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PTO Revisits What is Patentable

The IP Law Blog

Patent and Trademark Office announced that the PTO would be revisiting the test for patent subject matter eligibility. A patent protects an invention. patent laws agree that subject matter eligibility “needs to be clear, predictable, and consistently applied.” On Monday this week, the Director of the U.S.

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Around the IP Blogs

The IPKat

TRADE MARKS Lise Charles (WTR) provides an overview of the most-read posts on Word Trademark Review (WTR) on European trade mark case law over the past year, including analyses of cases dealing with issues such as unconventional signs (i.e., disputes between domain names and trademarks).

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Are You Unsatisfied With Your Current US Patent Agent or IP Law Firm?

Patent Trademark Blog

Let’s assume, however, that the second patent firm obtains allowances with fewer Office Actions on average than the first firm. Which US patent firm is more cost-effective? That being said, we do offer flat rate costs for patent and trademark applications here.

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PTO Revisits What is Patentable

LexBlog IP

Patent and Trademark Office announced that the PTO would be revisiting the test for patent subject matter eligibility. A patent protects an invention. patent laws agree that subject matter eligibility “needs to be clear, predictable, and consistently applied.”

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Patenting with Artificial Inventors

LexBlog IP

Guidance on using AI to Invent Due to the quick rise of artificial intelligence (AI), most (if not all) of the laws relating to the US patent system were not written with AI in mind. Vidal , a Federal Court of Appeals case that determined whether AI can be listed as an inventor on a patent application.

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Patent – a shield for modern biotechnology

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

This leads to a reduction in the rate of infectious diseases using vaccines and the development of techniques for detecting, treating, and curing diseases such as cancer, diabetes, respiratory complications, cardiovascular problems, and viral diseases like Covid etc. Who can provide for patent rights?

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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

LexBlog IP

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation?” billion and growing at a rate of nearly 5% annually.” ”: Trademarks Using Holy Names and Words.