SpicyIP

MARCH 26, 2025

On 25th March 2025, the Patent Office officially released the Draft Guidelines for Examination of Computer-Related Inventions (CRI), 2025 , for public consultations. Section 3(k) has been subject to great debate and discussion in the blog.

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Nelligan Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A whirlwind of inventive ideas emerged faster than you can say, “Deck the halls with boughs of holly! Hey, did you know that the modern advent calendar isn’t just a festive countdown; it’s a treasure trove of inventive brilliance? The post The Inventive Evolution of Advent Calendars and the Secrets Behind Each Door!

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Patent Trademark Blog

MAY 22, 2023

To be patentable, an invention must be both eligible and unique. Subject matter eligibility relates to the nature of the invention while uniqueness has to do with what has been done in the past. A unique invention must be both novel and nonobvious over the prior art , or past stuff. How can an invention be novel, yet obvious?

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The IPKat

MARCH 6, 2022

It's time for a weekly review of posts from the surrounding IP blogs over the past week! The Kluwer Copyright Blog, therefore, explains potential challenges that may arise. The Kluwer Copyright Blog provides an overview of the structure of this national law. The IPKat has reported on a few of them below.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 17, 2023

OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, GPT-3 and GPT-4, Codex and Copilot AI systems, is the consensus leader in the race to create AI that may take all of our jobs and destroy the human race be the most disruptive technology since the invention of the printing press. GitHub (Guest Blog Post) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The Controller had issued a rejection order stating that the invention was barred by Section 3(d) (bar against evergreening of Patents) and had not satisfied Section 2(1)(ja) (inventive step). The applicant premised his arguments against the Order on three specific points.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 15, 2022

By: Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruling that only natural beings, which do not include artificial intelligence, can be an inventor under the U.S. Patents Act, the decision merits additional discussion.

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Patently-O

APRIL 26, 2023

Today, on World IP Day, this post shares the often-overlooked personal journeys of invention that patent professionals play a crucial role in, by encouraging idea submission, collaborating with engineers and innovators, managing outside counsel, and in patent drafting, prosecuting claims, patent examining, and studying and teaching patenting.

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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. patents are women, while a Harvard study said that white individuals are three times more likely to invent than Black individuals. of all inventors named on U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

Copyright in Photographs, Established in Late 1800s The age-old strife between new technology and old law is epitomized by a hundred-year-old story of how copyrights came to exist in photographs after the invention of the camera. 18 (see image at right). In Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. Sarony , the U.S.

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IPilogue

JUNE 2, 2022

Thaler’s application for his AI, DABUS, to be the patent owner of an invention titled “ Food container and devices and methods for attracting enhanced attention ,” a product solely created by DABUS without any human interference. To recap, the decision was about Dr. Stephen L. What Does This Mean in the Canadian Context?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The post Hello, You’ve Been Referred Here Because You’re Wrong About Web Scraping Laws (Guest Blog Post, Part 2 of 2) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 6, 2025

Foreign inventors, however, must be careful to follow the patent laws of the country in which the invention was made. While US patent law does not forbid foreign applicants from applying for US patents, the foreign country in which the invention was made might have strict laws about where the first patent application must be filed.

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Kashishipr

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

To be specific, market research performed before filing a Patent Application or after obtaining Patent Protection may help an inventor or innovator significantly in examining the business environment for his invention or innovation. He would also understand the profitability and commercial viability of his invention.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

Courts need to realize that if you allow private companies to invent intellectual property rights through online contracts of adhesion, courts will be at the mercy of private decision-makers on questions that should be questions of public interest. That means we are likely to see plenty of fireworks on these issues in the next few years.

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Plagiarism Today

JUNE 27, 2022

In an additional blog post , the author points to similar issues, albeit with weaker similarity, in Kruse’s 2015 book, One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America. Furthermore, the author of both the Reason article and the blog post is Philip Magness. On the surface, these seem simple enough.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A 'hair' brained invention, or revolutionary hair and scalp care? The Dragons, mindful of a previous miss with a similar product, Tangle Teezer, scrutinised the invention's uniqueness. If you're applying for a patent , make sure you haven't shared your invention publicly.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

To ensure you don’t miss out on interesting IP law developments reported on our other IP blogs, we will, on a regular basis, provide you with an overview of the most-read posts from each of our IP law blogs. Top 3 Kluwer Trademark Blog posts 1) Brothers in arms. Here are the most popular posts over the past few months.

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Intepat

APRIL 7, 2025

INTRODUCTION Patent legislation offers legal safeguarding for novel inventions once they have been patented by their creators. A patent , essentially a temporary monopoly, is bestowed upon the owner in exchange for disclosing the invention to the public. This system benefits both society and the inventor.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 10, 2022

As part of the course requirements, students were asked to write a blog on a topic of their choice. Patenting software, and inventions related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning, known as computer-implemented inventions (CII) in patent lingo, is a complicated and evolving area.

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SpicyIP

JULY 4, 2024

A brief into the facts of the case: This is an appeal for challenging the rejection of a patent application for an invention titled “Method and System for Providing Effective Generation and Delivery of Interactive Online Digital Content”. extensively discussed in this blog here ). Samsung Electronics Co. In Lee Pharmaceutical v.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 9, 2022

In three previous blog posts, we have discussed recent inventorship issues surrounding Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and its implications for life sciences innovations – focusing specifically on scientist Stephen Thaler’s attempt to obtain a patent for an invention created by his AI system called DABUS (“Device for Autonomus Bootstrapping of Unified (..)

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Patent Trademark Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

What makes an invention eligible for patent protection? Subject matter eligibility refers to whether an invention is qualified for patent protection. An invention must still overcome the hurdle of uniqueness which includes novelty and non-obviousness. 35 USC 101 – Inventions patentable. What is Section 101?

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Patently-O

JUNE 28, 2023

The first blog in the series is here and resources from the first conference of the initiative are available here. – Jason) Guided invention sessions not only increase idea submission rates but also transform individuals’ perception of themselves as inventors. Here’s how it works.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The case involves an appeal under Section 117(A) of the Patents Act, against the order passed by the Assistant Controller who denied a patent on an invention titled “Fastener and Fastening Structure” for lacking the inventive step within the meaning of Section 2(1)(ja) of the Patents Act, 1970.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 15, 2024

In my blog post on the case , I praised the decision and predicted “that the Supreme Court will eventually grant a petition … and render a definitive decision regarding the discovery rule.” [Thus], the damages bar makes the discovery rule functionally equivalent to its opposite number—an accrual rule based on the timing of an infringement.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 16, 2024

This blog helps in understanding the multiple role that IPR plays in safeguarding the rights of gaming sector. PATENT Patent is a right granted to a developer that excludes others from making, selling or even using the invention for a period of time i.e. from the date of application Patent lasts for 20 years.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Key takeaways from the meeting and published materials will be summarized in our Three-Part Blog Series. Telling a detailed story explaining the novelty of the invention instead of merely providing a high level description.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The Patent Act, covers three types of Patents for protection: Invention Patent: Section 3 of the Patent Act, Thailand describes invention patent as any discovery or invention or any improvement of a product.

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 28, 2022

The announcement was made on the blog homepage of PTO Director Kathi Vidal. A patent protects an invention. To be patentable, an invention must fall within one of four categories of patentable (or patent-eligible) subject matter: articles of manufacture, machines, processes, and compositions of matter. Alice Corp.

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Kashishipr

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Where it is a public sector entity, like a government initiative or a university, there is often the pressure of publishing and disseminating information at the earliest; whereas the private sector is usually free of such challenges, and major consideration is laid on the nature and value of the researched object or invention.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 15, 2022

On April 28, Google published a blog by their general counsel, Halimah DeLaine Prado, about the crisis condition of the U.S. Prado portrays Google as a strong supporter of the patent system, citing their history in initiatives to spur new inventions and technologies. patent system.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

The ruling overturns a “seismic” district court ruling from 2014 that I wrote about in a previous blog post , one that “threaten[ed] to undo a 75-year-old consensus that state law does not provide a public performance right for sound recordings.” See my previous blog post on the New York ruling.) Flo & Eddie, Inc. Background.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Here, he filed patents for inventions generated by Dr. Stephen Thaler’s “DABUS”, an AI machine that was quite literally invented to invent. In a comment for Bloomberg , he noted that “this decision would prohibit protection for AI-generated inventions and it diverges from the findings of the Federal Court of Australia.”

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IP Tech Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

law is that the invention is a “new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof…” In other words, the subject matter of the invention must be eligible for patenting. One of the threshold requirements for obtaining a patent under U.S. The Recent Decision.

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Patent Trademark Blog

APRIL 19, 2023

To be patentable, an invention must be novel and nonobvious. A novel invention is new, unique, something hasn’t been before. If you get an obviousness rejection under Section 103, how do you show that you are trying to patent a nonobvious invention? Who really decides if a claimed invention is obvious?

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SpicyIP

JULY 9, 2021

During this time, the creator has the right to prevent others from using the invention. That is the patent trade-off: in exchange for releasing enough information for others to use the innovation after the patent expires, the inventor receives a 20-year limited monopoly on the invention. In the case of F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

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