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Logical Fallacy in Patent Law: Analysing Abolkheir’s Challenge to the Soundness of Non-obviousness Test

SpicyIP

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. It confuses ‘invention’ with ‘person.’

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Impact of AI on Global IP Systems

IIPRD

Selection of the suitable Algorithm: The particular task or issue that the AI system is intended to resolve informs the selection of AI algorithms. AI and the Global IP System We need a worldwide intellectual property (IP) structure that encourages innovation and invention if we are to benefit from generative AI.

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[Opinion] Can an AI system be an inventor ?

The IPKat

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. Possession of information (non-rivalrous) does not. Possession of things (rivalrous) entails the exclusion of others.

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AI Systems May Invent, But Are They Inventors?

The IP Law Blog

Arguably, an AI system, which is a non-human, can also create or invent. But can an AI system be a named inventor on a patent? While these systems may have been programmed and/or trained by a human, the human may not have actually invented the apparatus or method claimed in the patent application. In the matter of the ’350 Appl.,

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Inventor Diversity Advocacy Group Launches ‘Patent Academy’ in Latest Effort to Reach Underrepresented Inventors

IP Watchdog

Earlier this month, IP diversity advocacy group Invent Together announced that it had launched an online learning platform known as The Inventor’s Patent Academy (TIPA), an e-learning course designed in collaboration with Qualcomm to educate inventors from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds about the benefits of engaging with the U.S.

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U.S. Court Rules Artificial Intelligence Cannot be an Inventor (Again)

IPilogue

The latest decision from the United States, Thaler v Hirshfeld , comes off the heels of recent judgements in South Africa and Australia asking if AI can be considered the inventor in patent law. While South Africa and Australia answered in the affirmative, finding that AI passes the inventor test, the U.S. Ryan Abbott.

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AI-Assisted Inventions: Is There a Duty to Disclose the Use of AI?

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Inventors and patent practitioners filing patent applications before U.S. patent application has a duty to disclose to the USPTO all information which is materially relevant in assessing the patentability of the invention. the Office is aware of and evaluates the teachings of all information material to patentability.”

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