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Does Justice Thomas Hate Invention or Just the Hubris of Inventors?

Patently-O

While the majority opinion, authored by Justice Kavanaugh, upheld the MRT, Justice Thomas published a strong dissent relying upon an invention metaphor in a decidedly negative light, something that he has done in several other recent opinions. ” Justice Thomas is not alone in his negative view of judicial invention. .”

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Post-Default Creditor’s Right to Assign, License and Enforce Patent does not Disturb Patentee’s Separate Right to Sue Infringers

Patently-O

May 1, 2024) offers some interesting insight into leveraged patent transactions, and the effect of a lender’s ability to license or assign a patent on the patent owner’s standing to sue for infringement, especially after default. Zebra Techs. 2022-2207 (Fed. ” IT sued Zebra for infringement in the W.D.Tex.,

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Zolgensma and the Inadequacies of the Compulsory Licensing Regime

SpicyIP

Zolgensma and the Inadequacies of the Compulsory Licensing Regime. Compulsory Licensing: Chinks in the Armor. The TRIPS Agreement has incorporated certain fail-safes in the form of Compulsory Licenses for when patents are seen to be acting contrary to public need. The invention not being reasonably affordable.

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Book Review: Intellectual Property as a Complex Adaptive System

The IPKat

In Chapter 4, Beatriz Conde Gallego debates whether owners of standard-essential patents (SEPs) must grant licences in “license to all” or “access to all” approaches. Chapter 6, authored by Ryan Abbott, ponders whether current patentability criteria may fit AI-generated inventions.

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Generative AI and Patent Considerations – Part Two

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Patent Office guidelines along with real-life prosecution experience fortunately provide a roadmap to avoid that fate for generative AI inventions. As set forth in Example 39, a discussion of technological challenges overcome by the inventive generative model should be set forth in detail in the patent application. 208 (2014)?

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Over the Last Decade India has Spent Rs. 1,00,000 crores on Scientific Research with No Transparency: Time to Resuscitate the PUPFIP?

SpicyIP

Subsequent to the tabling of the report, the UPA government never really made a push for the legislation and it was withdrawn from the Rajya Sabha by the Modi government in December 2014. This was a serious issue in the United States for some COVID vaccines that were funded through grants from the American government.

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SCOTUS Denies Cert in Thaler – The Thorny Issue of AI Inventorship

LexBlog IP

The Supreme Court yesterday declined to hear a case brought by a computer scientist whose “invention” was in fact created by artificial intelligence. The invention at issue was conceived of by Thaler’s AI model DABUS and not by a human, dooming its chances of obtaining patent protection. an expired copyright).