IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Patents can help inventors gain protection and recognition for their innovations, but are often costly and can take years to issue to register. First proposed in 2013 , the UPC is an agreement among 24 countries to create a single expert patent court to assess patent filings from all contracting European states.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

However, the cost of obtaining and maintaining patents may be a barrier for individual inventors and small businesses to benefit from the advantage or enter certain markets. Further, anyone holding rights in the invention must also qualify as a small entity. The UAIA was signed into law on December 29, 2022, and included in the U.S.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MAY 27, 2021

Inventors, Physicists and Entrepreneurs: Commerce Home to Diverse-Range of AANHPI Pioneers. Inventors, Physicists and Entrepreneurs: Commerce Home to Diverse-Range of AANHPI Pioneers. LEADING INVENTOR IN ACCESSIBILITY TECHNOLOGY CHIEKO ASAKAWA. Leading Inventor in Accessibility Technology Chieko Asakawa More details.

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IPilogue

JULY 29, 2022

While artists may inherently feel like they are “held hostage” by their record labels, it all comes down to the contract terms that both the artist and record label agreed upon. Common contract terms found in recording agreements include rights granted, producer royalties, and promotions.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Federal Contracting; Contractor Disclosure Requirements to Funding Agencies and Funding Agency March-in Rights. The act also establishes the rights for businesses and nonprofits to patent and commercialize inventions developed within the scope of the funding agreement.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 2, 2021

The district court sided with Omni — finding that Omni had received rights from the inventor, and that Islam had not assigned his rights to UM. Lets look at the contract. Both the district court and appellate court agreed that the agreement was not a present assignment of future inventions. employment. employment.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 22, 2024

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Tuesday, May 21, issued a precedential decision vacating and remanding a district court’s finding that Core Optical Technologies didn’t have standing to sue Nokia due to the language of a contract between the inventor and his employer. where he worked at the time of the invention.

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IPilogue

JULY 7, 2021

While an employer may have invested significant resources to facilitate the production of an invention and wish to capitalize on their investment, their employee also likely devoted significant time and energy into developing the invention and may feel entitled to benefit from its associated IP. Private Sector Employees.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The European Patent Office (EPO) has recently released the outcomes of its new study named “ Women’s participation in inventive activity ”, which aims at better understanding the presence of women inventors across different countries, time periods, technology fields and applicant types. 2017; Koning et al.,

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Patently-O

MAY 2, 2022

2022) focuses on the classic patent law question of whether the inventor’s pre-filing sales activity serve to bar the patent from issuing. The “on sale bar” prohibits patenting an invention that was placed “on sale” prior to the application being filed. by Dennis Crouch. Venture (Fed. ” Pfaff v.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Article 118 EPC states that, where the applicants for a European patent are not the same for different contracting states of the EPO, they shall be regarded as joint applicants and that unity of the application will thus not be affected. P1 was filed in the name of 3 inventor-applicants, A1, A2 and A3.

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Kashishipr

JANUARY 27, 2022

In legal terms, it is a contract signed amongst at least two parties looking forward to detailing confidential knowledge, clauses, statements, or any information they wish to restrict from access by third parties.

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Intepat

MARCH 13, 2025

While protection of copyright is possible by subjecting the creation to the IP jurisdiction of the country to which the author belongs, it is not so simple in the case of inventions or trademarks created in outer space. The insertion of specific clauses discussing the ownership, protection and enforcement of intellectual property is key.

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SpicyIP

JULY 2, 2021

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has awarded LexisNexis Reed Tech a 10-year patent data and document management contract. New products have been invented, new uses for old ones discovered, and employment opportunities created for millions of Americans. The strength and vitality of the U.S.

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Patently-O

APRIL 10, 2024

By Dennis Crouch In a recent unpublished decision, the Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment in favor of CPA Global Support Services, LLC (“CPA”) (now part of Clarivate) against a claim of negligent misrepresentation brought by inventor James C. Dr. Robinson, a neurosurgeon, invented a type of spinal implant.

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Patently-O

MARCH 26, 2024

The Supreme Court ultimately reversed the lower court’s decision upholding the patent and found instead that Brady’s claimed invention lacked novelty and did not constitute a patentable advance over the prior art. Such inventors are worthy of all favor. Brady for an improved dredge boat design. 63, 67 (2020).

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U.S. Department of Commerce

APRIL 25, 2023

We have some exciting events planned this week — both in-person and virtual — to uplift the women inventors, creators, and entrepreneurs who do ground-breaking work every day. All are welcome! We will go over the benefits of having a mentor when starting, funding, and/or expanding your business.

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Patently-O

JULY 22, 2022

However, the pair had not fully exited from their Sleep Number contract. ” UDP Labs quickly filed a provisional patent application for Young and Hewitt’s new inventions. .” ” UDP Labs quickly filed a provisional patent application for Young and Hewitt’s new inventions. Young , 33 F.4th

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IPilogue

JULY 9, 2021

Many contracts assigning IP have detailed provisions dealing with the incidents of the assignment. Other contracts are brief, but all are written against the background of default rules such as those on estoppel. v Adkins 395 US 693 (1969), would carry over to patent assignments. . For example, in the U.K. , 7] Minerva, ibid at 15. [8]

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

Representation of Female Inventors on Patent Teams Jordi Goodman Equity would be achieved in 2092 if current trends continue. Banjo/fiddle crossover, history of interracial playing, “Black hillbillies” who couldn’t get record contracts.] In 2015, 29% of patent applications name at least one woman inventor—up from 17% in 1997.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Option 3: adopt an exception for any use, with a possibility for rightholders to contract out. Option 4: adopt an exception for any use, with no possibility for rightholders to contract out. Consequently, patents do not protect inventions if the inventor is an AI system – a point recently confirmed also by the UK Court of Appeal.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 22, 2022

” On appeal, Bacon argued that he owned the invention based upon the prior employment agreement. However, the Supreme Court sided with Appleton, concluding that the keys to the invention came-about after North’s contract had ended. ”).

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

A company should always be aware of any new inventions under development, and it is good practice to investigate the status of any inventions developed by company employees during the past year. Such inventions may be protectable under federal patent laws.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 16, 2023

Patents Image from Pixabay Rose Hughes reflected on the patent applications filed by Dr Thaler, which claim inventions purportedly invented by the AI machine, DABUS. There has been a lot of excitement about whether an AI can be formally designated as an inventor.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The main updates this year reflect the recent decisions from the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) in G2/21 (Evidence standard for inventive step/plausibility) and G 1/22 (Entitlement to priority). The impact of G 2/21 on inventive step and free evaluation of evidence (E-IV-4.1, Is the Broad CRISPR appeal coming back from the dead?

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 16, 2021

It is important to understand the ownership or possession of IP in case of any such contract with a third party. If there is any contract with the third party for the development of any IP, the parties must be clear with the terms. Owing of intellectual property is not automatic until and unless any agreement specifies so.

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Kashishipr

JULY 7, 2021

Another mode of protection could be through enforcement of the law against industrial or commercial espionage, breach of contract, and breach of confidence. The invention should be a new addition to state of the art such that it is non-obvious and industrially applicable. The secret formula of Coca-Cola is locked in a bank vault.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 19, 2024

While most of patents are attributable to both joint-inventors, some are only attributable to one or the other. The decision is lacking though because the court does not ground its decision in any particular contract or property tradition. The quote above comes from the employment agreement. ” Brian Barnett. 3d 1284 (Fed.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

§200, passed in 1980, streamlined and relaxed federal government policy regarding patent rights to inventions developed with federal grant money. The funding agency obtains a license to “subject inventions,” which is defined as “any invention. The invention of the patent at issue in the case ( U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 18, 2023

The owner gets an exclusive right to use or sell for a specific time period as a legal right under the document which we refer throughout this paper as ‘patent’ The patent system is designed to encourage innovation by protecting the rights of inventors to their inventions. 3] In the case of V.B. Mohammaed Ibrahim v.

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IIPRD

JUNE 13, 2024

Analyzing the convergence of AI and IPR laws, it elucidates the challenges and ambiguities in recognizing AI as inventors or creators. Ai doesn’t understand what it’s doing in the way that a person does but functionally what it is doing is the same thing that an author or an inventor may be doing.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 23, 2023

Introduction Intellectual property entails the protection of legal rights for inventions and creations made by individuals or businesses using their minds. Copyrights safeguard the artists’ rights in the inventive and imaginative content that abounds in digital media. These advantages can be made profitable for the owner.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 30, 2023

However, the cost of obtaining and maintaining patents may be a barrier for individual inventors and small businesses to benefit from the advantage or enter certain markets. Further, anyone holding rights in the invention must also qualify as a small entity. The UAIA was signed into law on December 29, 2022, and included in the U.S.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Part 5: Why Can’t I Talk About It, It’s My Invention? Patent protection is jurisdictional, which means that your invention is only protected in the country (or countries) where the patent was issued. As such, you can simply write a description of your invention to fulfill the requirements.

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LexBlog IP

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Under typical Phase 1 contracts with the Department of Defense (DoD), such as the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), default ownership of domestic and international intellectual property rights belong to the Contractor. The inventor of the invention and the corresponding contract number that the agreement was conceived under.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 16, 2023

Introduction In the recent decision of the UK Patents Court in Oxford University Innovation v Oxford Nanoimaging Limited [2022] EWHC 3200 (Pat) , the Court was asked to consider whether UK legislation protecting consumers from unfair contract terms applied to a contract made between Oxford University and a DPhil (doctorate) student.

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Patently-O

MAY 22, 2024

by Dennis Crouch In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit vacated a district court’s grant of summary judgment that an inventor, Dr. Mark Core, had automatically assigned a patent associated with his PhD thesis to his then-employer and education funder TRW. Core Optical Techs., Nokia Corp. , 23-1001 (Fed. May 21, 2024). 2d 1568 (Fed.

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