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Traditional Knowledge and Trade Secrets

IP and Legal Filings

Patent laws fail to protect traditional knowledge as it does not recognise generation innovation. Perpetual ownership: Patent and copyright both have a limited period of protection, after which the traditional knowledge falls into the public domain.

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Artificial intelligence and intellectual property rights: the USPTO DABUS decision

Barry Sookman

This is a question that is being studied including by the United States Patent and Trade Mark Office (USPTO) which launched an investigation into issues associated with patenting artificial intelligence inventions. patent law, 35 USC ยงยง 1 et seq. an inventor must be a natural person. In addition, the U.S.