IP Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2021

With South Africa’s patent office having recently granted the first patent to an AI inventor, and an Australian court ruling in favor of AI inventorship, it’s time to review how we got here—and where we’re going. If AI-related patent applications and grants are on the uptick, what was the problem with DABUS?

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 5, 2022

Vidal that an artificial intelligence (AI) machine does not qualify as an inventor under the Patent Act. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled today in Thaler v. The decision is the latest in a series of rulings around the world considering the topic, most of which have found similarly.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2021

This post originally appeared as an article (“Stakeholders Should Not Miss Congress’s Invitation for Feedback on Patent Eligibility”) on Law.com on October 7, 2021. According to the opinion, the claimed method was directed to an application of Hooke’s law, and thus patent ineligible. 86 FR 36257. In Thaler v. See Thaler v.

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The IPKat

JULY 11, 2022

The EPO Board of Appeal has published its full decision on the question of whether a machine can be an inventor ( J 8/20 ). The Board of Appeal had previously announced its decision to refuse two European patent applications naming an algorithm ("DABUS") as the sole inventor at the end of last year ( IPKat ).

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 24, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is set to hold its first public listening session on AI inventorship, the U.S. Vidal, which asked the Court to consider the question: “Does the Patent Act categorically restrict the statutory term ‘inventor’ to human beings alone?” One day before the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Last September, a bipartisan pair of Senators introduced the Pride in Patent Ownership Act, which, if passed, would add greatly-needed transparency to our patent system. The legislation would require patent owners to disclose their identity to the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a decision granting a Motion for Summary Judgment for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and upholding the Office’s view that AI algorithms cannot be listed as inventors on U.S.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A new inventors’ rights group was launched Thursday, September 19, with the aim of “helping startups, small businesses, and entrepreneurs defend their intellectual property rights and access capital.”

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

On February 20, 2024, a Brazilian congress member, Antônio Luiz Rodrigues Mano Júnior (known as Júnior Mano), introduced a bill to amend the national IP Statute (Law #9,279/96) and regulate the ownership of inventions generated by artificial intelligence systems.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 12, 2022

Neapco just a few days earlier, inventor David Tropp on July 5 again asked the Court to unravel U.S. patent eligibility law. 101, as interpreted in Alice Corporation Pty v. 101, as interpreted in Alice Corporation Pty v. CLS Bank International, 573 U.S. 208 (2014).”.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 7, 2025

PATENTS The arena of patents has evolved with time, and in contemporary times, the scope of subject matter that is patentable has also evolved, which in turn has modified the requirements of patents. As contemporary technology has developed, the patent system has faced fresh difficulties.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 17, 2023

Careless naming of inventors on a patent application can create confusion and add complexity to an already intricate process. is a great example where failure to properly list a co-inventor resulted in the only named inventor losing their patent rights. The recent case of Blue Gentian, LLC v. Tristar Prod.,

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IP Watchdog

JULY 27, 2022

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal penned a blog post today announcing several new programs aimed at expanding the U.S. innovation ecosystem, which she said “could quadruple the number of American inventors, and increase the GDP per capita by as much as 4%, or by about $1 trillion.”

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 14, 2025

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today released an official Artificial Intelligence Strategy aimed at outlining the challenges faced by the Office both internally and externally, as the reach of AI impacts all aspects of innovation and society.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 6, 2022

I have been monitoring patent application filing around the world that list “DABUS (the “Device for the Autonomous Bootingstraiming of Unified Sentience”) as the sole inventor. At issue is whether an AI machine alone can be listed as an inventor on a patent application. See Decision re Patent Application No.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2023

Within the next few years, the city of Newark, NJ, will be the home of a museum properly paying homage to the historic contributions that these inventors have made to medical science, telecommunications, transportation and more. Some of the earliest chapters in the story of U.S.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 2, 2024

Yesterday, US Inventor, Inc. The underlying district court decision was issued in November 2022 by Judge Rodney Gilstrap, who adopted Magistrate Judge Roy Payne’s September 2022 Report and Recommendation and granted TD Ameritrade’s (TD) Motion for Summary Judgment on the patent infringement claim. TD Ameritrade, Inc., urging the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Director’s Blog published a post authored by USPTO Director Kathi Vidal announcing that the agency is now receiving applications from inventors seeking free legal assistance to bring ex parte appeals of patent examiner rejections to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Just a few days before Holidays season, the Legal Board of Appeal announced its ruling in the cases J 8/20 and J 9/20, thus confirming the decisions of the Receiving Section of the European Patent Office, both of which has refused the DABUS applications EP 18 275 163 and EP 18 275 174. This Kat wonders, is AI really an inventor?

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Patently-O

AUGUST 1, 2021

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Mike Peterson: Apple Hit with Patent Infringement Lawsuit for Selling a Smart Water Bottle (Source: Apple Insider). Shoshana Wodinsky: Australian Court Rules That Yes, AI Can Be an Inventor (Source: Gizmodo). David Phelan: New Apple Patent Reveals The Ultimate iPhone Upgrade (Source: Forbes).

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Velocity of Content

MARCH 16, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) held a second symposium looking at the potential for change in the treatment of machine-created works. Stephen Thaler , owner and developer of a patent-writing program known as DABUS , submitted patent applications in several countries. And then, in 2021, the USCO and the U.S.

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Patently-O

APRIL 25, 2023

My name is Dennis Crouch, and I am a law professor at Mizzou and author of Patently-O. In certain instances, if the AI were human, it would be rightfully recognized as at least a joint inventor. One key issue is the uncertainty patent attorneys face regarding the proper course of action.

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Patently-O

JULY 9, 2024

Two of the most controversial patent law changes of the past year have involved obviousness-type double patenting, which allows applicants to patent obvious variants of their earlier patents by disclaiming the extra term of the later-expiring patent. The Federal Circuit’s Cellect decision addresses this concern.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 14, 2022

The idea of patented inventions brings to mind machines fully realized - flying contraptions and engines with gears and pistons operating in coherent symphony. AI inventors sound much more like philosophers theorizing about machines, rather than mechanics describing a machine.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

A patent strategy informed by the unique considerations raised by generative AI will optimize protections for innovations in the field. Patent strategies should reflect the current legal landscape as well as anticipate potential future legal developments. Part One of this article series covers claim scope and inventorship.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2023

Recovering money from users of technology requires movement on the part of inventors of technology. For example, receiving compensation from those who use patented designs without permission often requires patent owners (e.g., All of these movements require the inventor to possess a patent.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2024

For inventors seeking to patent inventions involving biological resources, the Act mandates obtaining approval from the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA). This article explores the key aspects of the BDA, the role of NBA, and the process for obtaining the necessary approvals. . – Location and source of the resources.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The EPO has launched a user consultation on grace periods for patents, the results of which will be published in early 2022 ( EPO press release ). The EPC as it currently stands does not permit a grace period in which inventors may disclose their invention without prejudicing a future patent filing. 102(b)(1)(A) ).

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 27, 2022

On January 21, inventor Martin David Hoyle and his company B.E. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a pair of officials at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and three administrative patent judges (APJs) who sat on PTAB panels invalidating Hoyle’s patent claims. Lee, former Director of the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 10, 2023

In April, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) requested public input on an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM). The Request for Comments (RFC) allowed the public to voice their opinion on the proposed rules, including hundreds of real, authentic inventors.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 13, 2025

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Monday, January 13, issued a precedential decision denying a state law conversion claim as being preempted by patent law and rejecting BearBox LLC owner Austin Storms bid to be named a sole or joint inventor on Lancium LLCs patent.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 24, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Patent Pro Bono Program (PPBP) were African American or Black and 41% were female, according to the latest USPTO Director’s Blog. of all inventors named on U.S. of all inventors named on U.S. Thirty percent of respondents to a survey of applicants using the U.S.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 4, 2021

A world first – South Africa recently made headlines by granting a patent for ‘a food container based on fractal geometry’ to a non-human inventor, namely an artificial intelligence (AI) machine called DABUS. Each of these three jurisdictions found sufficient reasons in these formalities to reject DABUS’ patent applications.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 28, 2023

companies and inventors still filed more patent applications with the European Patent Office (EPO) than any other country, according to its Patent Index 2022, which was released today. patent applications numbered 48,088, a 2.9% The index showed that U.S. increase from 2021. However, China's filings jumped by 15.1%

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Would you believe the following scenario could happen under our patent system? Commanding 50% market share in unit sales of the patented product, the patent holder prevails in patent infringement suits obtaining court injunctions against all major rivals and maintaining a strict no-licensing policy.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A decade ago, patent trolls were all the rage in the patent world. Whether in speeches, conferences, or articles, no subject engendered more IP conversation. If there was a rock-star matter in the patent world, it was the debate over trolls. Patent Trolls, ?nd Patent trolling 2021—yes, no, or maybe?

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IP Watchdog

MAY 14, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) finding that AI cannot be considered a named inventor to a patent application remains the law of the land. Vidal, meaning that the U.S.

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