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When is the inventor of an AI model also an inventor of the model's output? A closer look at the USPTO Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions

The IPKat

According to the USPTO guidance for AI-assisted inventions , AI has the potential to solve some of society's most difficult challenges. How then are AI-generated inventions to be protected? The natural person can then be named an inventor on the patent application.

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Federal Circuit Weighs in on Temporal Rigidity of the Baye-Dole Act’s Licensing Provisions

Intellectual Property Law Blog

United States , [1] the Federal Circuit rejected a strict temporal limitation on when the Government’s license rights in patents stemming from federally funded research is triggered under the Bayh-Dole Act. The funding agency obtains a license to “subject inventions,” which is defined as “any invention. . . 35 U.S.C. §

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

Patently-O

— (June 20, 2024), a case focusing on the constitutionality of the Mandatory Repatriation Tax (MRT). For Thomas, judicial invention is a synonym to judicial activism and antithetical to his approach that looks primarily to historic preservation, especially when interpreting the U.S. 1221 (2024) (Thomas, J., Constitution.

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Federal Circuit Weighs in on Temporal Rigidity of the Baye-Dole Act’s Licensing Provisions

LexBlog IP

United States , [1] the Federal Circuit rejected a strict temporal limitation on when the Government’s license rights in patents stemming from federally funded research is triggered under the Bayh-Dole Act. The funding agency obtains a license to “subject inventions,” which is defined as “any invention.

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OpenAI's granted large language model (LLM) patents

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The most obvious reason would be that OpenAI intends to enforce its patents and/or to use them as negotiating chips in licensing negotiations. 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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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 1-July 7)

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10 Days to the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition Deadline! Another reminder for our eligible readers as only 10 days remain for the deadline of the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition! It argued that the D1 and D3 teaches away from the invention and D5 was not relevant for the present case.

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What’s in a Missing Name? Some Questions Around the Covaxin Patent Application

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Notably, in The Hindu, Jacob Koshy published back-to-back articles, with the first one appearing on June 22, 2024 (read here (paywalled)). In this article, Koshy reveals that Bharat Biotech (BBIL) filed a patent application for Covaxin without listing the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) as a co-patentee or inventor.