Patently-O

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

What is it that makes a use “public” for purposes of the public use bar? Does it matter whether the person doing the using is a member of the public, as opposed to the inventor? Or does it matter whether the use is itself in public, as opposed to taking place in secret behind closed doors?

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Patently-O

AUGUST 5, 2024

The basic holding is that the 102(a)(2)/(b)(2) safe harbor triggered by an inventor’s pre-filing “public disclosure” of the invention requires that the invention be made “reasonably available to the public.” ” Neither public uses nor private sales satisfy this requirement.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

However, fewer startups are aware of the public-use bar and how activities pursued with the goal of growing their businesses may unwittingly invoke it.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 22, 2022

And, once a patent expires (or is refused or forfeited by public use), the balance allows “free access to copy whatever the federal patent and copyright laws leave in the public domain.” ” Compco Corp. Day–Brite Lighting, Inc. , 234 (1964). Bicron Corp. , 470 (1974). ” Id. Hotchkiss v. 248 (1851).

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IP Intelligence

JULY 19, 2024

In view of these, practitioners must manage AI technologies with a full understanding of the information created using AI; how AI is used, if at all, to interact with USPTO websites; and the details of how AI systems store information.

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Larson & Larson

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

This makes the term ‘prior art’ an important concept for inventors to understand. It’s the legal term for ‘thing that is exactly like my thing that was in the public before I made my thing.’ For more information on how Larson & Larson can help you with the patent process, contact us.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2023

PatKat is reliably informed by AI expert Mr PatKat, that LLMs represent a true paradigm shift in the ability of AI. This week, the UK supreme court finally rejected the appeal by Dr Thaler to have DABUS named as an inventor on a patent application. Bad cases make bad law: Has DABUS "the AI inventor" actually invented anything?

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