Barry Sookman

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Recent decisions in both the patent and copyright fields have denied protection for otherwise patentable inventions and copyright works where the sole claimed inventor or author is identified as an artificial intelligence system. … The post Do generative AI inventions and works qualify for patents and copyrights?

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 29, 2023

by Dennis Crouch The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a total of 312,100 utility patents in the calendar year 2023. One of the biggest changes from 2022 to 2023 is that non-US patent applicants dropped from 51% of the total down to 48%. This marks the fourth consecutive year of decline in the number of issued patents.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 22, 2023

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a unanimous decision in the case of Amgen Inc. This has been interpreted to require that the specification includes enough disclosure to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the invention without “undue experimentation.” Sanofi, et al. ,

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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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The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Another source of confusion is the divergent approaches of the UK courts and the EPO with respect to the test for the evidence standard in sufficiency and inventive step analysis. Plausibility demystified - a review of EPO case law before G 2/21 G 2/21: Is the technical effect embodied by the invention as originally disclosed?

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Patently-O

APRIL 26, 2023

Though the patent system exists to promote innovation, it also serves to promote inventors and innovators. For more visit, For more stories, and to add your own story , visit the “Inventor’s Diary” at www.diversitypilots.org. What did becoming an inventor mean to you? ” – Sujesha S., ” – Scott S.,

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 4, 2023

While the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit made clear this year that only humans can be inventors and that an AI program itself cannot obtain a patent (see our prior coverage of Thaler v. Vidal ), this in no way means that AI-assisted inventions are not patentable. By: MoFo Tech

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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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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 4, 2024

In Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2023] UKSC 49, the UK Supreme Court ruled that AI cannot be an ‘inventor’ for the purposes of UK patent law.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The UK Supreme Court has today handed down its decision Thaler v Comptroller [2023] UKSC 49. The outcome of this appeal turned on three issues: Issue 1 is the scope and meaning of ‘inventor’ in the 1977 Act. The judgment under appeal by the Court of Appeal was reported here.

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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

All the creations of the human minds such as designs, inventions, artistic works, names, symbols, etc. Patents Patent protects new inventions that features technological advancements or economic significance or both and are capable of being used in the industry. Key Features: The invention must be new, non-obvious, and have utility.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 22, 2023

[ On December 20, the UK Supreme Court affirmed its previous decision to deny registration to inventions by Dr. Stephen Thaler’s AI DABUS, holding that an AI software cannot be listed as an inventor. As discussed here , South Africa and Australia are the only jurisdictions where DABUS has been registered as an inventor.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

While PTE is designed to effectively extend the overall patent term for a single invention due to regulatory delays in product approval, PTA is designed to extend the term of a particular patent due to delays in the processing of that patent.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

On May 2, 2023, the U.S. that reversed a district court’s decision to grant plaintiff’s request to have their employee listed as an inventor, finding that HIP employee David Howard’s alleged contribution to U.S. 9,980,498 was “insignificant in quality” when “measured against the dimension of the full invention.”.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Responses to this request are due by this Thursday, February 2, 2023. Patent owners, especially small businesses and independent inventors, need two things of the patent system: 1) Reliability/believability. Many of our strategies reflect the startup-nature of our inventions, where we are constantly working on the product-market-fit.

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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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Patently-O

MAY 25, 2023

2023) The case involving Medtronic and Teleflex centered on five patents related to a coaxial guide catheter used in interventional cardiology procedures. The patentee can then furnish evidence to establish an earlier date of invention, which usually involves a sworn declaration from the inventor, corroborated by additional evidence.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

On June 22, 2023, Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2023 , which seeks to clarify the jurisprudence surrounding 35 U.S.C. § A process that is substantially economic, financial, business, social, cultural, or artistic.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 27, 2023

On 20 December 2023 the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the long-running saga of the DABUS patent applications in the United Kingdom.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 24, 2023

by Dennis Crouch In 2022, the Federal Circuit held that an invention is only eligible for a US patent if a human conceived of the invention. Thus, no patents for invention wholly conceived by artificial intelligence. Jan 10, 2023). Vidal , 43 F.4th 4th 1207 (Fed. PERLMUTTER et al, Docket No. 1:22-cv-01564, Paper No.

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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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SpicyIP

AUGUST 6, 2021

To quickly recap the arguments, AstraZeneca claims that sale of Dapagliflozin violates not one but two of its patents: the genus IN 205147 (IN 147) which expired in October 2020, and the species IN 235625 (IN 625) set to expire in 2023. One invention, two patents? Quite like the order by Shakdher J., Coverage and Disclosure.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

As 2023 commences, it’s time for companies to review and take stock of their intellectual property assets. A company should always be aware of any new inventions under development, and it is good practice to investigate the status of any inventions developed by company employees during the past year.

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Olartemoure Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

Natural and legal persons may participate in this contest, and the inventions submitted must not have been presented in previous contests. In the case of submitting inventions that do not have a patent in force or pending, they may be submitted as long as they are completely innovative and have not been publicly disclosed.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks , [2023] UKSC 49. In a December 20, 2023 decision, the UK Supreme Court has agreed with American courts that an inventive machine is not deserving of patent rights. 1783 (2023). And for primarily AI-driven inventions, are minor tweaks by a human collaborator enough?

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

16, 2023) , the Federal Circuit considered whether U.S. Teleflex claimed that Itou was not prior art because the invention claimed in the ’116 patent was conceived before Itou’s critical date and was either actually reduced to practice before the critical date or diligently pursued until its constructive reduction to practice.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 8, 2023

The recent High Court decision in Ensygnia v Shell ( [2023] EWHC 1495 (Pat) ) is highly relevant to the ongoing controversy of claim interpretation and description amendments ( IPKat ). The Deputy Judge looked to the description and the inventor's purpose to understand how the term "sign" should be understood.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 11, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a district court decision and found that an asserted inventor not named in the application was not a joint inventor because in the context of the entire invention his contribution was too insignificant to constitute joint inventorship. Hormel Foods Corp., 22-1696 (Fed.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 13, 2024

Further reading Artificial intelligence is not breaking patent law: EPO publishes DABUS decision (J 8/20) (July 2022) Bad cases make bad law: Has DABUS "the AI inventor" actually invented anything?

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

Most of these fee reductions have an effective date of March 22, 2023, with the remaining ones effective as of April 1, 2023. However, the cost of obtaining and maintaining patents may be a barrier for individual inventors and small businesses to benefit from the advantage or enter certain markets.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 8, 2024

It is a statutory right which was granted by the government of India and in return the inventor of the patent have to completely disclose their creation. This allows the others to gain knowledge of the others invention and develop in the future.

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Olartemoure Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

However, we do know about the first self-propelled wheelchair that was invented in 1655 by Stephan Farfler in Nuremberg , a 22 year old paraplegic clock-maker who built it to aid his own mobility. SWINGBACK WHEELCHAIR FOR EASY TRANSFER OF PATIENTS US20210307979A1 Inventor: Carrie Mabe Assignee: Individual Date of Patent: Oct.

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Patently-O

MAY 18, 2023

— (2023) ( 21-757_k5g1 ). The Patent Act requires that patent applicant describes the invention in explicit terms to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the invention. In other words, the specification must enable the full scope of the invention as defined by its claims. Eastern Paper Bag 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). HIP claimed that one of its employees materially contributed to the invention of Hormel’s patent on methods for precooking bacon. Hormel Foods Corp., 2022-1696 (Fed.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 3, 2024

Lisa did not otherwise significantly contribute to the conception of the invention. EL notified the patent office of his prototype activities and that he told his daughter about the invention. When EL filed his patent application, he named himself as the sole inventor. What do you think?

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

” Can you imagine the accolades someone would receive if they contributed to an invention that improves bacon? 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. Also, Howard was not named as an inventor. The court in Pannu v.

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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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