All the IP News that Mattered in 2024
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 30, 2024
The past year has included some monumental developments in the world of IP - and adjacent to IP - that will affect law and practice for years to come.
Impact of AI on Global IP Systems
IIPRD
JANUARY 7, 2025
AI and the Global IP System We need a worldwide intellectual property (IP) structure that encourages innovation and invention if we are to benefit from generative AI. The fast uptake of novel technologies such as generative AI necessitates an adaptation of the IP management systems. Impact of AI in different aspects 2.1.
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AI, Invention Harvesting and the Patent Backlog | IPWatchdog Unleashed
IP Watchdog
MARCH 24, 2025
This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed I speak with my friend Jason Harrier, former Chief Patent Counsel at Capital One and current co-founder and General Counsel of artificial intelligence (AI) company IP Copilot.
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Dragons' Den IP Blog - Series 22 Episode 3
Dragons' Den
JANUARY 23, 2025
UK businesses who find themselves all at sea when expanding into a new territory are able to access support from the IPOs network of international IP Attachs IP experts based across the world in Europe, China, Latin America, North America, Southeast Asia, Gulf States and India.
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AI IP Year in Review - Five Key Takeaways from the 2024 House Judiciary Hearing on AI-Assisted Inventions and Creative Works
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 28, 2025
Over the past two years, the Senate and House have held public hearings to address how, if at all, AI should be regulated and to what extent IP rights should inhere in AI-assisted inventions and creative works. Most recently, in April 2024, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
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[Sponsored] Call for Applications: Advanced International Certificate Course on IP Asset Management (April 20)
SpicyIP
APRIL 7, 2025
WIPO Academy, the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the Korea Invention Promotion Association (KIPA), and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) are inviting applications for the annual Advanced International Certificate Course (AICC) on Intellectual Property Asset Management for Business Success.
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The benefits and pitfalls of drug manufacturing IP (T 2543/22)
The IPKat
FEBRUARY 22, 2025
The case highlights some interesting aspects of pharma IP strategy, particularly as related to manufacturing IP and whether this is best protected with patents or trade secrets. In these circumstances, manufacturing IP is another way of protecting return of investment in the drug.
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Guidance on Patenting Inventions with AI Contributions
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. This raises the question of whether it is appropriate to designate the human, who contributed to only a part of the invention and collaborated with the AI, as the sole inventor.
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Insilico Medicine: Lessons in IP strategy from a front-runner in AI-drug discovery
The IPKat
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Recent developments and successes in AI-drug discovery highlight some of the key IP issues in AI-drug development. Companies are being forced to tackle these issues head-on as the IP law advances almost as quickly as the science. The key legal test is whether a skilled person could perform the invention.
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The ‘Restoring America Invents Act’ Would Open the Floodgates for Patent Owner Harassment
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
The much discussed, but previously unreleased, Restoring America Invents Act has finally been made public. The bill was submitted by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in what he described late last week as an attempt to reverse the reforms of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) made by former USPTO Director Andrei Iancu.
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[Audio] From Ideas to Ownership: Navigating IP and Employment Law ?Through the Lens of The Social Network - No Infringement Intended Podcast
JD Supra Law
APRIL 8, 2025
Together, they explore the intersection of intellectual property (IP) and employment law through the lens of the movie The Social Network. They discuss works made for hire, the impact of the Defend Trade Secrets Act, and the challenges employers of all sizes face in protecting their innovations and the inventions their employees create.
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Beyond the process: Securing robust IP protection for cell therapies
The IPKat
MARCH 12, 2025
However, unlike traditional pharmaceuticals, these "living medicines" present unique IP challenges that can make or break a biotech's future. However, manufacturing IP has many intrinsic pitfalls, and is often not considered by investors to provide adequate exclusivity and surety of return of investment.
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USPTO's AI-Assisted Inventions Guidance Irks ABA IP Section
IP Law 360
JUNE 20, 2024
Patent and Trademark Office's guidance on when inventions developed using artificial intelligence can be patented generated criticism from the American Bar Association's Section of Intellectual Property Law, expressing concern that it could be detrimental as it "casts doubt on inventorship through general acts of human direction."
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AI-assisted inventions: USPTO’s most recent guidance for determining inventorship
JD Supra Law
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
A very important question at the intersection of AI and IP is: how do we define inventorship in situations where artificial intelligence plays a role in the creation of an invention? AI technologies bring several new business opportunities, but they also bring a host of new legal questions, including in intellectual property law.
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Developing an IP Strategy for a Single Technology: A Comprehensive Guide for Corporations
IP.com
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Intellectual property (IP) is a vital asset for any corporation, especially when it involves a groundbreaking technology that could shape the future of the industry. Crafting a strategic IP plan for a single technology requires meticulous planning, cross-functional collaboration, and a deep understanding of both legal and market landscapes.
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[Webinar] Diversifying Your IP Strategy: Key Tactics for a Well-Rounded Portfolio - April 10th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET
JD Supra Law
MARCH 27, 2025
Protecting your intellectual property requires a strategic, multi-faceted approachare you making the most of your IP assets? Learn how to determine whether to disclose or protect inventions as trade secrets, identify valuable design patent opportunities, and leverage unconventional trademarks to strengthen your.
Cheroots to Cheers or Bringing IP Conversations to Wider Audiences: A SpicyIP Initiative for Vernacular Dissemination
SpicyIP
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
However, it cannot be denied that discussions around IP have been somewhat confined to the academic, legal and policy circles, navigating our mind frames like giant smoke rings from formidable cheroots of erstwhile colonial English Lords. Image generated by DALL-E. There is no reason such discussion be limited to a chosen few.
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Dragons' Den IP Blog - Series 22 Episode 7
Dragons' Den
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
If youve invented the next big thing or are simply searching for inspiration, theres plenty of entrepreneurial spirit to be found in the Den. From space saving solutions and self-cooling devices to sauces and seasonings, intellectual property (IP) and innovation were in abundance in tonights episode. stake in his business.
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Only in Your Dreams: Patent Stakeholders Share Their IP Wishes for the New Year
IP Watchdog
JANUARY 1, 2022
It's New Year's Day 2022, and as we do each year at this time, we asked our readers to weigh in on their “wildest dreams” for IP in the upcoming year (though I tend to agree with one commenter below who said, “I don’t dream about IP…if you do, seek immediate professional help.”)
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Issa is Not a Fit for IP Subcommittee Chairman
IP Watchdog
JANUARY 18, 2023
The House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee—Subcommittee on the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet (IP Subcommittee) writes patent law and is responsible for other patent-related initiatives. In a free-market economy, patent laws can boost or destroy incentives to invent and commercialize new things.
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Choosing the Right Intellectual Property Protection
IIPRD
MARCH 13, 2025
Just like every lock has its matching key, each type of IP serves a specific purpose. With so many IPs available trademarks, patents, copyrights, and more – how can you choose the right one for your work, product, or business? For that, first let us understand what are IP and IPR. of their work for a fixed period.
This Week in Washington IP: Improving Invention Education, Intellectual Property Rights During Public Health Emergencies, and the State of the Chinese Economy
IP Watchdog
AUGUST 28, 2023
This week in Washington IP news, as a new school year begins, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) looks at the latest research on invention education. federal government can do to patent rights during a public health emergency.
The IP News that Mattered Most in 2022, According to You
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) under newly appointed Director, Kathi Vidal, and some exciting precedents set in the rapidly evolving area of inventions and art created by artificial intelligence machines, among other developments.
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Speakers Conflict on Urgency of USPTO Changes to Accommodate AI in Invention Process
IP Watchdog
APRIL 25, 2023
While many speakers cautioned against moving too quickly to change the rules for AI-generated inventions, others warned that doing nothing could result in chaos for the USPTO and grave economic and innovation losses for the country.
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SpicyIP Interview: Justice Prabha Sridevan on Evolving Roles of Expert Evidence in Indian IP Litigation
SpicyIP
JANUARY 28, 2025
She shared several pertinent points on issues concerning expert evidence in IP litigations and what she thinks is the best way forward for the Indian Courts vis a vis engaging experts in IP matters. Malobika Sen (MS) : Could you elaborate on the role of expert evidence in IP litigation? Sridevan : Absolutely.
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Dragons’ Den IP Blog - Series 22 Episode 8
Dragons' Den
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
As someone who quite obviously has a love for intellectual property (IP), I found myself frantically taking notes one moment and then wiping away my tears the next. The Den witnessed four extraordinary pitches tonight, but it was the first one that set my IP pulse racing. Their opening gambit? 50,000 for a 5% stake in their business.
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The PTAB’s 70% All-Claims Invalidation Rate Continues to Be a Source of Concern
IP Watchdog
JANUARY 12, 2025
The invalidation rate of patents in America Invents Act (AIA) proceedings, particularly inter partes reviews (IPRs), has been extremely high since the inception of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Currently, a patent reaching a final written decision in an IPR will on average have 78% of its claims found invalid.
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IP Reveries – An Introduction
SpicyIP
APRIL 24, 2022
Fast forward to today, and while there’s still plenty of misunderstanding – patents, copyrights, trademarks, inventions, innovations, 4th industrial revolution, etc have all become buzzwords! Is there space for a genuine discussion around the whats, whys, whens and hows underlying the IP system?
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Basic IP fundamentals: a recent survey among the IP community
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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USPTO Issues Guidance on Patentability of Inventions Developed with the Assistance of Artificial Intelligence
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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IP as a political instrument in Russia
The IPKat
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Kat friend Iana Kazeeva provides an enlightening discussion on steps taken by the Russian government and courts with respect to IP following the invasion of Ukraine. The common denominator is the use of changes to the IP law as a political instrument towards states taking “unfriendly” actions against Russia.
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BREAKING: USPTO Says AI-Assisted Invention Patents Hinge On Humans
IP Law 360
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Patent and Trademark Office on Monday issued guidance on how it will determine whether inventions developed with the assistance of artificial intelligence can be patented, explaining that a human must have made a "significant contribution."
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A Closer Look at the Patent Stats from WIPO’s 2024 IP Indicator
SpicyIP
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Image from here Recently, WIPO published its 2024 IP Indicator , capturing the trends in the global IP filing and their administration. Average Age of Patents : Of the total 20 years for which a patent is granted over an invention, the average age of patents in force in 2023 ranged from 11.5 increase over the numbers from 2022.
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 4-November 10)
SpicyIP
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on the repudiations against personality rights, Govt. Other IP Developments Delhi High Court restrains Aquakind labs from using “Aquakind” mark. International IP Developments WIPO releases World Intellectual Property Indicators 2024.
IP VIPs Slam U.S. Government’s Bid to Extend Section 1498(a) to Private Patent Infringement
IP Watchdog
APRIL 18, 2023
The Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) on Monday held a webinar featuring some big names in the IP world to clear up what the organization characterizes as misguided views on the use of Title 28 of the U.S. patented invention. Code, Section 1498(a). The event was prompted in part by a recent U.S. s COVID-19 vaccine.
Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!
The IPKat
MARCH 25, 2025
Katfriend Adanna Onah analyzed the decision of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in Ensygnia IP Ltd v Shell UK Oil Products Ltd & Ors [2024] EWCA Civ 1490. The Board of Appeal questioned whether the claimed composition involved an inventive step. The Court awarded RMB 3.3 7(2) Community Design Regulation.
The Inventive Evolution of Advent Calendars and the Secrets Behind Each Door!
Nelligan Law
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Reading Time: 3 minutes The advent calendar, that delightful holiday companion, has not only evolved from chalk lines and candles but also taken a fascinating journey through the world of intellectual property (IP). A whirlwind of inventive ideas emerged faster than you can say, “Deck the halls with boughs of holly!
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Dragons' Den IP Blog - Series 22 Episode 6
Dragons' Den
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
As Episode 6 of Dragons Den swept onto our screen, I was eager to see how Intellectual Property (IP) would sizzle into the episode. If youre starting your IP protection journey you should carefully weigh up these options - our IP Health Check is a great place to start!
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UK Government will introduce a new text and data mining copyright exception in response to AI and IP consultation
The IPKat
JUNE 29, 2022
Back in 2021, the UK IPO undertook a consultation on AI and IP covering: copyright in works made by AI; text and data mining using copyright material; and patents for inventions devised by AI. Patent protection for AI-devised inventions. For AI-devised inventions no change to UK patent law are being currently considered.
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The USPTO and USCO Delivered a Report to Congress on IP Issues with NFTs – Maintains Existing IP Regime
Intellectual Property Law Blog
MARCH 13, 2024
While the Report is comprehensive, it does not recommend any new action to address IP issues with NFTs. The most common concern raised about NFTs, however, was the prevalence of consumer confusion about the IP rights implicated in their creation or transfer.
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Mishandled Disclosures: A Greek Tragedy in IP Law
Patently-O
JUNE 6, 2024
Although the case does not involve submission to AI algorithms, some of the questions here are similar to those many IP attorneys are considering when onboarding new AI tools. Neuropublic provided the firm with a detailed, confidential 21-page “Proposed Invention Disclosure” describing this technology.
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Why Creativity and Ownership Are Crucial to Innovation | IPWatchdog Unleashed
IP Watchdog
APRIL 8, 2025
This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed, we speak with James Edwards, a property rights advocate, lobbyist and now also the author of the forthcoming book To Invent Is Divine: Creativity and Ownership,which addresses the disconnect between the attributes of creativity and ownership and human innovation, technological progress, and practical benefits from (..)
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IP Hot Topic: USPTO Publishes FAQs on Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions
JD Supra Law
JANUARY 20, 2025
Following the Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions, the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has published a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) and answers regarding the guidance. By: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
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Dragons' Den IP Blog - Series 22 Episode 5
Dragons' Den
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Steven Bartlett points out that the absence of a patent or IP protection is holding Chakow back. Not only must your invention meet a strict criteria, patents can take some time to reach grant and can be rather costly. For this reason, the IPO always recommends seeking advice from an IP professional beforehand.
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