The IP Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has reduced the patent fees for small businesses and certain other applicants. For example, they can increase the value of a business, provide an advantage over competitors, and serve as a source of income through licensing. A small entity is defined under 37 CFR § 1.27

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 5, 2024

If you are an inventor of a consumer product there are reputable companies looking for inventions and ideas to bring to market, and their business model is built on taking products to market over and over again, and they are in constant need of new products and improvements.

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IP Tech Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program was implemented in May 2020 to encourage independent inventors and small businesses to bring important and possibly life-saving COVID related inventions to market more quickly, as explained in the USPTO’s announcement at that time.

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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

With so many IPs available trademarks, patents, copyrights, and more – how can you choose the right one for your work, product, or business? All the creations of the human minds such as designs, inventions, artistic works, names, symbols, etc. are intellectual properties owned by individuals and/or businesses.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Black Inventors and Entrepreneurs – Past, Present, and Future. Minority business growth. It is also an opportunity to spotlight some of the many inspiring stories and successes of Black inventors and Black-owned businesses. Brilliant You Denim is a North Carolina-based business founded by Terry Davis.

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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. Guest Post by Meshandren Naidoo and Dr. Christian E.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The America Invents Act (AIA), which passed on September 16, 2011, brought about some of the most significant changes to our patent system in over 50 years. The transition to a first inventor to file system was needed to harmonize the U.S. She spent a decade at Google leading their patent team. . with the rest of the world.

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Patently-O

MARCH 12, 2022

I recently posted a chart showing that there is a significant difference in technology focus of patents tied to US-Inventors as compared with Non-US-inventors. Applications from US Inventors were significantly more likely to be rejected on eligibility than non-US Inventors (15% vs 10%). US Inventors.

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 27, 2022

For maintaining a competitive edge in the market, businesses need to keep innovating. It applies to different aspects of a business, such as finance, corporate transactions, negotiations, employment agreements, technologies, to name a few. In the present era, working business environments have become significantly dynamic.

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Kashishipr

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In the present highly competitive business environment, understanding the market trends well is imperative for the development, and eventually, the success of a particular product or service. Market research helps come across the already existing inventions that may be similar to the applicant’s invention.

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IP.com

APRIL 9, 2025

While necessary for the agencys long-term sustainability, the increases create new challenges for businesses and innovators. Smaller businesses and individual inventors may benefit from new fee discounts under the Unleashing American Innovators Act , which could help offset some of these costs.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

IP business models will evolve, and risk and return calculations will become more reliable. In the decade since the America Invents Act (AIA) was enacted, patent licensing challenges have increased for many technology companies and independent inventors. grants for the first half of 2021.

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The IPKat

MARCH 7, 2023

On today's International Women's Day (IWD) The IPKat has received and is pleased to host a contribution by Katfriends Giorgia Golzio and Daniele Golzio reflecting on the contribution of women to technological advancement, with profiles of some notable female inventors throughout history being reviewed too. The same applied to IP.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 6, 2025

Inventors located outside the US can file US patent applications. Foreign inventors, however, must be careful to follow the patent laws of the country in which the invention was made. Are you a foreign business looking to apply for a US patent? Where was the invention made? There is one caveat to keep in mind.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 11, 2023

In keeping with the so-called media "silly season" of late summer, PatKat thought she would check-in on the AI inventor debate. PatKat has been sceptical about Dr Thaler and his purported inventing machine, DABUS, for some time ( IPKat ). Sceptical Kat Has DABUS invented?

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IP Close Up

JANUARY 3, 2024

IP CloseUp, weekly perspective on intellectual property trends and business, broke through 392,000 views and 272,000 visits in 2023, on its way to 400,000 plus Continue reading

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Kashishipr

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The ultimate success of brands and businesses in the modern world largely depends on the groundbreaking innovation that sets them apart from the rising competition in the market. However, keep in mind that using your IP assets to support the current and future market position of your business can prove to be a major challenge.

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Patently-O

APRIL 25, 2024

Chien , Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law and co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, and Jillian Grennan , Associate Professor of Finance and Sustainability at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business. And which innovators become inventors? of inventors.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Patent owners, especially small businesses and independent inventors, need two things of the patent system: 1) Reliability/believability. Many of our strategies reflect the startup-nature of our inventions, where we are constantly working on the product-market-fit. We need patents that are respected when they are issued.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 11, 2021

As a result, if the person and the AI cost about the same and generate a similar level of productivity (often a complex, or at least not a 1:1, comparison), businesses will be incentivized to automate to save on taxes. This will help ensure that businesses are only automating when it results in genuine efficiencies.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

However, engaging diverse inventors at large technology companies still presents layers of challenges. counties where women patented over the 30-year span from 1990 to 2019; in 2019, over 20% of patents issued included at least one woman inventor; similar data is not available for minority inventors. Most often, they fail.

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WIPO Magazine

APRIL 12, 2023

Since 1993, the Korean Women Inventors Association (KWIA), the world’s first association for women inventors, has been promoting the contributions that women inventors make to society, offering new generations an opportunity to generate income through their inventions with effective use of IP.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

AUGUST 16, 2021

Invention-Con 2021: Capitalizing on Your Intellectual Property. Are you a young or independent inventor, an entrepreneur, or a small business owner whose success depends on guarding your creative work? Invention-Con 2021 will also include a wide range of virtual exhibitors from the USPTO and other federal government agencies.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

A process that is substantially economic, financial, business, social, cultural, or artistic. A process that is substantially economic, financial, business, social, cultural, or artistic. An unmodified natural material, as that material exists in nature.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2023

39(1)(a) provides that inventions made by employees shall be deemed to belong to their employer if they were made in the course of the normal duties or specifically assigned duties, and the circumstances were such that an invention might reasonably be expected to result from the duties. Who owned the patent? But unfair?

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Under Clause 3(k) of Patent Amendment Act 2005, the amendment carried out was, a computer programme per se other than its technical application to industry or a combination with hardware; a mathematical method or a business method or algorithms. Negative response to it means the invention is obvious.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MAY 27, 2021

Inventors, Physicists and Entrepreneurs: Commerce Home to Diverse-Range of AANHPI Pioneers. Minority business growth. Inventors, Physicists and Entrepreneurs: Commerce Home to Diverse-Range of AANHPI Pioneers. based minority-owned businesses and entrepreneurs in becoming successful business and industry leaders.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 13, 2021

Therefore, businesses will have a tax incentive to automate. If there is no tax advantage to automated businesses and we move towards guaranteed income so that human employees are not disadvantaged because of AI’s inability to pay taxes, a neutral system for AI in the workplace can be achieved.

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

If youve invented the next big thing or are simply searching for inspiration, theres plenty of entrepreneurial spirit to be found in the Den. stake in his business. The IPO also has a network of attachs based around the world, who provide free guidance and support for UK businesses seeking advice on local IP matters.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Those four tips are applicable to any subject matter, including chemical, mechanical, and software inventions. By: Jason Nolan

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Dragons' Den

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Fresh from the rolling hills of Monmouth, Welsh inventors Lisa and Anthony Hicks strode confidently into the Den. 50,000 for a 5% stake in their business. Their business, Snoap, was born from a simple domestic challenge - the fact that it was impractical and could be a bit gross to share a bar of soap among family members.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 28, 2021

2021 saw key decisions on claim supremacy, types of antibody claims, the data threshold for second medical use inventions and the AI inventor debate. ?? DABUS: An AI inventor or the Emperor's New Clothes? 3 Sep 2020) Is it time to move on from the AI inventor debate? (2 15 Sep 2021) ??

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U.S. Department of Commerce

JUNE 24, 2022

Pride Month: Celebrating LGBTQIA+ Inventors and Entrepreneurs. An accomplished inventor, she was named on five patents by age 37. The company’s cutting-edge AI-guided scanner was named one of the “100 Best Inventions of 2021” by Time Magazine. June 24, 2022. KCPullen@doc.gov. Fri, 06/24/2022 - 11:44. This month, the U.S.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

A patent protects an invention. For example, if you invent a new kind of vacuum cleaner, you would apply for a patent to protect the invention itself.” And with patents, the only protection arises when the USPTO issues a patent on an invention. In business, a wide range of information can be considered a trade secret.

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Larson & Larson

JANUARY 10, 2021

Patents were designed to protect inventions and ideas that are new and non-obvious. Ultimately, a patent is a form of intellectual property protection that gives the creator exclusive rights to legally market, sell, manufacture, and profit from the invention. A utility patent applies to a broad range of inventions.

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Patently-O

MAY 31, 2023

-Jason) By: Jillian Grennan , Associate Professor of Finance and Principal, Diversity Pilots Initiative Recently, I had the privilege of being part of the Junior Innovation Economics Conference at Harvard Business School. Could this imply traditional invention disclosure processes that require proactive inventor identification deter women?

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) last week issued inventorship guidance for artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted inventions. This is a significant step forward in acknowledging the role of AI in innovation, and it’s great news for businesses that are pushing the boundaries of technology. Not completely.

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