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White House Executive Order on AI Punts on IP Issues

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The White House Executive Order on AI (“EO”) is comprehensive and covers a wide range of topics. One of the topics which raises many legal issues, particularly with generative AI (“genAI”), is intellectual property. We provided a summary here. It addresses many of the risks and problems that can arise with AI.

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Only Humans are Inventive?

Patently-O

Patent Law, because the U.S. Patent Act was amended in 2011 to expressly require that inventors be “individuals.” In its newest decision on the topic, the Federal Circuit declares instead, for the purposes of patent law, an inventor must be human. The word individual is important for U.S. 35 U.S.C. §

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ChatUSG: What Companies Doing Business with the Government Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Human Alternatives, Consideration, and Fallback : Individuals should be able to opt out, where appropriate, and have the ability to discuss with another individual any considerations and remedies encountered. Patent and Trademark Office have developed initiatives to focus on IP issues with AI. The AI RMF 1.0

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USPTO Asks Whether AI Inventorship Uncertainty Requires Change

IP Watchdog

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is requesting public comments on artificial intelligence (AI) and inventorship via a Federal Register Notice published today, February 14. That decision was upheld by the district court and U.S.

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Blow to AI, Clarity for Humans: Key Insights from the DABUS Rulings

IP Watchdog

The August 2019 announcement that two patent applications had been filed naming an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm as an inventor in the United States and a dozen other countries was regarded as disruptive and profound at the time. It was one of the hot topics in patent law during those last few months before the pandemic.

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[Guest post] Can AI be considered a PHOSITA? Policy debates in the US and the EU

The IPKat

The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Anna Pokrovskaya (RUDN University, Intellectual Property Center “Skolkovo”) reviewing current debates in the US and the EU on the role that Artificial Intelligence (AI) may play in patentability considerations.

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Announcing the Winners of the 2nd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law!

SpicyIP

Like last year, we kept the topic selection open to participants – asking them to choose any topic they wanted so long as it related to IP. Nonetheless, we were glad to see entries across a range of interesting topics and are very happy to see relatively uncommon topics take the podium places. And the winners are: 1.

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