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Guest Post: DABUS Gains Traction: South Africa Becomes First Country to Recognize AI-Invented Patent

Patently-O

Ryan Abbott, have made headlines around the world as they sought patent protection for a fractal-inspired beverage container (shown below) that they contend was invented by DABUS. Does substantive South African patent law preclude AI inventorship? Was granting the patent a mistake? Stephen Thaler and Prof.

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Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on IPR: Tipping the Scales of Patent Law? Part I

SpicyIP

The Report focuses on reviewing the working of the Patents Act since its 2005 amendment that brought the Indian legislation in compliance with the TRIPS Agreement. A significant portion of the Report is dedicated to suggesting changes to the Patents Act, albeit without much justification on why these changes are needed.

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Today in Patent Law Class: Markman v. Westview Instruments

Patently-O

Today in Patent Law Class, we covered the Supreme Court’s important decision in Markman v. 370 (1996) focusing on the question of whether the patentee has a 7th Amendment right to have a jury decide “genuine factual disputes about the meaning of a patent?” 2005) (en banc) was decided and the dust settled.

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Supreme Court on Patent Law: November 2023

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch The Supreme Court is set to consider several significant patent law petitions addressing a range of issues from the application of obviousness standards, challenges to PTAB procedures, interpretation of joinder time limits IPR, to the proper scope patent eligibility doctrine. 408, 417 (2005). See Artuz v.

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Informal innovation: The re-emergence of ‘informal’ washing machines

SpicyIP

In fact, a very similar ‘invention’ was made by Remya Jose, a 10 th grade school student from rural Kerala, in the early 2000s. They may not qualify as ‘inventions’ under the high standards of patent law but they are innovations nonetheless and ones that can go a long way in making positive societal changes.

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Navigating the Patent Maze: Challenges and Controversies in Emerging Technologies

IP and Legal Filings

LEGAL DISPUTES AND COURT DECISIONS ON METAVERSE, VIRTUAL REALITY, AND SOFTWARE PATENTS IN INDIA It sought to bring software patents to India through Patent Amendment Act 2005. So far, there remains no valid test, set of rules, body of practice, or body of decisions that could determine patent eligibility.

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[Guest post] Closing the patent loophole across borders

The IPKat

Patents set themselves apart from other IP rights as inventions are often composed of multiple physical components or steps in a method, which does not necessarily have to exist or be performed at the same time and place. There is no single claim element to construe as the “substance” of the invention. Research in Motion, Ltd.,

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