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Innovating the Term ‘Inventor’: AI and Patent Law

IPilogue

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. Europe, Australia, and South Africa, only Australia and South Africa granted this patent.

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Patent Law Canons and Canards: Bonito Boats

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For our patent law course today, the students read the Justice O’Connor unanimous opinion in Bonito Boats, Inc. The Florida courts had refused to enforce the law because it conflicted with Federal Patent Law. The Florida courts had refused to enforce the law because it conflicted with Federal Patent Law.

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A Place Where Science Business Meet: My Internship Experience at AstraZeneca Canada

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I can confidently say my internship experience, under the supervision of Denise Lacombe, Head of Legal at AstraZeneca, has been the highlight of my law school career. I was pleased to gain exposure to a variety of topics including patent litigation, pharmaceutical regulations, and privacy law over the course of my internship.

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A Relook at Business Methods in light of Madras High Court’s Decision in Priya Randolph v. Deputy Controller 

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In the impugned order, the Controller acknowledges that although the invention relates to protection of privacy of user, it is a business method since it also relates to a ‘purely business activity’.(extracted It is clear that in most online e-commerce transactions, there are very high privacy and data protection issues.

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AIPLA 2022 Spring Conference in New Orleans

LexBlog IP

This includes the protection and enforcement of patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, trade secrets, privacy, and related subject matter. Membership includes companies, law firms, government personnel, and others who focus on related areas of law. Law Practice management. Patent Law.

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Can You Patent Something by Mailing it to Yourself?

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Navigating the Patent Application Process to Secure Protection and Privacy for Innovative Products As an innovator, you may find yourself in the delicate situation of trying to balance the protection of your trade secrets and obtaining patent protection.

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Congratulations to Bonnie Hassanzadeh on Receiving the IP Osgoode David Vaver Medal for Excellence in Intellectual Property!

IPilogue

In this role, she presented a seminar with the City of Barrie Sandbox Centre along with her peers on “ The Mechanics of Filing a Patent & Patent Law ”. D’Agostino on research around privacy rights in contract tracing amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Outside of her course involvement, she also worked with Prof.