Patently-O

MAY 22, 2024

Mark Core, had automatically assigned a patent associated with his PhD thesis to his then-employer and education funder TRW. May 21, 2024). The key issue was whether Dr. Core developed the patented invention “entirely on [his] own time” under his employment agreement. Core Optical Techs., Nokia Corp. , 23-1001 (Fed.

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Ownership Patent Invention Contracts 40

Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”). While the Report is comprehensive, it does not recommend any new action to address IP issues with NFTs.

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Reporting Non-Fungible Tokens IP Intellectual Property 130

The IPKat

JULY 16, 2024

This is a review of the twentieth edition of Terrell on the Law of Patents , which was released at the end of June 2024. Since the last edition in 2020, there have been significant developments in UK intellectual property law, although the effects of Brexit have been somewhat limited in the realm of patent law.

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Law Editing Patent Intellectual Property 60

LexBlog IP

MARCH 13, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) and the United States Copyright Office (“USCO”) delivered a report to Congress entitled Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property on March 12, 2024 (“Report”).

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Reporting Non-Fungible Tokens IP Intellectual Property 52

SpicyIP

JANUARY 31, 2024

For instance, paragraph 19 of the order mentions the defendants’ claim of joint ownership of a pre-partition restaurant in Peshawar, Pakistan. ” Similarly, while the order mentions “joint ownership” of the restaurant, suggesting a shared creatorship over the dishes, media reporting (e.g., The case will be heard in May 2024.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

More crucially, rightholders can instrumentalize their exclusive right to control initial access to their works, making the exercise of user rights increasingly difficult if not impossible ( Kretschmer & Margoni, 2024 ). While Member States can derogate from this right and establish and remunerated exception under art.

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Copyright Art Licensing Contracts 118

The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This is one to watch for 2024. The case did not address either of the more interesting questions of: a) whether the AI could be said to have actually invented anything, and b) how ownership of AI generated technologies should be determined. Bad cases make bad law: Has DABUS "the AI inventor" actually invented anything?

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