Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Are there any requirements for getting a design patent? Design patents can be quite powerful. Even though design patents are easier to get than utility patents, it is still possible for a design application to be rejected. 35 USC 171 sets forth the requirements for getting a design patent.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Design Patent #D1,050,634 from the U.S. Design Application #29888619, titled “Rope Throw Dog Toy” on September 18, 2024, and the patent was issued on November 5, 2024. On November 5, 2024, I received an official copy of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). I received a Notice of Allowance for my U.S.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 8, 2022

The Designs Act is an act that protects one of the most significant Intellectual Property Rights of a person. Therefore, many acts govern several IPRs one of which includes the Designs Act,2000. Therefore, many acts govern several IPRs one of which includes the Designs Act,2000. The Designs Act, 2000 is one such act.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) may change how we invent: many envision a collaborative approach between human inventors and AI systems that develop novel solutions to problems together. The Guidance begins with the premise that only natural persons can be named as inventors on U.S. On February 13, 2024, the U.S. Principle No.

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Patent Trademark Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What is the filing deadline for a US design patent based on a foreign priority application? A US design patent application must be filed within six months of your foreign priority date. Individual inventor applicants and academic institutions qualify as small entity for reduced USPTO patent filing fees.

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Patently-O

MARCH 21, 2023

Vidal ask the Supreme Court one simple question: Does the Patent Act categorically restrict the statutory term ‘inventor’ to human beings alone? In Thaler’s case, the PTO and courts short-circuited the patentability analysis because the purported inventor is a machine, and machines simply are not permitted to be inventors.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2021

One question that has recently been in the headlines around the world, thanks to the Artificial Inventor Project, is whether or not an AI system can be regarded as an inventor. The convoluted contortions that Beach J engaged in to arrive at this conclusion was rejected in England.

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Patently-O

JUNE 28, 2023

– Jason) Guided invention sessions not only increase idea submission rates but also transform individuals’ perception of themselves as inventors. At Meta, employees are encouraged to submit patent ideas through an inventor portal. She said, “I tend to minimize my contributions compared to others on my team.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 22, 2021

It reportedly conceived two separate inventions without any human intervention and therefore, was designated as an inventor on patent applications related to those inventions. DABUS (Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience) is an artificial intelligence (AI) system created by Dr. Stephen Thaler.

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IIPRD

MARCH 13, 2025

All the creations of the human minds such as designs, inventions, artistic works, names, symbols, etc. It grants exclusive rights to the inventors and prevents others from selling, using or making it without their permission. For example, the Tata Nanos rear-engine design and lightweight body structure is patented by Tata Motors.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The Court of Appeal (Arnold LJ, Laing LJ and Birss LJ) handed down its judgment in Thaler v Comptroller General of Patents Trade Marks And Designs on 21 September 2021. The court held, with Birss LJ dissenting, that the judge of first instance (Marcus Smith J) was correct in his dismissal of the appeal. By: Allen & Overy LLP

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a decision granting a Motion for Summary Judgment for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and upholding the Office’s view that AI algorithms cannot be listed as inventors on U.S.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

In his recent work published in the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice , Dr. Mo Abolkheir argues that the prevailing interpretation of ‘inventive steps’ places emphasis on the inventor’s imaginative capacity rather than the invention itself. Bhuwan is a third year B.A., It confuses ‘invention’ with ‘person.’

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Patently-O

MARCH 11, 2022

Thaler filed for patent protection, but refused to name himself as the inventor — although he created DABUS, these particular inventions did not originate in his mind. The USPTO rejected the applications — explaining US patents must name a human inventor. Now the case is pending before the Federal Circuit. Thaler Brief.

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office issued its 1 millionth design patent to a licensed cosmetologist on Tuesday as more inventors apply for design patent protection than any other time in history.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 20, 2022

Patent offices and courts around the world have recently been grappling with the question of whether an AI system can be the inventor of a patent. This has been prompted by Dr. Stephen Thaler’s applications to designate his AI system (known as ‘DABUS’) as the inventor of patents filed in multiple jurisdictions. By: Dechert LLP

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 23, 2024

7, 2024) - Designing functional features on a device will not make you an inventor for design patents on the device! CV 22-1377, 2024 WL 4436629 (D. The District of Delaware (“the court”) recently held that Apple Inc.’s The District of Delaware (“the court”) recently held that Apple Inc.’s By: Irwin IP LLP

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The IPKat

JULY 11, 2022

The EPO Board of Appeal has published its full decision on the question of whether a machine can be an inventor ( J 8/20 ). The Board of Appeal had previously announced its decision to refuse two European patent applications naming an algorithm ("DABUS") as the sole inventor at the end of last year ( IPKat ).

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More Than Your Mark

AUGUST 20, 2021

At its core, 3-D printing uses computer code in a computer-aided design (CAD) file to instruct specially designed printers to print three-dimensional physical objects one layer at a time. The functionalities and any new and unobvious structures created by 3-D printing technologies may be the subject of a utility or a design patent.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The question of whether it should be possible to name artificial intelligence (AI) code as an inventor on a patent application continues to dog patent offices and courts around the world. The US District Court, by contrast, recently found against naming an algorithm as an inventor ( IPWatchDog ). outside the competence of the EPO".

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Dragons' Den

JANUARY 23, 2025

Using her experience and her savings, she started a reseller company distributing fashion items designed and manufactured in Ukraine. It was twenty three years ago that he first came up with the undoubtedly sleek design bathroom components including basin, toilet, storage and shower that swivel out from one central backbone.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Artificial intelligence is transforming drug design — but it could also disrupt intellectual property law. To realize AI’s full promise, the US may have to reconsider its approach to issuing patents. By: Goodwin

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

Inventors and patent attorneys often face the challenge of effectively protecting new AI technology development. The rule of thumb is to focus the patent protection on what the inventors improve over the conventional technology. AI technology is complex and includes different parts across different fields.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 7, 2023

We previously discussed the UK Court of Appeal's judgment in Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Trade Marks and Designs in December 2021 (Court of Appeal Judgment on Machine Inventors). Permission to appeal that judgment to the UK Supreme Court was granted on 12 August 2022 and an oral hearing was held on 02 March 2023.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

On 30 July 2021, the Federal Court of Australia ruled that a machine – that is, a mathematical equation that analysed and processed data – can be an inventor under Australian patent laws. By: Allen & Overy LLP

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This second consultation focuses on specific trade marks and designs issues, but also includes some proposals on patents and tribunals. Inventors’ addresses The government is considering no longer publishing full addresses of inventors for UK patents, instead publishing only country and place of residence.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

2022) raises a number of important design patent law questions, including an issue of first-impression of the scope of “comparison prior art” available for the ordinary observer infringement analysis under Egyptian Goddess, Inc. An accused design does not have to exactly match the drawings. by Dennis Crouch. 2021-2299 (Fed.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

13(2) Patents Act 1977 i.e. to name a “Person” as the “Inventor” and to explain how Dr Thaler. 13(2) Patents Act 1977 i.e. to name a “Person” as the “Inventor” and to explain how Dr Thaler. By: Hogan Lovells

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 6, 2022

I have been monitoring patent application filing around the world that list “DABUS (the “Device for the Autonomous Bootingstraiming of Unified Sentience”) as the sole inventor. At issue is whether an AI machine alone can be listed as an inventor on a patent application. In today’s posting, I provide updates to this article.

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The IPKat

JULY 30, 2024

The natural person can then be named an inventor on the patent application. Of more practical consequence, the legal test provided in the Guidance for determining whether the inventors of a particular AI system should also be considered inventors of its output, remains open to interpretation.

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Patently-O

APRIL 24, 2023

Vidal , a case involving inventor Dr. Stephen Thaler’s attempt to patent an invention created by his artificial intelligence (AI) system, DABUS. In his petition to the Supreme Court, Thaler asked if the Patent Act restricts the statutory term “inventor” solely to human beings. What do you think here?

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

But can an AI system be a named inventor on a patent? With the advances in AI technologies, AI systems create drugs, treatments, designs, and more. That may have been done by the AI system, which raises the question as to who is the inventor of the invention created by that system. 16/524,350 (“the ’350 Appl.”)

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2023

Recovering money from users of technology requires movement on the part of inventors of technology. For example, receiving compensation from those who use patented designs without permission often requires patent owners (e.g., All of these movements require the inventor to possess a patent.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued its one millionth design patent on September 26, 2023. D1,000,000 claims the ornamental design for a dispensing comb. This milestone comes during a particularly prolific period for design patents.

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IP Law 360

JANUARY 9, 2024

A startup founder seeking $1.6 billion from Google for allegedly infringing his computing patents to boost the power of its artificial intelligence products told a Massachusetts federal jury Tuesday that a Google worker admitted in an email that the tech giant's AI work was "quite corrupted" by the founder's ideas.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 27, 2021

These well-known applications designated an artificial intelligence system as the inventor. Legal basis and arguments According to Article 81 EPC and Rule 19(1) EPC, the designation of the inventor is a formal requirement that a patent application must fulfill. This Kat wonders, is AI really an inventor?

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 13, 2025

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Monday, January 13, issued a precedential decision denying a state law conversion claim as being preempted by patent law and rejecting BearBox LLC owner Austin Storms bid to be named a sole or joint inventor on Lancium LLCs patent.

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