Companies and Intellectual Property Commission on June 24.
LexBlog IP
JUNE 23, 2022
The Patent Reexamination and Invalidation Department (PRID) of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) invalidated the CN Invention Patent No. The novelty art is an article published within the grace period (i.e., 201310567987.0 (the Andry Dong is a paralegal in Perkins Coie’s Shanghai office.
IPilogue
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
According to a recent study published in UNSW Law Journal , feminized names are less likely to be granted a patent in Australia. The study investigated female patenting rates in Australia over a period of 15 years. The study revealed that male sounding names were much more likely to have their patents granted.
LexBlog IP
OCTOBER 24, 2023
This post was originally published to Seyfarth’s Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill Blog. In a recent post , we discussed whether patent applications could provide insight into the blueprints of extraterrestrial spacecraft. Additionally, the B1 kind code indicates that the application was not published. Finally, Fig.
Trading Secrets
OCTOBER 24, 2023
This post was originally published to Seyfarth’s Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill Blog. In a recent post , we discussed whether patent applications could provide insight into the blueprints of extraterrestrial spacecraft. Additionally, the B1 kind code indicates that the application was not published. Finally, Fig.
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