Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) directed patent practitioners to current case law and sections of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) as reminders as the patent practitioners continue to work in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology space. MPEP Sections to Know – Especially for AI Inventions.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 16, 2023

The most popular of all customs is a play used by kids called “trick or treat” kids visit neighbour houses dressed in Halloween-themed costumes, which are designed to give a scary feeling, and ask them to give sweets by the phrase “trick or treat” if the owners of the house fail to give sweets, kids play a trick.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 22, 2023

Here are the nominees and winners: Best Patent Law Book The nominations were: Intellectual Property Protection for Plant Related Innovation: Fit for Future?

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JULY 25, 2023

Regarding Blue Gentian’s argument about the sufficiency of ties between contributed elements and claims, the Federal Circuit highlighted it was undisputed that each of the asserted patents includes one or more claims that require Ragner’s design elements that distinguished the claims from prior art.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The USPTO released inventorship guidance on February 12, 2024, for inventions assisted by artificial intelligence (AI). 2022), and this release provides guidance regarding the open question of human inventorship for inventions developed by a person working with the assistance of an AI system. Vidal , 43 F.4th 4th 1207 (Fed.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 1, 2024

founded in 1993 is a full service Intellectual Property firm manned with professionals in and specializes in the practice of Intellectual Property Laws including Patents, Trademarks, Industrial Designs, Copyright, Trade secrets. Majumdar & Co.,

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

Without regard to the nature of the invention, the Federal Circuit categorically rejected this characterization of inventorship. In this regard, wider focus on training, design, tuning, or application of generative models will better satisfy inventorship requirements to preserve the possibility of patent rights.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

For Baird, the Federal Circuit pointed out that the claimed 40 °F to 60 °F range was found to be a “different invention” from the disclosed 32 °F to 176 °F range because the claim had been copied from a different patent in order to initiate an interference proceeding. citing In re Wertheim , 541 F.2d 2d 257, 264–65 (C.C.P.A. 4th 1323 (Fed.

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Texas Intellectual Property Law Blog

JULY 29, 2020

Texas inventors should take a look into getting patents for their discoveries and inventions. A patent gives the creator of a product the property rights to that invention. A patent is for the design of a brand-new invention. Attorneys may be able to help them regain full control of their inventions.

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Texas Intellectual Property Law Blog

JULY 29, 2020

Texas inventors should take a look into getting patents for their discoveries and inventions. A patent gives the creator of a product the property rights to that invention. A patent is for the design of a brand-new invention. Attorneys may be able to help them regain full control of their inventions.

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Patently-O

MARCH 26, 2024

Brady for an improved dredge boat design. 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. The case addressed the validity of a patent granted to Edwin L.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Teleflex) owns multiple patents to a dual catheter design, wherein an extension catheter is disposed within a larger guide catheter coaxially. Teleflex’s patents include limitations to the angled “side opening” design (circled in red), allowing for a greater “entry area” (i.e., Teleflex Innovations S.A.R.L. , The opinion provides Fig.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

Thus, a legal safeguard should be provided to inventors for their inventions to keep their interest in science alive. What are the biotechnological inventions? This leads them to think about protecting their inventions from unauthorized use. Patents provide protection to innovations as well as commercialization of inventions.

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SpicyIP

MAY 17, 2023

Article 27 of the TRIPS prescribes non-exclusive patent-exclusionary subject matters, providing policy space for member countries to incorporate more subjects as non-patentable inventions in their domestic patent legislation. 59, para 1). 59, para 1). The revised Form 27 runs counter to the principles envisaged in the Patents Act, 1970.

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IIPRD

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The Intellectual Property incorporates the makings of the thoughts such as the discoveries, literary and artistic works, design, symbols, names, and images used in the business. The inventions of any startups are protected through the Copyright laws. It is safeguarded under the Patent Act, of 1970.

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The IPKat

JULY 3, 2024

in Germany First of all, some hot-off-the-press news: the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has just published its decision on AI inventorship, substantially concluding that a human contribution (not necessarily inventive) is invariably needed, even for AI-generated inventions.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

While PTE is designed to effectively extend the overall patent term for a single invention due to regulatory delays in product approval, PTA is designed to extend the term of a particular patent due to delays in the processing of that patent.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 7, 2021

Margaret Polson (Polson Intellectual Property Law PC): Overview of Design Patents for Software-Related Inventions. Andrew Godsey (Global Technology Transfer Group) and Clarke Nelson (InFact Experts LLC): Comprehensive Overview of Modern Patent Valuation.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Bharathwaj is a student at the Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT Kharagpur and loves reading books and IP law. In Open TV vs Controller , the Delhi High Court observed that “ The qualifier ‘as such’ thus applies to all categories of excluded inventions, including business methods in both the U.K.

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IPilogue

JULY 9, 2021

Professor David Vaver is a Member of IP Osgoode’s Advisory Board and a Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Osgoode Hall Law School. . view is accepted that the doctrine does not apply to future inventions (or, in Canada, also designs) that an employee promises to assign as a condition of employment. [7]

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) directed patent practitioners to current case law and sections of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) as reminders as the patent practitioners continue to work in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology space. neural networks) by reviewing case law, sections of the U.S.C.,

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SpicyIP

MARCH 13, 2023

Controller of Patents and Designs: Revisting the CRI Guidelines and Ferid Allani Patentability of Computer Related Inventions (CRI) in India has popped up again! Call for Papers: NUALS Intellectual Property Law Review (Vol. Microsoft v. The deadline for submissions is April 18, 2023.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 2, 2023

is to “offer a resource to the organizations designing, developing, deploying, or using AI systems to help manage the many risks of AI and promote trustworthy and responsible development and use of AI systems.” There are significant questions about the ability to patent inventions that were conceived with the assistance of AI.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 26, 2023

In a judgement passed on May 15, the Delhi High Court despite noting the lack of clarity on the concepts of “technical effect” and “contribution” in the context of the patentability of Computer Related Inventions, declared that the subject invention had technical effects.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 30, 2025

Announcing the Winners of the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law! We are delighted to announce the results of the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law. The Draft Guidelines for Examination of Computer-Related Inventions (CRI), 2025, has been published for public consultation.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 20, 2023

Hrdy, Professor of Intellectual Property Law at University of Akron School of Law, and Daniel H. Brean, Senior In-House Intellectual Property Counsel, Respiratory Care, Philips. Are inventions described in works of science fiction patentable? Guest post by Camilla A. Compare 35 U.S.C. §

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Kashishipr

JUNE 30, 2021

Modularity allows firms and companies with complex technical systems to divide the components therein, called the modules, which are capable of being designed independently, but to function, they need to be looked at together as a whole. The concept focuses on the notion of distributed innovation in the contemporary global economy.

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Kashishipr

JULY 7, 2021

The secret can be technical, like manufacturing processes, pharmaceutical test data, designs, and drawings of computer programs, or it can be commercial, like distribution methods, a list of suppliers and clients, and advertising strategies. The trade secret must contain information not known to the public, which makes it a viable secret.

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Kashishipr

MARCH 16, 2022

People are aware of the term ‘Property,’ which relates to the regulations, rules, and laws of ‘Real Property’ or ‘Real Estate,’ i.e., land. One way in which the real estate owners designate the boundaries of their assets, which is the land, is by putting a fence around it.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 20, 2022

Patents, copyright, and trademarks have been the most widely recognized forms of IP to date; however, there are other forms as well, including geographical indications and industrial designs, which have been gaining attention in the past few decades. Preventative Measures for Safeguarding a Trade Secret.

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Kashishipr

DECEMBER 8, 2021

To seek Patent Protection on it is not possible per se since the element of the inventive step is absent, which is of the three essential pillars on which a patented invention is found (inventive step, industrial use, and novelty). A life form is basically a living thing that exists in nature. ’ Conclusion.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2021

That call concerned patents, copyright and related rights, designs, trade marks and trade secrets. The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 defines a computer-generated work as a work generated by computer in circumstances such that there is no human author of the work. Text and data mining (TDM).

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Kashishipr

JUNE 23, 2021

.” Therefore, the domain of big data cannot escape the interplay of IP laws in its administration and protection against third parties. Generally speaking, IP laws safeguard the right of the proprietor of the original work or invention, including literature, inventions, logos, designs, etc.

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Kashishipr

APRIL 13, 2022

In the Metaverse, protectable IP assets vary from copyright to trademark, including slogans, logos, brand names, and trade dress in the form of design and packaging, and even Patent Protection for inventions.

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Larson & Larson

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Intellectual property is often traced back to the creativity of humankind. Therefore, they make good their imagination through invention, designs and symbols and all artistic and literary works. This legal protection serves to benefit the creators by giving them exclusive rights over their intellectual property.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 31, 2023

AI and IP Law: Podcast with Yuri Eliezer by Yuri L. Eliezer AI and Intellectual Property Law An Insightful Discussion with Yuri Eliezer The intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Intellectual Property (IP) Law is becoming increasingly significant in the dynamic landscape of technology and innovation.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

It is not enough for VLSI’s expert to chalk up any difference between the accused product and the asserted claim to a simple “design choice.” Here, the Federal Circuit is looking for particularized evidence “linking arguments as to the insubstantiality of the differences between the claimed invention and the accused device.”

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