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Navigating the Patent Maze: Challenges and Controversies in Emerging Technologies

IP and Legal Filings

Many courts tried to determine whether a software invention is abstract by devising several tests to determine whether any invention related to computers might be patentable. 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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Alice is Alive and Well!

The IP Law Blog

Not everything is patentable. First, only inventions are patentable. Second, only certain inventions are patentable. Four types of inventions are patentable: articles of manufacture, machines, processes, and compositions of matter. Alice Corp. CLS Bank International , 573 U.S. 208, 216, 219 (2014).

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Announcing the 3rd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law

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The third was an essay competition held by CREATe on the topic of how Artificial Intelligence would change the practice of intellectual property law. Shamnad won the second prize in that competition for his essay titled ‘Artificial Invention: Mind the Machine’. Press, 2019) and Intellectual Property Law and Access to Medicines (Eds.,

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Protection of Computer-Related Inventions : An Indian Perspective

Intepat

INTRODUCTION As technology continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, Computer-Related Inventions (CRIs) have become a crucial component of modern innovation. The Patents Act, 1970, provides for the protection of CRIs, but there has been significant debate over the years regarding the patentability of such inventions in India.

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A Typical Eligibility Case in 2023

Patently-O

Ask whether the claimed invention is directed toward a categorical exclusion. If yes, ask whether the claimed invention includes something more, such as an inventive concept that transforms the abstract idea into a patent eligible invention. 66 (2012); Alice Corp. Prometheus , 566 U.S. 208 (2014).

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The Supreme Court and Patent Protection for Medical Diagnostics: A Closer Look at CareDx and Stanford U v. Eurofins

Patently-O

Supreme Court 2023) offers an opportunity to examine the patent eligibility doctrine in the context of an important health diagnostics innovation. This case has potentially significant implications for US patent law doctrine as well as potential impact on investment in medical diagnostics. Eurofins Viracor, Inc.

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EPO consults on patent grace periods (again)

The IPKat

The EPO has launched a user consultation on grace periods for patents, the results of which will be published in early 2022 ( EPO press release ). The EPC as it currently stands does not permit a grace period in which inventors may disclose their invention without prejudicing a future patent filing. 102(b)(1)(A) ).

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