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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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Inventors and patent practitioners filing patent applications before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) may have an obligation to disclose if artificial intelligence (AI) is used in the innovation process. This information is helpful to the USPTO, which believes that “the most effective patent examination occurs when.

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Patently-O

APRIL 29, 2024

by Dennis Crouch Ikorongo Technology has filed a petition for certiorari asking the Supreme Court to overturn the Federal Circuit’s heightened disclosure standard for the “same invention” requirement in reissue patents. Patent system, and today’s guiding statute (35 U.S.C. Medac Pharma Inc. ,

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JD Supra Law

JULY 26, 2024

The US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) issued a 2024 Guidance Update on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility, Including on Artificial Intelligence, which focuses on subject matter eligibility for artificial intelligence (AI)-based inventions. 58128 (July 17, 2024). By: McDermott Will & Emery

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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. Usually, the patent stands valid for 20 years from the date of application. Why should I patent my invention?

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JD Supra Law

JULY 24, 2024

The Situation: Concerns that uncertain and unpredictable patent subject matter eligibility jurisprudence thwarts U.S. Stakeholders voiced apprehension that AI inventions are vulnerable to subject matter eligibility rejections under the current legal framework.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

What is invented through biotechnological processes must be protected through patent protection lest a third person misuses the same. This came after careful observation of rising international trends with respect to innovations and inventions concerning biotechnology.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 18, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a new guidance document that is intended to help identify when a process or system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools may be eligible for patenting. By: Fox Rothschild LLP

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Innovators seeking patent protection for entertainment software inventions should be aware that all software inventions face patent-eligibility issues. Nevertheless, patent practitioners who are experienced in the art of software patent prosecution can help ensure that software inventions get maximum protection.

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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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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. Interestingly, this comes after another recent judgement where a London court ruled that an artificial neural network is patentable.

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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, for USPTO examiners and applicants, addresses inventorship and the use of AI, including generative AI, in the inventive process. In compliance with section 5.2(c)(i)

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JD Supra Law

JULY 19, 2024

An invention disclosure form is a document used to capture detailed information about a new invention or discovery. The first step in the patent application process, the form plays a crucial role in protecting intellectual property.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 11, 2024

This past Friday, a federal district court held that the mere fact of combining certain natural products – such as isolated, naturally occurring AAV sequences and a heterologous non-AAV sequence – and putting them into a cultured host cell, without some change, does not give rise to a patent eligible invention under 35 U.S.C. §

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 30, 2024

This article discusses patent strategies for ADC inventions. Antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) is a promising class of cancer treatments with accelerating U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and rapidly growing market size as discussed in previous articles in this series. By: Foley & Lardner LLP

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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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JD Supra Law

JULY 30, 2024

The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has opened up exciting possibilities for innovation, but also uncertainty around who gets credit for inventions developed with the assistance of an AI system. At its core, there lies a fundamental question: who can be named as an inventor on a patent for an AI-assisted invention?

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 20, 2024

ITC, the Federal Circuit addressed whether the America Invents Act (“AIA”) changed the on-sale bar such that the sale of a product made using a secret process would no longer invalidate later-sought claims on that process. In Celanese Int’l Corp. By: A&O Shearman

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Barry Sookman

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems and in particular generative AI (GenAI) systems have raised the question as to whether technical advances in the useful arts or synthetic content generated using these tools can qualify for patent or copyright protection. The Thaler and SURYAST decisions appeared first on Barry Sookman.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

AUGUST 14, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will host Invention-Con 2024: Expanding your intellectual property potential. Attend an open house and resource fair to talk with patent and trademark subject matter experts, tour the USPTO Public Search Facility, and learn more about free resources. Participate in activities for all ages.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 22, 2024

On July 17, the USPTO published an update to the patent eligibility guidance and added three new examples to aid practitioners and examiners in determining whether a claimed invention is eligible subject matter under Section 101. By: Fish & Richardson

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The IPKat

AUGUST 7, 2024

The IPKat is ready for your answers in our AI survey What inventions are deserving of patent protection? Over to Peter : "The recent case involving Emotional Perception, both in the High Court and the Court of Appeal, has divided opinions within the patent profession.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

Can AI inventions be patented? Scott Hervey and Eric Caligiuri explore recent USPTO guidance on patenting AI-assisted inventions in this episode of The Briefing. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel or listen to this podcast episode here.

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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, for USPTO examiners and applicants, addresses inventorship and the use of AI, including generative AI, in the inventive process. In compliance with section 5.2(c)(i)

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 15, 2024

Can AI inventions be patented? Scott Hervey and Eric Caligiuri explore recent USPTO guidance on patenting AI-assisted inventions in this installment of "The Briefing" by Weintraub Tobin. By: Weintraub Tobin

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In the practice of patent examination in China, to determine whether an invention has prominent substantive features is to determine, to the person skilled in the art, whether the claimed invention is non-obvious as compared with the prior art.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 15, 2024

Can AI inventions be patented? Scott Hervey and Eric Caligiuri explore recent USPTO guidance on patenting AI-assisted inventions in this installment of "The Briefing" by Weintraub Tobin. By: Weintraub Tobin

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 15, 2024

In a case involving the secret formula used to make the sweetener for Coke Zero, the manufacturer of the sweetener sought to patent the formula after first selling the artificial sweetener to Coca-Cola. By: Farella Braun + Martel LLP

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Patently-O

JULY 17, 2024

As if on cue, the Office has released a new set of updated guidelines – focusing on Artificial Intelligence related inventions and including three new examples. The USPTO continues to be open to issuing patents on AI inventions, including the use of AI. The claim is patent eligible. Covalent, Inc., 4th 1355 (Fed.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 23, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office that inventions developed with assistance from "artificial intelligence" tools can be patented prompted a "sigh of relief" among many attorneys, but confronting the nuances will create challenges, experts said Tuesday. Recent guidance from the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 10, 2023

Patents play a crucial role in safeguarding AI inventions and encouraging innovation in this rapidly advancing field. It is key to know that AI inventions have been examined and issued as U.S. patents for many years. By: Locke Lord LLP

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JD Supra Law

MAY 31, 2024

Blockchain is becoming central to more FinTech patent portfolios than ever – but it’s harder to obtain protection on blockchain than most other technologies. CLS Bank (2014) strengthened limits on what subject matter is eligible for patent protection under 35. The US Supreme Court’s decision in Alice v.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 4, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued guidance regarding patentability and inventorship for inventions made with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI), clarifying the Office’s position that such inventions are patent-eligible so long as at least one human inventor made a significant contribution to conception of the invention.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) may change how we invent: many envision a collaborative approach between human inventors and AI systems that develop novel solutions to problems together. Such AI-assisted inventions present a new set of legal issues under patent law. By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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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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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

On Monday, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued guidance on the patentability of inventions developed with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI).

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The IPKat

JULY 18, 2024

The UPC Central Division also takes a strong stance on the patentability of therapeutic antibody inventions in Europe. The decision of the UPC confirms that the US and European approaches to antibody inventions are diametrically opposed. The decision is not just remarkable for being the first decision of its kind.

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