Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) directed patent practitioners to current case law and sections of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) as reminders as the patent practitioners continue to work in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology space. On September 22, 2022, the U.S.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 3, 2024

The grounds for the court’s decision was the definition of “inventor” under the Patents Act 1977 (the Act ) which requires the inventor of a patent to be a natural person. So for the moment, the position under the UK patent system is that AI is very much a tool rather than an autonomous agent in its own right.

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The IPKat

AUGUST 16, 2021

Late last month, South Africa's Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) became the first Patent Office in the world to award a patent that names an artificial intelligence as the inventor of a product. a machine/device) to be named as the inventor in a patent application. What to do.?

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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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SpicyIP

JUNE 29, 2024

The Exclusion of ICMR from the Patent Application Last weekend, a series of unusual developments regarding the Covaxin patent (Patent Application Number: 202041007559) generated significant buzz. [A big thanks to Swaraj for his inputs on the post.]

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 16, 2023

provides a timeline reminder to inventors and patent applicants: Do not bring your invention into public view before you have filed your patent application, and if you do, remember the one-year critical date for filing. Otherwise, your patent runs the risk of later invalidation. Hologic, Inc.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 9, 2022

Summary: Under the Patent Act , an “inventor” must be a natural person. Therefore, an AI system cannot be an inventor. Thaler filed two patent applications with the PTO listing DABUS, an AI system, as the sole inventor. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 28, 2023

When you review the invention disclosure, you notice that the inventor has only supplied color drawings or photographs of the invention. Can you file the utility patent application with the color drawings or photographs? Suppose that you have an invention disclosure for a utility invention that you want to protect.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) directed patent practitioners to current case law and sections of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) as reminders as the patent practitioners continue to work in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology space. On September 22, 2022, the U.S.

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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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Larson & Larson

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Track One Patent Applications: Accelerating Your Path to Patent Protection After nearly 15 years of shepherding inventors through the patent process, I’ve seen firsthand how crucial timing can be in protecting intellectual property. What is Track One? Track One might be the competitive edge you need.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 13, 2021

The question whether an artificial intelligence (“AI”) system can be named as an inventor in a patent application has obvious implications for the life science community, where AI’s presence is now well established and growing. For example, AI is currently used to predict biological targets of prospective drug molecules.

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 8, 2024

The United Kingdom Supreme Court (the ultimate appeal level in the UK legal system) has ruled in a decision of 20 December 2023 that an artificial intelligence (“AI”) system cannot be identified in a patent application as the inventor. By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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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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Patently-O

APRIL 24, 2023

Vidal , a case involving inventor Dr. Stephen Thaler’s attempt to patent an invention created by his artificial intelligence (AI) system, DABUS. In his petition to the Supreme Court, Thaler asked if the Patent Act restricts the statutory term “inventor” solely to human beings.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A provisional patent application is a patent application that is filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) by an inventor, assignee, or registered practitioner.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Suppose you have an inventor or applicant who asks you to file a patent application in the U.S. However, the applicant has limited financial resources for filing the patent application.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 3, 2024

The grounds for the court’s decision was the definition of “inventor” under the Patents Act 1977 (the Act ) which requires the inventor of a patent to be a natural person. The court unanimously found that AI cannot.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 10, 2022

Vidal, the Federal Circuit affirmed that patent inventors must be natural persons, rejecting a technologist's attempt to name an artificial intelligence as the sole inventor on patent applications. On August 5, 2022, in Thader v. By: Jones Day

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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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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Focus on what matters most So much can be said, and has been said, about the patent application process. To avoid information overload, let’s get back to the most basic things you need to know to file a patent application. For those who say you can’t patent an idea, I’m using the term idea loosely.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 2, 2024

Most inventors can attest to the surprise they felt upon learning that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) likely will not respond to their first patent application for a couple of years after filing. Essentially, the program allows. By: Dickinson Wright

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JD Supra Law

JULY 16, 2024

Naming a person who is not a proper inventor on your non-provisional patent application can be a costly, time-consuming error to fix, and if not fixed ultimately results in an invalid patent. Typically, time and money are two things that are in short supply for an independent inventor, or a small business.

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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

JUNE 28, 2023

(Guest Post by Kevin Ahlstrom, Associate General Counsel, Patents, Meta. – Jason) Guided invention sessions not only increase idea submission rates but also transform individuals’ perception of themselves as inventors. . At Meta, employees are encouraged to submit patent ideas through an inventor portal.

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Selvam & Selvam Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2024

For inventors seeking to patent inventions involving biological resources, the Act mandates obtaining approval from the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA). Requirement of NBA Approval in relation to Patents? – Form III: Application for seeking prior approval before applying for a patent.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) conducted a live meeting for its Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Emerging Technologies (ET) Partnership Series. Overall, AI is increasingly used in biotechnology, however biotechnology AI patenting is diffusing across all technologies, owners, and inventor-patentees. that filed U.S.

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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. If AI-related patent applications and grants are on the uptick, what was the problem with DABUS?

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a decision granting a Motion for Summary Judgment for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and upholding the Office’s view that AI algorithms cannot be listed as inventors on U.S.

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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. 9,980,498 (the “’498 Patent”). Unitherm”), argued that it had rights to the patent because its president was an inventor and should be added to the patent. Iolab Corp.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 19, 2022

Background - Dr Stephen Thaler applied for a patent application with his AI device, known as DABUS or the Device for Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience. DABUS was recorded as an inventor. Dr Thaler submitted that the invention was autonomously generated by the AI. By: Dentons

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The USPTO utility patent grant rate data reveals an interesting narrative of policy shifts and administrative changes over the past fifteen years. Continue reading this post on Patently-O. More recent data points to subtle but noteworthy changes in USPTO practice.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 31, 2023

part of a patent claim), does the AI system need to be listed as an “inventor”? patent law, an inventor is one who contributes to the conception of at least one claim element of a given patent claim (i.e., patent law. patent law. Conception is important because, at least under U.S.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

and UK Patent Offices have denied patent applications on the grounds that an AI system cannot be listed as an inventor, not every country seems to be following that approach and some may be set to buck the trend. Although the European, U.S., By: MoFo Tech

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JD Supra Law

JANUARY 25, 2024

An AI system cannot be named as the inventor in a UK patent application – the inventor(s) must be human. Technical developments created by AI cannot be ‘inventions’ within the meaning of UK patent legislation. UK patent law does not allow patents to be granted in respect of inventions made autonomously by machines.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2022

For registering the patent, it is essential to file a patent application before the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, a government agency which reports to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. PCT Application.

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 12, 2022

5, 2022), that an artificial intelligence (AI) system cannot be listed as a named inventor on a patent application, affirming earlier rulings from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the lower court in the Eastern District of Virginia. A federal court ruled last week in Thaler v. Vidal (4th Cir.

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