IP Watchdog

MAY 10, 2023

On Tuesday, the European Patent Office (EPO) announced the 12 inventors and inventor teams that have been selected as finalists for the 2023 European Inventor Award. An independent jury of former European Inventor Award finalists used their expertise to select this year’s finalists.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Well, it turns out that not all contributions count when it comes to being an inventor of a patent for a better method of precooking bacon. Unitherm”), argued that it had rights to the patent because its president was an inventor and should be added to the patent. Also, Howard was not named as an inventor. The court in Pannu v.

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IP Tech Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

Every year, on April 26, intellectual property organizations around the world observe “ World IP Day ” – an event established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to raise awareness of patents, copyrights, designs, and trademarks, and to celebrate the creativity and contributions of inventors, authors, artists and entrepreneurs.

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IP Close Up

JANUARY 3, 2024

IP CloseUp, weekly perspective on intellectual property trends and business, broke through 392,000 views and 272,000 visits in 2023, on its way to 400,000 plus Continue reading

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

USPTO Extends Combined Patent Search Pilot Program with Japanese Patent Office and Korean Intellectual Property Office @media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-63ed303eda0729464{display: The combined petition option and the related process took effect on January 18, 2023.

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IP Close Up

JUNE 13, 2023

Videos of the five panels and keynote from the 2023 Intellectual Property Awareness Summit – including Andrei Iancu’s compelling analysis of the power of IP Continue reading

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Intepat

JANUARY 15, 2024

Registration at UKIPO The case in question, originating in 2019, presents a groundbreaking legal dilemma: Can an artificial intelligence (AI) system be acknowledged as an inventor for the purposes of patent ownership? Uniquely, he declared that he was not the inventor; instead, he attributed the creations to his AI system named DABUS.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 25, 2023

The theme for 2023 is “ Women and IP.” ” An Example: Women Inventors and Patents The low participation of women in patent systems is well-documented. ” An Example: Women Inventors and Patents The low participation of women in patent systems is well-documented. ” What Can You Do?

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 1, 2024

(October 5-November 23) Following a favorable outcome of preparing students and professionals for the patent agent exam and providing them with a comprehensive guide on Patents in 2022 and 2023. Majumdar & Co, a reputed full service Intellectual property Firm. About Our Exclusive Knowledge Partner S. Majumdar & Co.,

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IP Watchdog

MAY 17, 2023

And the similarly savory subject of who must be named inventor on a bacon patent was the issue in the recent case of HIP, Inc. May 2, 2023). The question of what makes one an “inventor” was central to whether HIP’s employee should be added to the patent. Hormel Foods Corp., 2022-1696 (Fed. While AI did not factor into HIP v.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2024

Both PREVAIL and PERA were introduced on June 22, 2023. The Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA) and the Alliance of U.S. The PREVAIL Act aims to reform Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) practices while PERA would eliminate all judicially-created exceptions to U.S. patent eligibility law.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The most significant development in IP in Europe in 2023—indeed arguably the most significant in nearly 30 years—was the launch of the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court on June 1. The full implications of this are explored here. Beyond the UP and UPC, however, there were a number of.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Under a first-to-invent system, the first person to come up with an invention has “priority” and is entitled to a patent even if there was an earlier filed patent application from a different inventor covering the same invention.

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Olartemoure Blog

JULY 21, 2023

MULTI-CHANNEL BRAIN OR CORTICAL ACTIVITY MONITORING AND METHOD US 11,553,869 B1 Inventors: Stéphane Bibian, Tatjana Zikov Assignee: NeuroWave Systems Inc. SYSTEM FOR VARIABLY CONFIGURABLE, ADAPTABLE ELECTRODE ARRAYS AND SOFTWARE US 11,633,595 B2 Inventor: Michael P. Date of Patent: Jan. Weisend Assignee: STIMSCIENCE INC.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

showed the intention of the ‘551 Patent’s inventor to define “storage elements” as “systems that store non-negligible amounts of energy from an input EM signal.” 2023) as a recent example where it reversed the Board’s exclusion of reply brief arguments addressing a newly raised claim construction. Katherin K. 2022-1548, (Fed.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As artificial intelligence (AI) systems become increasingly sophisticated and play a greater role in our society, questions surrounding patentability and inventorship have come to the forefront of intellectual property discourse. This is particularly so in the wake of Thaler v. Vidal, 43 F. 4th 1207, 1213 (Fed.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Well, it turns out that not all contributions count when it comes to being an inventor of a patent for a better method of precooking bacon. HIP, formerly Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. (“Unitherm”), argued that it had rights to the patent because its president was an inventor and should be added to the patent. Iolab Corp.

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Patently-O

APRIL 25, 2023

The following are my remarks given on April 25, 2023 to the USPTO as part of their AI listening session: by Dennis Crouch Members of the USPTO, and fellow participants of this AI Listening Session, thank you for inviting me here today and for taking time to consider these important issues.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JULY 25, 2023

Background Blue Gentian is an assignee of Berardi’s six patents involving a collapsible hose, where Berardi is the named inventor. The district court ordered correction of the inventorship for the six patents holding that Ragner should have been a named co-inventor for all of the asserted patents.

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IPilogue

MARCH 21, 2023

The IP Innovation Clinic, the first student-based clinic of its kind in Canada, is seeking law students from Osgoode Hall Law School to provide assistance to under-resourced inventors, entrepreneurs and start-up companies with their innovation and commercialization activities.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2023

On 30 November 2023, the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) published the findings of a survey on “Intellectual Property Principle – What the IP Community regards as important” ( executive summary and slides ). The survey was conducted by response:AI, an independent market research firm.

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Olartemoure Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

We share some of the patents that protect this inventions: CONVERTIBLE WHEELCHAIR AND SEPARATE LIFT MODULE FOR CONNECTING TO AND ELEVATING THE WHEELCHAIR US6866288B2 Inventor: Willis Martin Assignee: Martin Manufacturing Co LLC Date of Patent: Mar. ELEVATED HEIGHT WHEELCHAIR US11571345B2 Inventors: James P. Mulhern and Stephen J.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 31, 2023

part of a patent claim), does the AI system need to be listed as an “inventor”? patent law, an inventor is one who contributes to the conception of at least one claim element of a given patent claim (i.e., The Case For Listing an AI as an Inventor: where an AI System can “conceive” In August 2022, the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Both documents were created at the direction of Executive Order 14110 on the “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” (October 30, 2023). The order directs the USPTO to “promote innovation and clarify issues” related to AI and intellectual property.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

As for the objective indicia, the Federal Circuit affirmed that the trial record established the presence of unexpected results, including testimony from a researcher listed as an inventor on the ’638 patent, stating that they did not expect a 20-fold difference in potency between apremilast alone and the apremilast containing racemic mixture.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

John Lee, Chief Counsel for Intellectual Property for the U.S. On day two of IPWatchdog LIVE, J. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Acting Director and Acting Solicitor; and Eli Mazour of Harrity & Harrity.

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IPilogue

MARCH 21, 2023

The IP Innovation Clinic, the first student-based clinic of its kind in Canada, is seeking law students from Osgoode Hall Law School to provide assistance to under-resourced inventors, entrepreneurs and start-up companies with their innovation and commercialization activities.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

While the true value of a technological advance develops over time, the following selection of patents of 2023 represent meaningful advances in several emerging areas of technology. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) tell the story of society’s innovative future.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 16, 2023

But assuming Weber’s account is a fair assessment, I would suggest that it raises additional questions about the ongoing global efforts – driven by Professor Ryan Abbott and his Artificial Inventor Project – challenging the legal barriers to AI inventorship and authorship.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The intersection of Artificial intelligence and Intellectual Property is complex. EU (CDSM arts 3-4; obligation concerning sufficiently detailed summary in June 2023 draft of AI Act) d. Can a machine be an “inventor”? Fair use in US ( Google Books but reuse pattern different here.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In decision G1/22 and G/22 (press release and decision found here ), the EBA had to answer the question as to whether the co-applicant of a PCT application who is different from the inventors named in a US priority application can, in the European phase, validly rely on the priority right under Article 87(1) EPC?

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 10, 2023

A little over halfway through 2023, and nearing the end of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB’s) fiscal year, we can take stock of an administrative body that is settling into a decade of precedent while big changes still loom.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Henry P Yang reported on the breaking news of the UK Supreme Court’s confirmation that an inventor under the UK Patents Act 1977 must be a natural person. Intellectual Property Anna Maria Stein evaluated the survey launched with the goal of assessing the attitudes and beliefs towards IP.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 25, 2022

The IP Innovation Clinic, the first student-based clinic of its kind in Canada, is seeking law students from Osgoode Hall Law School to assist under-resourced inventors, entrepreneurs and start-up companies with their innovation and commercialization activities. IP Innovation Clinic Fellows (3-5 positions). Performing trademark searches.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has recently released The Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules 2023 for public comment. Verification if the display was with the true inventor’s consent. Interested parties can submit their feedback. Proposed Change: Every three years. Key Details Required: Date of the earliest invention display.

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 29, 2024

billion visits between January 2023 and June 2024. The takedown of Fmovies is a testament to the power of collaboration in protecting the intellectual property rights of creators around the world,” Knapp says. Strengthening intellectual property rights is an important element of the U.S.-Vietnam

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The webinar will take place on December 14, 2023. The event will be held on December 18, 2023 in Amsterdam and online. WIPO International Conference on Intellectual Property and Development WIPO is organising an international conference on “IP and Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture” on April 24, 2023 in Geneva and online.

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