IP Law 360

MAY 22, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office’s recently proposed rule on terminal disclaimers will make the patent system less available to inventors and will unfairly favor defendants in litigation, say Stephen Schreiner at Carmichael IP and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.

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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

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Last week, independent inventor Carrie Hafeman filed an opening brief for the appellant at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) seeking reversal of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) invalidation of her device location and theft prevention patent claims.

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The IPKat

JULY 30, 2024

The natural person can then be named an inventor on the patent application. Of more practical consequence, the legal test provided in the Guidance for determining whether the inventors of a particular AI system should also be considered inventors of its output, remains open to interpretation. Vidal ( 43 F.4th

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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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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Among these triumphs are the inventions black inventors have contributed, many of which were not recognized with a patent because the Patent Acts of 1793 and 1836 barred slaves from obtaining patents because they were not considered citizens. By: Harness IP

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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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JD Supra Law

MAY 15, 2023

This week, the Federal Circuit reversed the United States District Court for the District of Delaware’s (“District Court”) decision to add David Howard as a joint inventor on Hormel Food Corporation’s (“Hormel”) U.S. By: Irwin IP LLP 9,980,498 (“the ’498 patent”).

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IP Close Up

OCTOBER 15, 2024

inventors and the most active living in New York City. “Creativity is everywhere,” says James Jorasch, one of the leading U.S. On the Season 4 Continue reading

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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 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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IP Watchdog

MAY 10, 2023

On Tuesday, the European Patent Office (EPO) announced the 12 inventors and inventor teams that have been selected as finalists for the 2023 European Inventor Award. An independent jury of former European Inventor Award finalists used their expertise to select this year’s finalists.

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IP Law 360

APRIL 11, 2024

An artificial intelligence inventor has bashed the U.S. Copyright Office's arguments that art created by his AI system is not copyrightable because the machine is not human, telling the D.C. Circuit that the government cannot overcome the fact that the work exists, it's original and it qualifies for registration, regardless of its origin.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Vidal , a Federal Court of Appeals case that determined whether AI can be listed as an inventor on a patent application. In this case, Dr. Stephen Thaler created an AI program that he listed as the only inventor on two US patent applications. The USPTO rejected these applications for lack of a proper inventor. prior art).

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Britain's highest court will hear a researcher's high-profile attempt to get an artificial intelligence listed as an inventor on a patent application as he pursues his global IP litigation campaign.

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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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U.S. Department of Commerce

AUGUST 14, 2024

This free event provides resources and access to independent inventors, entrepreneurs, and small business owners whose success depends on guarding their creative work. Learn how accomplished innovators use intellectual property (IP) to achieve success. Discover resources available to assist at every stage of your journey.

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 17, 2023

Careless naming of inventors on a patent application can create confusion and add complexity to an already intricate process. is a great example where failure to properly list a co-inventor resulted in the only named inventor losing their patent rights. The recent case of Blue Gentian, LLC v. Tristar Prod.,

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 4, 2023

Within the next few years, the city of Newark, NJ, will be the home of a museum properly paying homage to the historic contributions that these inventors have made to medical science, telecommunications, transportation and more. Some of the earliest chapters in the story of U.S.

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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 ). outside the competence of the EPO".

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Patent experts, including a former Federal Circuit chief judge, former federal officials and current legal scholars, say a new advocacy organization they have formed will back smaller inventors against larger companies in patent fights.

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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

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The recently-formed Inventors Defense Alliance (IDA) sent a letter yesterday to the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure in the Administrative Office of the United States Courts urging it not to heed the call of a letter sent to the Committee last week by 124 large companies to implement a uniform process on disclosure of third-party litigation (..)

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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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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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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

JULY 10, 2023

The Request for Comments (RFC) allowed the public to voice their opinion on the proposed rules, including hundreds of real, authentic inventors. In the past, US Inventor has asked its members to use their voices and write comments for the USPTO's requests. Typically, these requests generate at least 100 responses from USI's members.

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Olartemoure Blog

MARCH 1, 2024

We share some of the patents that protect this inventions: CONVERTIBLE WHEELCHAIR AND SEPARATE LIFT MODULE FOR CONNECTING TO AND ELEVATING THE WHEELCHAIR US6866288B2 Inventor: Willis Martin Assignee: Martin Manufacturing Co LLC Date of Patent: Mar. ELEVATED HEIGHT WHEELCHAIR US11571345B2 Inventors: James P. Mulhern and Stephen J.

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IP Law 360

MAY 30, 2024

A California federal judge has said Netflix couldn't prove a Finnish inventor violated an injunction tied to his concealment of certain legal funds, or that a litigation fund manager the inventor worked with needs to face claims tied to that concealment.

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The IP Law Blog

AUGUST 11, 2022

But can an AI system be a named inventor on a patent? That may have been done by the AI system, which raises the question as to who is the inventor of the invention created by that system. Alternatively, if the Patent Act requires inventor(s) must be human, are AI-created inventions not patentable at all under the current statute?

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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. By: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

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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

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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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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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 Law 360

AUGUST 5, 2022

The Federal Circuit on Friday rejected a researcher's bid to name an artificial intelligence machine he created as an inventor on two patents, ruling that the Patent Act is unambiguous that only human beings qualify as inventors.

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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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