IP Watchdog
JULY 14, 2022
patent system. This online academy is the latest of several efforts by Congress and patent system stakeholders in recent years to unlock the innovative potential of women, people of color, LGBTQIA, and low-income inventors to benefit the U.S.
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
The 2022 class of inductees into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF), announced earlier this week, includes the inventors of the foundational technology for messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based vaccines, the Super Soaker, and Laserphaco cataract surgery.
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Patently-O
MARCH 21, 2023
Vidal ask the Supreme Court one simple question: Does the Patent Act categorically restrict the statutory term ‘inventor’ to human beings alone? In Thaler’s view, DABUS was the inventor since it was the “individual. Patent
IP Watchdog
AUGUST 5, 2022
Vidal that an artificial intelligence (AI) machine does not qualify as an inventor under the Patent Act. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled today in Thaler v.
IP Watchdog
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The inventor of a novel jump rope system (the Revolution Rope), Molly Metz, argued in a reply brief to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Last September, a bipartisan pair of Senators introduced the Pride in Patent Ownership Act, which, if passed, would add greatly-needed transparency to our patent system. The legislation would require patent owners to disclose their identity to the U.S.
IP Watchdog
AUGUST 13, 2022
On August 5, US Inventor and Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund (Eagle Forum ELDF) jointly filed an Amicus Brief supporting inventor David Tropp’s petition for a writ of certiorari to the U.S.
IP Close Up
MARCH 21, 2023
IP Watchdog
JUNE 9, 2022
While Vidal’s announcement is certainly welcome news to many inventors who are in financial need, it fails to address larger issues faced by inventors at the PTAB that have been voiced by members of Congress and the inventor community alike in recent months. On June 7, the U.S.
IP Watchdog
JULY 27, 2022
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal penned a blog post today announcing several new programs aimed at expanding the U.S.
Patently-O
JULY 28, 2021
Most patents involve two or more joint inventors who all claim to have contributed significantly to the invention. The MPEP, for example, includes a statement in all-caps that “CONCEPTION MUST BE DONE IN THE MIND OF THE INVENTOR.” Patentby Dennis Crouch.
JD Supra Law
AUGUST 9, 2022
Summary: Under the Patent Act , an “inventor” must be a natural person. Therefore, an AI system cannot be an inventor. Thaler filed two patent applications with the PTO listing DABUS, an AI system, as the sole inventor. Before Moore, Taranto, and Stark.
IP Watchdog
JULY 11, 2022
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments in US Inventor v. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) development of the Fintiv framework for discretionary denials of petitions for Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings. On July 6, the U.S.
JD Supra Law
AUGUST 10, 2022
Vidal, the Federal Circuit affirmed that patent inventors must be natural persons, rejecting a technologist's attempt to name an artificial intelligence as the sole inventor on patent applications. On August 5, 2022, in Thader v.
IP Watchdog
AUGUST 7, 2021
With South Africa’s patent office having recently granted the first patent to an AI inventor, and an Australian court ruling in favor of AI inventorship, it’s time to review how we got here—and where we’re going.
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a decision granting a Motion for Summary Judgment for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and upholding the Office’s view that AI algorithms cannot be listed as inventors on U.S. patents.
JD Supra Law
AUGUST 11, 2022
Patent Trademark Office (PTO) in holding that artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be considered an “inventor” for purposes of obtaining patents. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has agreed with the U.S.
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 19, 2022
Our previous blog posts, Artificial Intelligence as the Inventor of Life Sciences Patents? and Update on Artificial Intelligence: Court Rules that AI Cannot Qualify As “Inventor,” discuss recent inventorship issues surrounding AI and its implications for life sciences innovations.
JD Supra Law
MARCH 7, 2023
We previously discussed the UK Court of Appeal's judgment in Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Trade Marks and Designs in December 2021 (Court of Appeal Judgment on Machine Inventors).
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Among these triumphs are the inventions black inventors have contributed, many of which were not recognized with a patent because the Patent Acts of 1793 and 1836 barred slaves from obtaining patents because they were not considered citizens.
IP Watchdog
JULY 12, 2022
Neapco just a few days earlier, inventor David Tropp on July 5 again asked the Court to unravel U.S. patent eligibility law. Courts Federal Circuit IP News IPWatchdog Articles Litigation Patents Technology & Innovation US Supreme Court Alice Corp. Despite the U.S.
JD Supra Law
AUGUST 13, 2021
The question whether an artificial intelligence (“AI”) system can be named as an inventor in a patent application has obvious implications for the life science community, where AI’s presence is now well established and growing.
IP Watchdog
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued a precedential decision in part reversing and in part affirming a district court’s dismissal of an inventor’s patent infringement suit against Google under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure12(b)(6). The U.S.
IP Watchdog
JANUARY 27, 2022
On January 21, inventor Martin David Hoyle and his company B.E. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a pair of officials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and three administrative patent judges (APJs) who sat on PTAB panels invalidating Hoyle’s patent claims.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 24, 2022
Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Patent Pro Bono Program (PPBP) were African American or Black and 41% were female, according to the latest USPTO Director’s Blog. of all inventors named on U.S. Thirty percent of respondents to a survey of applicants using the U.S.
IP Watchdog
AUGUST 23, 2022
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), in a precedential decision issued today, affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) finding that claims to a computer system for identifying eligibility for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits are invalid as patent ineligible.
IP Watchdog
JANUARY 23, 2023
US Inventor is publicly opposing the appointment of Representative Darrell Issa (R – CA) to Chair the IP Subcommittee due to Issa’s record of IP reforms that are harmful to independent inventors and startups.
The IPKat
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
The question of whether it should be possible to name artificial intelligence (AI) code as an inventor on a patent application continues to dog patent offices and courts around the world. Patent offices do not generally assess claims of inventorship.
IP Watchdog
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
citizen, sued Xiaomi, a Chinese multinational corporation, for patent infringement in New York. Later, Microsoft, naming Xiaomi as the real party in interest, filed an Inter Partes Review (IPR) with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). I attended the hearing at the U.S.
Patently-O
MARCH 11, 2022
Thaler filed for patent protection, but refused to name himself as the inventor — although he created DABUS, these particular inventions did not originate in his mind. The USPTO rejected the applications — explaining US patents must name a human inventor.
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Would you believe the following scenario could happen under our patent system?
IP Close Up
JANUARY 13, 2022
Frederick Shelton IV, arguably the most prolific and financially successful inventors ever, is a Johnson & Johnson medical device innovator unknown to pretty much everyone Continue reading.
JD Supra Law
OCTOBER 4, 2021
But, can an AI be an “inventor” within the meaning of U.S. patent law?
Larson & Larson
MARCH 9, 2023
This article will explore the implications of AI inventorship, and discuss its potential benefits to inventors and the world at large. There are several ways in which AI can assist inventors. This can help inventors to quickly and efficiently identify which ideas are worth pursuing. By using AI to automate the manufacturing and marketing processes, inventors can bring their products to market faster and with less hassle. The post Can my AI collaborator be an inventor?
IPilogue
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
Recently, AI technology once again exceeded the legal community’s expectations by filing a patent for its invention of interlocking food containers. Under patent law, it is the general expectation that inventors are humans, not robots. Patent Law in Canada.
IP Watchdog
MARCH 20, 2023
Recently, the technology has even been used in the realm of intellectual property, with some having used it to draft patent applications.
IPilogue
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
The latest decision from the United States, Thaler v Hirshfeld , comes off the heels of recent judgements in South Africa and Australia asking if AI can be considered the inventor in patent law. Rules Against AI as an Inventor. The Future of AI as an Inventor.
IP Watchdog
AUGUST 8, 2022
Anyone following the debate on patent eligibility can attest to how the Supreme Court’s redefinition of the word “any” in 35 U.S.C. § In U.S. government, setting public policy is the sole and exclusive domain of Congress.
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.
IP Watchdog
AUGUST 10, 2021
A patent owner has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee against former U.S.
JD Supra Law
OCTOBER 4, 2021
On September 2, 2021, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) motion for summary judgement, finding that an artificial intelligence (AI) system cannot be named as an inventor on a patent.
IP Watchdog
JANUARY 4, 2023
Paul Morinville, Founder of US Inventor, recently published a response to my column criticizing RALIA, a bill in Congress that would abolish the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
Patently-O
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Vidal: "Whether an artificial intelligence can be an inventor for purposes of patent law, which implicates the most fundamental aspects of patent law, namely, the nature of inventorship and therefore whether AI discoveries can be patented." PatentQuestion presented in Thaler v.
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