Patently-O

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

” A human who provides a significant contribution may be the sole inventor and original owner, even in situations where the AI provided the greater contribution. No AI Inventors Allowed First, the notice recognizes and follows existing case law that only natural persons can be listed as inventors on U.S. Vidal , 43 F.4th

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The AmeriKat instructing her computer overlord to come up with an invention which turns household objects into tuna Can machines be inventors? Over to Henry : "Background Dr Stephen Thaler is the inventor of an artificial intelligence machine called DABUS. 7(3) was that the inventor is a person ([19]). DABUS made inventions.

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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).

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Sander Law

OCTOBER 5, 2020

An IP Assignment is a document that transfers IP rights from one party to another. from a sole proprietor to a corporation) or changes its name , you should use an IP Assignment to formally transfer the ownership of the IP from the old company name to the new one. Employees & IP Ownership. IP Assignments. Monetizing your IP.

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IPilogue

APRIL 1, 2022

Canadian patents also tended to belong to individual inventors rather than larger assignees, involved fewer inventors, and were cited less frequently, making them relatively less valuable in the global market for innovation. In the evaluation stage, expert AI examiners evaluated each document for AI component technology.

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Patent Trademark Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

Startups frequently ask whether their patent should be owned by the company or the individual inventors. A US patent application must identify each individual inventor who contributed to the claimed invention whether or not they have ownership rights. Should you own your patent as an individual or under your company?

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 31, 2024

Bar and Bench ( paywalled ) reported that the case is not only concerned with the use of the above image but also the tagline “Inventors of Butter Chicken and Dal Makhani.” For instance, paragraph 19 of the order mentions the defendants’ claim of joint ownership of a pre-partition restaurant in Peshawar, Pakistan.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 19, 2024

This can become in cases like this because Universal has created a large patent portfolio that all claim back to original priority documents from more than a decade ago. While most of patents are attributable to both joint-inventors, some are only attributable to one or the other. ” Brian Barnett.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In 2022, the Federal Circuit definitively ruled that artificial intelligence (AI) systems cannot be named inventors or co-inventors on patent applications, reinforcing the longstanding principle that only natural persons are eligible as inventors under the Patent Act.

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IP and Legal Filings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Since blockchain plays a pivotal role in the crypto market, several inventors have attempted to legally protect the various components of blockchain technology using patents. In the NFT space, a buyer is granted ownership over a copy of a digital artifact. Smart contracts are contracts that are used to regulate NFT transactions.

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Larson & Larson

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Product designers, inventors, and artists of all types need to understand the meaning of intellectual property and how to protect their creative contributions. . Today’s law protects intellectual property to encourage creativity and the incentive to work for the public good by compensating the artist or inventor fairly. . .

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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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LexBlog IP

MARCH 25, 2022

These stakeholders range from inventors, patent owners, licensees and patent examiners. The most direct stakeholders are the inventors who conceptualized the invention that is now patented. The inventor’s rights to the patent vary depending on ownership, further explained below. Front Page.

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Greenspoon Marder LLP

JANUARY 25, 2019

As such, inventors could use blockchain to document, record and manage their inventions. Ultimately, effective implementation and use of blockchain technology could have a significant, groundbreaking impact on IP development, ownership and licensing.

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Intepat

MAY 24, 2024

Understanding Patents A patent is a legal protection granted by the government to an inventor, providing the exclusive right to make, use, and sell an invention for a specified period, typically 20 years from the filing date. This enhanced valuation allows startups to raise more capital while giving up less ownership.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The applicant, Malvern, unsuccessfully traversed the rejection on the merits, but removed the ’175 patent from prior art consideration by arguing that § 103(c)(1) applied, due to common ownership. After a change in ownership, Malvern sought supplemental examination of the ’175 patent under 35 U.S.C. § § 257.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

There has been limited case law citing the section 9(3) and there remains some ambiguity and academic debate on the ownership of computer-generated works under English law. The creators of AI tools may therefore need to be careful to document the works on which their tools were trained and consider measures to prevent infringements.

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Patent Trademark Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Are there any patent grace periods that might give inventors more time to file? Grace periods are generally applicable to the pre-filing activities of inventors and others connected to the inventors (e.g., third parties who divulged information taken from the inventors). And how late is too late? Whose activities matter?

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Ownership of intellectual property (IP) used as collateral often belongs to the borrower. have documentation of an IP certificate on hand. Collateral is frequently utilised with tangible assets owned by a firm, such as equipment and buildings. A lender may, however, impose restrictions on how the IP may be used in the future.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

while also acknowledging the pending applications for change of ownership. It is worth noting that the above order was passed, despite the Defendant’s plea that it has not received any copy of the Plaint and other documents. Opposition filed against a patent application which claims AI to be the inventor.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

26 , rejected the claim that taking away, or ignoring, the ability-to-control indicia of ownership amounts to a taking: Similarly, property rights, including copyright, have been described as ownership of a bundle of rights or interests. Indeed, the intermediate Texas appellate court, at Jim Olive Photography, 580 SW3d at 376, fn.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. A distributed ledger showing the first inventor, an authorized licensee, etc. to various entities dealing with the same.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. A distributed ledger showing the first inventor, an authorized licensee, etc. to various entities dealing with the same.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

Just like other patents, the patent protection on Blockchain also achieves exclusive rights to its inventor or assignee in exchange of details about the blockchain invented to be released in the public domain. A distributed ledger showing the first inventor, an authorized licensee, etc. to various entities dealing with the same.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 24, 2023

The Bad Pre-institution Settlement Provide for rules clarifying that settlement documents be filed if prior to institution? 135(e), 317(b) and 327(b) govern the filing of settlement documents for post-institution settlement, but not pre-institution. Allow for binding term sheet to settle cases?

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

AI is already impacting the document review and production process, legal research, and the drafting of court submissions. The rapid development of AI is introducing new opportunities and challenges to dispute resolution.

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Barry Sookman

MAY 4, 2020

an inventor must be a natural person. The decision was based on an application listing a single inventor with the given name “[DABUS]” and the family name “(Invention generated by artificial intelligence).” Title 35 of the United States Code consistently refers to inventors as natural persons.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

In a well written order by the Himachal Pradesh High Court, the Court holistically examined the plaint and the submitted document to assess whether there was any urgency in the matter or not. The Report includes the documentation of its extensive consultation with the judiciary, academia, industry and the government.

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