IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

This week in Washington IP news, the House Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, And Commerce holds a hearing on promoting innovation and protecting data privacy, and the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a meeting about a handful of judicial appointments.

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The IP Law Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

On February 12, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued guidance on the patentability of inventions developed with the assistance of artificial intelligence, saying that a human must have made a “significant contribution” to the invention.

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Patently-O

APRIL 25, 2023

As artificial intelligence progresses at an unprecedented pace, numerous cases have emerged where generative AI has played a crucial role in conceiving an invention. In certain instances, if the AI were human, it would be rightfully recognized as at least a joint inventor.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

During IPWatchdog LIVE 2021 in Dallas, Texas, I asked a handful of willing attendees for their thoughts on the impact of the America Invents Act (AIA) in anticipation of today, the ten-year anniversary of the day President Barack Obama signed the AIA into law. innovation. innovation. patent laws.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 22, 2023

[ On December 20, the UK Supreme Court affirmed its previous decision to deny registration to inventions by Dr. Stephen Thaler’s AI DABUS, holding that an AI software cannot be listed as an inventor. As discussed here , South Africa and Australia are the only jurisdictions where DABUS has been registered as an inventor.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 19, 2023

s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an artificial intelligence cannot be the named inventor of a patent under current legislation, concluding that British law requires a "natural person" to be behind an invention.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Can you imagine the accolades someone would receive if they contributed to an invention that improves bacon? 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. Also, Howard was not named as an inventor. The dispute arose between HIP, Inc. (“HIP”)

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 11, 2022

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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Intepat

APRIL 2, 2022

A patent is a form of intellectual property right granted to an invention. It gives the inventor or patent owner exclusive rights and prevents others from manufacturing, selling, or marketing the invention. Patents are valuable assets that enable one to share their invention in public without any fear of being misused.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

The Guidance, for USPTO examiners and applicants, addresses inventorship and the use of AI, including generative AI, in the inventive process. The Guidance provides illustrative examples in which AI systems play different roles in the inventive process, to show how the USPTO will analyze inventorship issues.

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Intepat

JANUARY 15, 2024

Registration at UKIPO The case in question, originating in 2019, presents a groundbreaking legal dilemma: Can an artificial intelligence (AI) system be acknowledged as an inventor for the purposes of patent ownership? Uniquely, he declared that he was not the inventor; instead, he attributed the creations to his AI system named DABUS.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 2, 2024

An Australian company that invented a mechanical sweeper system to clean sports fields alleges in a Colorado federal lawsuit that the sons of the technology's inventor are selling infringing sweepers in the United States.

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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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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Guidance on using AI to Invent Due to the quick rise of artificial intelligence (AI), most (if not all) of the laws relating to the US patent system were not written with AI in mind. Vidal , a Federal Court of Appeals case that determined whether AI can be listed as an inventor on a patent application.

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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. Neapco Holdings LLC.

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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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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The question of whether it should be possible to name artificial intelligence (AI) code as an inventor on a patent application continues to dog patent offices and courts around the world. The US District Court, by contrast, recently found against naming an algorithm as an inventor ( IPWatchDog ).

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IP Law 360

MARCH 15, 2024

significantly contributed to the invention of a road trailer for transporting liquefied natural gas, upholding a lower court's finding that they must be credited as co-inventors on the patent. The Federal Circuit ruled Friday that two executives of pipe company Tube-Mac Industries Inc.

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Patently-O

APRIL 13, 2022

Ryan Abbott has gathered an amazing group of scholars for his new book on AI and IP that is forthcoming later this year. Yes, a corporation may own or license an invention and its resulting patents. Noam Shemtov and Garry Gabison, The Inventive Step Requirement and the Rise of the AI Machines. Abbott, ed.). Read mine here ].

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Patently-O

APRIL 25, 2024

Which IP professionals ascend to partnership or top counsel roles? And which innovators become inventors? This call is motivated by the observation that while women comprise 35% of the STEM workforce, they make up only 13% of inventors; Black professionals represent 9% of STEM workers but only 1.2% of inventors.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 22, 2021

It reportedly conceived two separate inventions without any human intervention and therefore, was designated as an inventor on patent applications related to those inventions.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 5, 2024

The Guidance, for USPTO examiners and applicants, addresses inventorship and the use of AI, including generative AI, in the inventive process. The Guidance provides illustrative examples in which AI systems play different roles in the inventive process, to show how the USPTO will analyze inventorship issues.

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Patently-O

APRIL 26, 2023

Though the patent system exists to promote innovation, it also serves to promote inventors and innovators. For more visit, For more stories, and to add your own story , visit the “Inventor’s Diary” at www.diversitypilots.org. What did becoming an inventor mean to you? ” – Sujesha S., ” – Scott S.,

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IP Law 360

AUGUST 1, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office's recent guidance allows patents for inventions created with artificial intelligence, but inventors need to address the so-called black-box problem to ensure others can recreate the invention, thus meeting the enablement requirement, say Mark Basanta and Georg Reitboeck at Haug Partners.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 27, 2023

In the case before it, however, the court ruled that the terms of the contract between the student and the university regarding the transfer of IP rights were not unfair and thus did not run afoul of the UTCCR. Jing commenced his DPhil studies (PhD equivalent), signing a contract which included the University’s IP Provisions.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Unsurprisingly, the UK Supreme Court today ruled that Stephen Thaler’s AI Machine, DABUS, cannot be granted patents for inventions it autonomously created.

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Olartemoure Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

However, we do know about the first self-propelled wheelchair that was invented in 1655 by Stephan Farfler in Nuremberg , a 22 year old paraplegic clock-maker who built it to aid his own mobility. SWINGBACK WHEELCHAIR FOR EASY TRANSFER OF PATIENTS US20210307979A1 Inventor: Carrie Mabe Assignee: Individual Date of Patent: Oct.

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IP Intelligence

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released its much anticipated Inventorship Guidance on AI-Assisted Inventions (“Guidance”). [1] The Guidance strives to ensure balance between protecting and incentivizing AI-assisted inventions and not hindering future human innovation, as “the patent system is designed to encourage human ingenuity.” [2]

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 7, 2021

With South Africa’s patent office having recently granted the first patent to an AI inventor, and an Australian court ruling in favor of AI inventorship, it’s time to review how we got here—and where we’re going. Further, the USPTO has issued thousands of inventions that utilize AI.

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WIPO Magazine

APRIL 12, 2023

Since 1993, the Korean Women Inventors Association (KWIA), the world’s first association for women inventors, has been promoting the contributions that women inventors make to society, offering new generations an opportunity to generate income through their inventions with effective use of IP.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2023

On 30 November 2023, the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) published the findings of a survey on “Intellectual Property Principle – What the IP Community regards as important” ( executive summary and slides ). The survey was conducted by response:AI, an independent market research firm.

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IP Law 360

MARCH 8, 2024

Federal patent officials are giving a yearlong extension to a program that allows smaller inventors who are filing their first patent applications to cut the line for their inventions to be reviewed.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Confusion and misunderstanding among some independent inventors might slow or stall progress of the excellent eligibility reform bill recently introduced by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Thom Tillis (R-NC).

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Patently-O

MAY 31, 2022

This case raises the novel legal issue of whether a patent can be obtained for an invention created by an artificial intelligence (AI) in the absence of a traditional human inventor (“AI-Generated Invention”). That same panel is hearing two other IP cases: Samsung v. Appellee Brief. Dynamics , 21-2352.

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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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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

On February 12, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued guidance on the patentability of inventions developed with the assistance of artificial intelligence, saying that a human must have made a “significant contribution” to the invention.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) last week issued inventorship guidance for artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted inventions. As such only DABUS can be considered the inventor. On appeal, the Federal Circuit affirmed “that only a natural person can be an inventor, so AI cannot be.” Not exactly.

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