The IPKat

MAY 18, 2022

The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has published documents outlining its main activities and targets, setting out how it will deliver on its ‘ambitions’ and ‘corporate priorities’. It plays a fundamental role in ensuring that the UK becomes the most innovative and creative country in the world.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Image: Thomson Reuters In ‘The Artificial Inventor’ ( Thomson Reuters ), Luz Sánchez García (University of Murcia) characterises humanity as standing at the cusp of an ‘Artificial Invention Age’ in which Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer used as a tool but rather a creative partner or independent innovator.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Inventors, often with entrepreneurial aspirations, are tasked with not only building a better mousetrap, but also protecting their ideas with patent filings. Originally Published in The Journal Record - October 2022. By: Crowe & Dunlevy

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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 Supreme Court is merely considering whether an AI may be formally designated as an inventor on a UK patent. This Kat will not reiterate her previous thoughts on Dr Thaler's AI inventor crusade ( IPKat ).

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 29, 2024

On January 10, 2024, the USPTO published guidelines for assessing enablement in view of Amgen v. ” The post USPTO Publishes Enablement Guidelines in view of Amgen v. Sanofi and other recent court cases (“the Guidelines”). ” “The enablement requirement refers to the requirement of 35 U.S.C. §

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MAY 24, 2022

Celebrating Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Inventors and Entrepreneurs. Learn more about Kinnos in an interview with its three founders, published by the USPTO in April 2021 as part of its “Journeys of Innovation” series. and the inventor of FreshPaper sheets?that May 24, 2022. KCPullen@doc.gov.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2023

But assuming Weber’s account is a fair assessment, I would suggest that it raises additional questions about the ongoing global efforts – driven by Professor Ryan Abbott and his Artificial Inventor Project – challenging the legal barriers to AI inventorship and authorship.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 20, 2021

This case concerns the question of whether a patent may be granted for an invention that was devised by a machine, rather than by a human inventor. I have written an article targeted to a more general audience, which has been published by InnovationAus , providing an overview of the Australian case, and broadly discussing my concerns.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 20, 2022

Germany’s Federal Patent Court has set aside a decision by the country’s Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) that refused a patent application naming an artificial intelligence (AI) as the inventor. Thaler and the inventor as “DABUS - The invention was autonomously generated by an artificial intelligence.”.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MAY 27, 2021

Inventors, Physicists and Entrepreneurs: Commerce Home to Diverse-Range of AANHPI Pioneers. Inventors, Physicists and Entrepreneurs: Commerce Home to Diverse-Range of AANHPI Pioneers. LEADING INVENTOR IN ACCESSIBILITY TECHNOLOGY CHIEKO ASAKAWA. Leading Inventor in Accessibility Technology Chieko Asakawa More details.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently published guidance regarding artificial intelligence (AI) assisted invention.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently published examination guidance and a request for comments on the treatment of inventorship for inventions created with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. In the analysis, the AI can never be considered an inventor regardless of its level of contribution. Vidal , 43 F.4th

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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). I offer a few observations in reply. manufacturing.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 27, 2023

Startups and Inventors for Jobs (USIJ) published a White Paper this week applauding the introduction of the Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act, which was introduced in June. The Alliance of U.S.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Earlier today, the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) published their annual list of the top 100 worldwide universities that received the most U.S. utility patents during the 2021 calendar year. The NAI is a member organization comprising U.S.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 18, 2023

The other intellectual property branches of copyrights and patents afford authors and inventors exclusive rights to their creations. In many cases, patents are published for public view. However, not all creations are best fit for publication as is required for both patent and copyright protection. By: Caldwell

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Key takeaways from the meeting and published materials will be summarized in our Three-Part Blog Series. Overall, AI is increasingly used in biotechnology, however biotechnology AI patenting is diffusing across all technologies, owners, and inventor-patentees. Part Two – Landscape of AI in Biotechnology.

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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 notice of issuance was published in the July 2021 Patent Journal. .

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IP Watchdog

MAY 2, 2022

On April 28, Google’s General Counsel Halimah DeLaine Prado authored a post published on Google’s official blog to voice concerns felt by one of the world’s richest corporations that the U.S. patent system is currently in a state of growing crisis. federal government to address patent quality, abusive litigation and forum shopping.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 8, 2022

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the European General Court reverses part of a ruling by the European Union Intellectual Property Office, restoring some trademark rights for the “BALLON D’OR” mark; Senator Chuck Grassley urges the U.S.

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Patently-O

APRIL 25, 2023

In certain instances, if the AI were human, it would be rightfully recognized as at least a joint inventor. This raises the question of whether it is appropriate to designate the human, who contributed to only a part of the invention and collaborated with the AI, as the sole inventor.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Soon after this decision, members of the Congressional Subcommittee on Intellectual Property asked the USPTO to publish a request for information on the current state of patent eligibility jurisprudence in the United States. The question of whether an AI system can be an inventor is now expected to proceed to the Federal Circuit.

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Patently-O

MAY 10, 2024

The data also indicate that this trend spans a diverse set of entities—from large tech corporations to small startups and individual inventors. The USPTO’s regulatory proposal has now been published and can be reviewed here: [link].

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The EPO has launched a user consultation on grace periods for patents, the results of which will be published in early 2022 ( EPO press release ). The EPC as it currently stands does not permit a grace period in which inventors may disclose their invention without prejudicing a future patent filing. 102(b)(1)(A) ). 102(b)(1)(A) ).

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Key takeaways from the meeting and published materials will be summarized in our Three-Part Blog Series. Overall, AI is increasingly used in biotechnology, however biotechnology AI patenting is diffusing across all technologies, owners, and inventor-patentees.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

First published by ALM / Law.com in The Intellectual Property Strategist All of us have been exposed to and perhaps even overwhelmed by news about generative artificial intelligence (AI). 2022) recently confirmed that an inventor under the patent statute must be a natural person. Vidal , No. 2021-2347 (Fed.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 15, 2022

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Senators Thom Tillis and Patrick Leahy announce a forthcoming bill to limit petitioner challenges at the PTAB, preventing abuse; the U.S. patent law.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 20, 2023

Gernsback was also an inventor and serious scientific thinker in his own right. To support his business, he initially published catalogs for mail-order electrical components, but the catalogs soon morphed into full-sized magazines with titles like “Modern Electrics, ” marketed to inventors and amateur “tinkerers.”

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Patently-O

JANUARY 9, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The text of pre-AIA Section 102(a) suggests that an inventor’s own prior publication qualifies as invalidating prior art, even if within the 1-year grace period. The press release specifically quotes and references Dr. Bill Forbes, who is listed as an inventor on the IBS-D patents. ” In re Katz , 687 F.2d

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

1 are defined in an article published in 2020 by the USPTO. Inventors and patent attorneys often face the challenge of effectively protecting new AI technology development. The rule of thumb is to focus the patent protection on what the inventors improve over the conventional technology. from 1990-2018.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It builds on the existing inventorship framework by providing instructions to examiners and applicants on determining the correct inventor(s) to be named in a patent or patent application for inventions created by humans with the assistance of one or more AI systems.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 16, 2021

Earlier this month, the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) published their annual list of the top 100 worldwide universities that received the most U.S. utility patents during the 2020 calendar year. The NAI is a member organization comprising U.S.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The AmeriKat instructing her computer overlord to come up with an invention which turns household objects into tuna Can machines be inventors? Over to Henry : "Background Dr Stephen Thaler is the inventor of an artificial intelligence machine called DABUS. 7(3) was that the inventor is a person ([19]). DABUS made inventions.

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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. However, this Australian study better reflects worldwide applications because most Australian patent applications are from international inventors who have filed patents in several jurisdictions.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2023

On 30 November 2023, the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) published the findings of a survey on “Intellectual Property Principle – What the IP Community regards as important” ( executive summary and slides ). The survey was conducted by response:AI, an independent market research firm.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 28, 2023

This all comes at the detriment of the profits of major publishers, but many argue that’s an easy tradeoff to make. Sci-Hub has been sued several times and owes millions in damages to major publishers. They’re a thorn in the side of major publishers, but on the other side of the debate, Elbakyan reaps praise.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 9, 2021

The human inventor condition can be found in Section 6(1)(a) of the Patents Act, 1970, which provides that the application for a patent can be filed ‘ by any person claiming to be true and first inventor of the invention’. How would an AI enforce its rights in case of infringement if it’s both the inventor and the owner?

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