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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 4-November 10)

SpicyIP

recent circular on procurement of drugs, non-obviousness test under the patents law, and the Hamburg Regional Court’s decision in Robert Kneschke v LAION e.V. Taming the ‘LAION’: Lessons for Harmonising AI and Copyright Law Unpacking the Hamburg Regional Court’s landmark ruling in Robert Kneschke v.

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Impact of AI on Global IP Systems

IIPRD

But it’s now evident that AI is capable of producing inventions on its own, and there have been multiple documented instances of patent applications where the person applying for a patent has recognized AI as the inventor. If such products were created by a human inventor, they could be eligible for patent protection.

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Australian Judge Rules Inventions Developed by Artificial Intelligence Can Qualify for Patent Protection

The IP Law Blog

Commissioner of Patents , case number VID 108 of 2021, in the Federal Court of Australia, an Australian Federal Judge became the first known jurist to rule that inventions developed by artificial intelligence can qualify for patent protection.

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Is Machine-Made Art Copyrightable?

The IP Law Blog

On February 14, 2022, the Copyright Review Board issued a decision affirming the Office’s refusal of registration. The Board held that “copyright law only protects ‘the fruits of intellectual labor’ that ‘are founded in the creative powers of the human mind’,” citing the Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices , §602.4(c)

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The USPTO and USCO Delivered a Report to Congress on IP Issues with NFTs – Maintains Existing IP Regime

Intellectual Property Law Blog

copyright law does not expressly provide for such renumeration, these opportunities depend on the code underlying the NFTs and the rules of the platforms on which they’re sold rather than any statutory entitlement. Patent applicants and practitioners could benefit from guidance regarding obtaining patents in the context of NFTs.

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Book Review: The Future of Intellectual Property

The IPKat

Burk, considers the patent context, titled AI Patents and the Self-Assembling Machine ; the second (chapter 8), titled Challenges of Artificial Intelligence to Patent Law and Copyright Law and Countermeasures , by Xiang Yu, Runzhe Zhang, Ben Zhang and Hua Wang, considers both patent and copyright.

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How Many Patents By Patent Attorney: How to Search

Patent Trademark Blog

Obviously, if you do not find an attorney’s name on this directory, they do not and can not file patent applications for others. They can still practice trademark or copyright law. Second, the Status column tells you whether a practitioner is a patent attorney or agent.

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