The IPKat

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

On 12 February 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced with a press release the publication of its Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions (Guidance). The Guidance has been published and will be effective from 13 February 2024.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a Federal Register Notice on Feb. 13, 2024, providing guidance on inventorship for artificial intelligence-assisted inventions. The Guidance applies to all patent applications filed before, on, or after February 13, 2024.

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SpicyIP

JUNE 29, 2024

The Exclusion of ICMR from the Patent Application Last weekend, a series of unusual developments regarding the Covaxin patent (Patent Application Number: 202041007559) generated significant buzz. [A big thanks to Swaraj for his inputs on the post.]

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The Diplomatic Conference in 2024 will focus on a narrow "Basic Proposal" (see the full text and the executive summary ). Comments The idea of disclosure requirements in patent applications has been around for a long time and has already been adopted in many countries.

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Patently-O

MARCH 11, 2024

5, 2024) ChewyvIBM. The district court had ruled against the patentee (IBM) — finding one patent ineligible and the other not infringed. At Alice step two, the court rejected IBM’s arguments that the claims contain inventive concepts. And column three is called summary of the invention. 2022-1756 (Fed.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

The Guidance, for USPTO examiners and applicants, addresses inventorship and the use of AI, including generative AI, in the inventive process. The Guidance provides illustrative examples in which AI systems play different roles in the inventive process, to show how the USPTO will analyze inventorship issues.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 5, 2024

The Guidance, for USPTO examiners and applicants, addresses inventorship and the use of AI, including generative AI, in the inventive process. The Guidance provides illustrative examples in which AI systems play different roles in the inventive process, to show how the USPTO will analyze inventorship issues.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The USPTO released inventorship guidance on February 12, 2024, for inventions assisted by artificial intelligence (AI). 2022), and this release provides guidance regarding the open question of human inventorship for inventions developed by a person working with the assistance of an AI system. Vidal , 43 F.4th 4th 1207 (Fed.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Inventors and patent practitioners filing patent applications before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) may have an obligation to disclose if artificial intelligence (AI) is used in the innovation process. On February 13, 2024, the U.S. Everyone involved in the filing and prosecution of a U.S. 101 and 115.

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The IPKat

JULY 30, 2024

According to the USPTO guidance for AI-assisted inventions , AI has the potential to solve some of society's most difficult challenges. However, in the patent realm, the USPTO also believes that "inventorship analysis should focus on human contributions, as patents function to incentivize and reward human ingenuity".

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Patently-O

APRIL 29, 2024

by Dennis Crouch Ikorongo Technology has filed a petition for certiorari asking the Supreme Court to overturn the Federal Circuit’s heightened disclosure standard for the “same invention” requirement in reissue patents. Patent system, and today’s guiding statute (35 U.S.C. Medac Pharma Inc. ,

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) may change how we invent: many envision a collaborative approach between human inventors and AI systems that develop novel solutions to problems together. Such AI-assisted inventions present a new set of legal issues under patent law. On February 13, 2024, the U.S. 101 and 115.

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IP Intelligence

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released its much anticipated Inventorship Guidance on AI-Assisted Inventions (“Guidance”). [1] 1] The Guidance is retroactive, meaning it applies to all patent applications and issued patents filed before, on or after February 13, 2024. 4] Based on U.S. 101 and 35 U.S.C.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 13, 2024

This is perhaps not surprising, given that patent applications are not published until 18 months after they are filed, and that OpenAI's major innovation of ChatGPT was first released about 2 years ago. This year, eleven OpenAI patents and patent applications have been published.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 23, 2024

On July 16, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued new guidance on the patentability of AI-related inventions. Although the USPTO emphasized that its guidance does not change the law of 35 U.S.C. §

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IP.com

JULY 24, 2024

AI-Assisted Innovation – Responsibly Navigating the USPTO’s Inventorship Guidance with Generative AI This webinar will focus on the responsible use of generative AI tools, such as IP.com’s IQ Ideas+ (featuring CompassAI), in the invention process.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) has announced that effective January 1, 2024, most official fees will be increasing by 25%. On the patent side, the increase in the fees will be applicable to standard entity size.

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The IPKat

JUNE 10, 2024

Nonetheless, with limited avenues available for broad antibody inventions in the US, Chamberlain suggests that means-plus-function language is worth a shot. The written description requirement necessitates the invention to be adequately described in the specification. Furthermore, the question of enablement was not reviewed.

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The IPKat

JULY 15, 2024

Since G 2/21 , Boards of Appeal have united on the interpretation that the evidence standard for inventive step (the "plausibility/credibility test") remains unchanged. The Board of Appeal in T 0116/18 equated this test with that of whether the technical effect is "embodied" by the technical teaching of the application as filed.

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SpicyIP

JULY 8, 2024

Revisiting Business Method Patents in the Software Industry Image by freepik Regarding the exclusion of business method patents under the Patents Act, Anushka Aggarwal assesses key precedents and theories of competitive and cumulative innovation, arguing that this exclusion is necessary to balance technological advancement and social welfare.

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Trading Secrets

MARCH 15, 2024

2024), a case that may reshape the dynamics between trade secrets and patent rights. The Core Issue at Hand This case centers around the America Invents Act (AIA) and whether a product’s prior sale by the patent applicant can disqualify the patenting of the method used to produce said product.

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Patently-O

JULY 9, 2024

The article takes a critical look at the practice of obviousness-type double patenting in the U.S. patent system. Terminal Disclaimer Practice to Obviate Nonstatutory Double Patenting, 89 Fed. patent rights will deter innovation. . § Lemley & Jason Reinecke, Our More-Than-Twenty-Year Patent Term , BERKELEY TECH.

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Olartemoure Blog

JUNE 14, 2024

On June 11, 2024, the Uruguayan Parliament unanimously approved the country’s accession to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) , representing a historic milestone for the country in the field of patents.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 11, 2024

The Principle of Good Faith in Patent Applications The revised regulations emphasize the principle of good faith in all patent applications: New Article 11: Mandates adherence to the principle of good faith. Genuine Inventive Activities: Requires applications to be based on real and original inventive activities.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The USPTO issued inventorship guidance and examples for AI-assisted inventions. The guidance, which went into effect February 13, 2024, makes clear that AI-assisted inventions are not categorically unpatentable. A link to the Federal Register where the guidance has published can be found here.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2024

2024), a case that may reshape the dynamics between trade secrets and patent rights. The Core Issue at Hand This case centers around the America Invents Act (AIA) and whether a product’s prior sale by the patent applicant can disqualify the patenting of the method used to produce said product.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2024

2024), a case that may reshape the dynamics between trade secrets and patent rights. The Core Issue at Hand This case centers around the America Invents Act (AIA) and whether a product’s prior sale by the patent applicant can disqualify the patenting of the method used to produce said product.

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The IPKat

MAY 20, 2024

Rose Hughes shared that the USPTO has issued a request for comments regarding the impact of AI on evaluations of patentability, including what qualifies as prior art and the capabilities of the person skilled in the art. Comments are due by 29 June 2024. Details here.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 12, 2024

We are pleased to announce that the Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), CUSAT, and Third World Network are jointly organizing a workshop on ‘Patent Opposition in the Pharmaceutical Field’ between April 26-30, 2024. The last date to apply for the workshop is March 24, 2024.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 30, 2024

By Kevin Preji On 28th Feb, 2024, the Delhi High Court in Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC vs Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs in allowing an appeal, clarified the role of the ‘person skilled in the art’ (‘PSITA’) in determining non-obviousness. Subsequently, the patent application was rejected in September 2020.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

JUNE 7, 2024

In a recent ruling dated April 4, 2024, the Madras High Court addressed a significant issue regarding the procedural timelines in patent filings. The appellant, claimed to have invented a system and method for converting waste materials into reusable oil products. He filed a patent application on August 5, 2021.

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SpicyIP

MAY 14, 2024

By Dhruv Vatsyayan The IPD of Delhi High Court, on March 13, 2024 in Bayer Pharm Aktiengesellschaft v. The Controller General of Patents & Designs observed that though “ working examples are essential for demonstrating the feasibility and workability of an invention, they do not define the patent’s scope.”

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IP and Legal Filings

JULY 1, 2024

This information may help create a protected invention as it is occasionally utilized in scientific study. After long lasting negotiations WIPO adopted the treaty on May 24, 2024. CONCLUSION The newly ratified treaty is the innovation that everyone has been waiting for.

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Patently-O

MAY 26, 2024

The WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources, and Associated Traditional Knowledge, finalized on May 24, 2024, marks the first WIPO treaty in over a decade and the first to specifically address the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

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Patently-O

APRIL 30, 2024

Services like All Prior Art are using AI to churn out and ‘publish’ many millions of generated texts, hoping some will preempt future patent applications. That claim requires too much follow-on research work and so does not sufficiently disclose the invention. See my 2014 post. 102, and are presumed to be enabling.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

With the WIPO Diplomatic Conference fast approaching in May 2024, this Kat considered how the proposal for a disclosure of origin requirement in patent applications for inventions based on genetic resources compares with the recent law reform efforts in Australia and India.

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IP.com

JUNE 27, 2024

In May, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced the launch of a new strategic plan focused on a dedicated support of inclusive innovation within organizations across the nation, connecting more Americans with resources to spur innovation and entrepreneurship. Using deidentified data on 1.2

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