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Patent, Trademark, and Copyright: Definitions and Distinctions

Erik K Pelton

” Patent covers inventions that are novel, original, and have some sort of industrial utility, such as equipment or machinery. It can get complicated when there’s overlap if a business or a product has elements that are protected by each of these concepts of intellectual property. Those are some of the key fundamentals.

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Impact of AI on Global IP Systems

IIPRD

AI and the Global IP System We need a worldwide intellectual property (IP) structure that encourages innovation and invention if we are to benefit from generative AI. Growing AI-related business activity, early case law, and legislative and international policy activities are making it more and more relevant in practice.

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Why Should You Patent Your Invention?

Intepat

A patent is a form of intellectual property right granted to an invention. It gives the inventor or patent owner exclusive rights and prevents others from manufacturing, selling, or marketing the invention. Patents are valuable assets that enable one to share their invention in public without any fear of being misused.

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ChatUSG: What Companies Doing Business with the Government Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Some of these issues are specific to doing business with the government and others are broader issues that all companies face when using AI, and generative AI (GAI) in particular. There are significant questions about the ability to patent inventions that were conceived with the assistance of AI.

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AI-assisted inventions: USPTO’s most recent guidance for determining inventorship

JD Supra Law

AI technologies bring several new business opportunities, but they also bring a host of new legal questions, including in intellectual property law. A very important question at the intersection of AI and IP is: how do we define inventorship in situations where artificial intelligence plays a role in the creation of an invention?

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Why Should Your Business Ask An Attorney To File A Patent?

JD Supra Law

When you run a small business, protecting your unique inventions and ideas is crucial to maintaining a competitive edge. You need tools to help fend off copycats who would love to use your own ideas to steal your sales and compete against you. One of the most effective ways to safeguard your innovations is by filing for a patent.

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You Developed a New Invention – How Do You Determine if it is Patentable?

JD Supra Law

An invention developed by a business or individual inventor may have great value to that business or individual, either through the commercialization of the invention or by licensing the invention to others in return for a license fee. But how do you know when your invention is patentable? By: Ruder Ware