IP Intelligence

JULY 19, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued guidance on the use of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI, in Intellectual Property (IP) practices involving documents filed at the USPTO. Implications for Patent/Trademark Prosecutors and Holders The U.S. may result in a breach of export laws.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Utility patents are for functional inventions. Because of this, a popular use of design patents is to protect the outside of common consumer products. Namely, anything protected by a design patent will enter the public domain generally 15 years after the patent office issued the design patent.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 12, 2022

The Macroeconomics of Intellectual Property Eric E Johnson Most of us think about microeconomics with L&E: supply and demand curve, allocating production/consumption. Payoffs: Facts as part of larger public domain that needs to grow and not shrink. Think about how facts can support the public interest.

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