IP Close Up

MARCH 21, 2023

When it comes to declining respect for intellectual property rights inventors and content creators, such as photographers, musicians and writers, as well as some trademark Continue reading

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Burstein: in the past, small inventors were sometimes diverted to design patents by skeevy methods (even though the design patent may have been broader in some ways than the utility patent); this may have contributed to the disrepute/neglect of the design patent regime. More partial designs. But manipulation of the description is then a risk.

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IP Close Up

JANUARY 3, 2024

IP CloseUp, weekly perspective on intellectual property trends and business, broke through 392,000 views and 272,000 visits in 2023, on its way to 400,000 plus Continue reading

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IPilogue

AUGUST 11, 2021

To take another example, AI has been generating creative and inventive output for years that, if that output had been made by a person, would be protected by intellectual property rights. Litigation is currently ongoing on these patents in the United States, United Kingdom, EPO (Europe), and Germany.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 10, 2023

Beyond Borders: Accessing Top-Quality Legal Services for Intellectual Property Protection @media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {.thegem-vc-text.thegem-custom-6434ddeeda7ab5469{display: For most intellectual property questions, your attorney can be located anywhere in the United States.

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IP Tech Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

Every year, on April 26, intellectual property organizations around the world observe “ World IP Day ” – an event established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to raise awareness of patents, copyrights, designs, and trademarks, and to celebrate the creativity and contributions of inventors, authors, artists and entrepreneurs.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Well, it turns out that not all contributions count when it comes to being an inventor of a patent for a better method of precooking bacon. Unitherm”), argued that it had rights to the patent because its president was an inventor and should be added to the patent. Also, Howard was not named as an inventor. The court in Pannu v.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 31, 2023

AI and IP Law: Podcast with Yuri Eliezer by Yuri L. Eliezer AI and Intellectual Property Law An Insightful Discussion with Yuri Eliezer The intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Intellectual Property (IP) Law is becoming increasingly significant in the dynamic landscape of technology and innovation.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 24, 2023

Vidal, which asked the Court to consider the question: “Does the Patent Act categorically restrict the statutory term ‘inventor’ to human beings alone?” Dr. Stephen Thaler lost his case at the U.S.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

IP business models will evolve, and risk and return calculations will become more reliable. In the decade since the America Invents Act (AIA) was enacted, patent licensing challenges have increased for many technology companies and independent inventors. grants for the first half of 2021.

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IP Close Up

MAY 1, 2023

Four IP licensing experts will discuss recent changes in the intellectual property licensing landscape, including generative A.I., and how they are affecting innovation. The all-star Continue reading

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2021

There has been much headline ink spilled on the question of AI-inventorship in the IP press and beyond. 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. more likely not.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 21, 2024

As reported on IPWatchdog, the UK Supreme court recently ruled that a trained neural network (an Artificial Intelligence known as DABUS) could not be listed as the inventor on two patent applications filed by Dr. Stephen Thaler at the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO).

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Right now, inventors, businesses, and other interested members of the public often have to undertake time consuming and expensive litigation to determine who owns a patent.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held a hearing today featuring witnesses who weighed in on the Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act, which was introduced in June by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI).

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 5, 2022

Vidal that an artificial intelligence (AI) machine does not qualify as an inventor under the Patent Act. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled today in Thaler v. The decision is the latest in a series of rulings around the world considering the topic, most of which have found similarly. Judge Stark authored the opinion.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While the Court suggested that questions such as whether inventions like DABUS’ should be patentable and if the meaning of the term “inventor” should be expanded are important ones that should be considered at a policy level, the present case was concerned solely with the interpretation of the present law, which clearly does not contemplate non-human (..)

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IP Close Up

AUGUST 9, 2022

Earlier this year China issued a detailed “Outline for Building a Powerful Intellectual Property Country.” ” It is an impressive document which needs to be taken Continue reading.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

Pina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director of IP Osgoode, the IP Intensive Program, and the IP Innovation Clinic, the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the IPilogue, the Deputy Editor of the Intellectual Property Journal, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. David Vaver. Copilot or Co-Conspirator?

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The inventor of a novel jump rope system (the Revolution Rope), Molly Metz, argued in a reply brief to the U.S. Supreme Court filed on behalf of her company, Jump Rope Systems, LLC, on Tuesday that her case against Rogue Fitness is justiciable and the company has standing despite the cancellation of her patent claims by the U.S.

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IP Close Up

DECEMBER 29, 2022

2022 was a breakthrough year for IP CloseUp, a leading independent blog that follows intellectual property developments, trends and people. The no-fee publication has generated Continue reading.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 24, 2022

One day after the Senate Judiciary Committee’s IP Subcommittee met to discuss the PTAB Reform Act and other ways to improve the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), the U.S. Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY), who last year introduced a bill that would repeal the PTAB entirely, grilled the witnesses about the effects of the PTAB on U.S.

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IP Close Up

JANUARY 6, 2022

In the latest episode of ‘Understanding IP Matters’, which dropped today on leading podcast platforms, award-winning inventor Dan Brown says that the patent winds have shifted and are blowing Continue reading.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have reached different conclusions regarding “the creative and conceiving capabilities of machines,” which leads to intellectual property (IP) law being self-contradictory. Copyright Office (USCO) and the U.S.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Federal Circuit previously held that an AI system cannot be listed as an inventor in Thaler v. At the outset, the USPTO guidance states that inventions developed with assistance from an AI system are still patentable, as long as a human inventor “significantly contributed” to the invention. Vidal , 43 F.4th

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The most significant development in IP in Europe in 2023—indeed arguably the most significant in nearly 30 years—was the launch of the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court on June 1. important developments in Europe affecting all the main IP rights. The full implications of this are explored here.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Well, it turns out that not all contributions count when it comes to being an inventor of a patent for a better method of precooking bacon. HIP, formerly Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. (“Unitherm”), argued that it had rights to the patent because its president was an inventor and should be added to the patent. Iolab Corp.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

On September 25, independent inventor Carolyn Hafeman filed a reply brief arguing that efforts by consumer tech giant LG Electronics to prejudice Hafeman’s legal claims in front of a Western Texas jury require the court to grant a new patent infringement trial in the case.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a decision granting a Motion for Summary Judgment for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and upholding the Office’s view that AI algorithms cannot be listed as inventors on U.S.

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Kashishipr

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Having a robust Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio and strategizing well to maintain it can do wonders in enhancing your brand value and market share. However, keep in mind that using your IP assets to support the current and future market position of your business can prove to be a major challenge.

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IP Close Up

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Six leaders in artificial intelligence and intellectual property rights, including a former Philips and IBM executive, a serial entrepreneur, ex-ITC Commission and current USPTO Director Continue reading

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2023

Recovering money from users of technology requires movement on the part of inventors of technology. inventors) to send cease and desist letters, file complaints in federal district court, and at times endure patent litigation to its completion. All of these movements require the inventor to possess a patent.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 12, 2022

Neapco just a few days earlier, inventor David Tropp on July 5 again asked the Court to unravel U.S. Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of the petition in American Axle v. patent eligibility law. 101, as interpreted in Alice Corporation Pty v.

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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. The question of what makes one an “inventor” was central to whether HIP’s employee should be added to the patent. Hormel Foods Corp., 2022-1696 (Fed. May 2, 2023). While AI did not factor into HIP v.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 9, 2022

Vidal ruled that an artificial intelligence (AI) system cannot be listed as a named inventor on a patent application, affirming the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Eastern District of Virginia rulings. He filed two patent applications at the USPTO, listing DABUS as the sole named inventor on both applications.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 9, 2022

The Court’s denial of opportunities to clarify this issue has caused American inventors to unreasonably weigh the risk of disclosing their inventions against the uncertainty of acquiring a patent. The purpose of the patent system is to provide economic incentive for inventors to disclose their knowledge to the public sphere.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

We hope you enjoyed your summer and would like to welcome you back to another exciting academic year at IP Osgoode! Our IPilogue is one of Canada’s leading IP Blogs with an enthusiastic international following. IP Innovation Clinic. To date, we have published over 2,600 original posts and 1,400 comments.

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