Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

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. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a long-anticipated Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 4, 2022

Intellectual property rights are statutory rights given to creators, inventors, and artists. The purpose of Intellectual Property Rights is to ensure that sufficient recognition is given to the creator’s work and skills, subsequently stimulating innovation and creativity in the country.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The America Invents Act (AIA), which passed on September 16, 2011, brought about some of the most significant changes to our patent system in over 50 years. The transition to a first inventor to file system was needed to harmonize the U.S. She spent a decade at Google leading their patent team. . with the rest of the world.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 22, 2023

Enablement Section 112(a) of the Patent Act requires that a patent specification includes “a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making an using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art…to make and use the same.

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IIPRD

MAY 9, 2024

This has led to the introduction of intellectual property rights which are a set of exclusionary rights as it excludes the world from enjoying a set of rights arising out an invention or creation, except the inventor or creator. College: LC-1, Faculty of Law, Delhi University [1] The Patents Act, 1970, No.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2021

A recent court decision on whether an AI system can be named an inventor in a patent application provides a compelling reason for stakeholders in the artificial intelligence industry to respond to the request. The decision confirms that inventions generated by AI are not eligible for patent protection in the United States. In Thaler v.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JULY 26, 2023

Background Hormel Foods appealed the District Court’s ruling that David Howard should be added as a joint inventor on its patents. Standard of Review “Inventorship is a question of law that [the Federal Circuit] review[s] without deference.” is insignificant in quality when measured against the dimension of the full invention.”

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Patents 8,048,032, RE45,380, RE45,776, RE45,760, and RE47,379 (collectively, “the challenged patents”) under pre-AIA’s first-to-invent provisions. VSI”), asserted that the claimed invention of the challenged patents was conceived in early 2005. Patent 7,736,355 (“the ’355 patent”) does not qualify as prior art to related U.S.

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The IPKat

MARCH 24, 2025

Super kids Seven-year-old named Callie from Manchester won the Kids Invent Stuff and Taskmaster Education Competition supported by the UK's Intellectual Property Office. The competition coincided with Science Week and involved 1,600 inventors aged 4-11 creating solutions to problems.

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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. MPEP Sections to Know – Especially for AI Inventions.

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Kashishipr

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

To be specific, market research performed before filing a Patent Application or after obtaining Patent Protection may help an inventor or innovator significantly in examining the business environment for his invention or innovation. He would also understand the profitability and commercial viability of his invention.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

. § 135, and specifically whether the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) has the authority to cancel SNIPR’s pure AIA claims through an interference for lack of invention priority under pre-AIA § 102(g). patent system from a first-to-invent system to a first-to-file system.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Many courts tried to determine whether a software invention is abstract by devising several tests to determine whether any invention related to computers might be patentable. In the instant case the term inventive step was stretched over the economic value of the inventive. In Bishwanath Prasad Radhey Shyam v.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 9, 2022

What is at the core of invention? All inventions boil down to applying some natural law , but where is the line between natural law and invention? ” The most recent Supreme Court case which granted certiorari with regard to an “inventive concept” is Alice Corp. By: Banks Griffin.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 17, 2023

And the similarly savory subject of who must be named inventor on a bacon patent was the issue in the recent case of HIP, Inc. HIP claimed that one of its employees materially contributed to the invention of Hormel’s patent on methods for precooking bacon. Hormel Foods Corp., 2022-1696 (Fed. May 2, 2023).

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IPilogue

AUGUST 13, 2021

Abbott examines this concept in four legal areas: tax, torts, criminal, and intellectual property law. The section on intellectual property (IP) is particularly intriguing in light of recent events. On July 29, 2021 South Africa approved a patent listing AI as the inventor.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

200, passed in 1980, streamlined and relaxed federal government policy regarding patent rights to inventions developed with federal grant money. The funding agency obtains a license to “subject inventions,” which is defined as “any invention. . . The invention of the patent at issue in the case ( U.S. 35 U.S.C. §

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IP Watchdog

MAY 14, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) recent Request for Comments (RFC) on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) highlights a critical juncture in intellectual property law—evaluating the impact of generative AI (GenAI) on the non-obviousness standard.

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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. The study needs a high level of patience and huge investments in time and money.

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Kashishipr

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Where it is a public sector entity, like a government initiative or a university, there is often the pressure of publishing and disseminating information at the earliest; whereas the private sector is usually free of such challenges, and major consideration is laid on the nature and value of the researched object or invention.

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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). The Federal Circuit previously held that an AI system cannot be listed as an inventor in Thaler v. Simply owning or overseeing an AI system used in the creation of an invention. Vidal , 43 F.4th 4th 1207 (Fed.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

A process that is substantially economic, financial, business, social, cultural, or artistic.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Teleflex claimed that Itou was not prior art because the invention claimed in the ’116 patent was conceived before Itou’s critical date and was either actually reduced to practice before the critical date or diligently pursued until its constructive reduction to practice.

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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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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 11, 2021

A 2015 court case and trade secret law help shed some light on this question. In 1987, a man by the name of Norberto Colón Lorenzana claimed to have invented the chicken sandwich while employed for a Church’s Chicken franchise in Puerto Rico.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

2022) recently confirmed that an inventor under the patent statute must be a natural person. Patent Office two patent applications in which artificial intelligence was identified as the inventor. Without regard to the nature of the invention, the Federal Circuit categorically rejected this characterization of inventorship.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

JULY 25, 2023

Background Blue Gentian is an assignee of Berardi’s six patents involving a collapsible hose, where Berardi is the named inventor. The district court ordered correction of the inventorship for the six patents holding that Ragner should have been a named co-inventor for all of the asserted patents.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

For larger companies, budget is also a concern, but often it is also the time required of inventors to adequately document an invention disclosure and to work with a patent professional. Often, a patent inventor is also a company executive such as the CEO or CTO and their time is limited. What are the possible drawbacks?

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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.

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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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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. About Our Exclusive Knowledge Partner S. Majumdar & Co.,

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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

DECEMBER 14, 2023

During the supplemental examination, Malvern cited seven office action documents from the ’782 patent prosecution in an IDS and introduced two declarations by the co-inventor Rochalski. The Federal Circuit looked to the claim language, specification, and the co-inventor declarations submitted with the ’175 patent supplemental examination.

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Patently-O

MARCH 26, 2024

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. Such inventors are worthy of all favor. Brady for an improved dredge boat design. 63, 67 (2020).

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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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Kashishipr

MAY 25, 2022

A patent refers to an exclusive right granted by the patent authority of a nation to the inventor or applicant of a unique invention. One of the essential requirements to be met for obtaining Patent Protection is that of novelty, i.e., the invention in question must be unique around the world. Types of Patent Search.

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