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USPTO's Proposed Disclaimer Rule Would Harm Inventors

IP Law 360

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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Misleading Bloomberg Law Post Claims IP Litigation Finance is for Investors, Not Inventors

IP Close Up

Opinions run hot and facts loose when it comes to describing providers of litigation capital, especially if the funds are used in support of plaintiffs Continue reading.

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US Inventor Urges CAFC to Review Implementation of Rule 36

IP Watchdog

Yesterday, US Inventor, Inc. USI) filed an amicus brief in Island Intellectual Property LLC v. TD Ameritrade, Inc., urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) to reconsider its use of Rule 36 when affirming decisions.

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Netflix Fails To Show Inventor, Funder Violated Injunction

IP Law 360

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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Uber, Lyft Dodge Tracking Patent Litigation

IP Law 360

A California federal court has issued a pair of patent eligibility rulings that have ended an inventor's infringement litigation against ride-hailing apps Uber and Lyft.

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Can AI Be A Patent Inventor? UK Justices To Weigh In

IP Law 360

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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Alleged Co-Inventor Not Bringing Home the Bacon This Time

The IP Law Blog

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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