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Patent Protection on AI Inventions

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Inventors and patent attorneys often face the challenge of effectively protecting new AI technology development. The rule of thumb is to focus the patent protection on what the inventors improve over the conventional technology. 4) Robustness, safety, reliability, and data privacy of AI models.

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Innovating the Term ‘Inventor’: AI and Patent Law

IPilogue

Under patent law, it is the general expectation that inventors are humans, not robots. Dr. Stephen Thaler created DABUS (‘Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience’), an artificial neural system, and claimed that DABUS was the sole inventor of the patentable invention. Why is this an issue? v Wellcome Foundation Ltd.

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AI Can’t Hold Patents Because They Require an “Inventor” to Be a “Natural Person”

JD Supra Law

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. By: Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

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This Week in Washington IP: Celebrating Black Invention with Invent Together, USPTO Begins Symposium Series on Women’s Entrepreneurship, and House Committee Holds Hearing on U.S. Innovation

IP Watchdog

This week in Washington IP news, the House Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, And Commerce holds a hearing on promoting innovation and protecting data privacy, and the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a meeting about a handful of judicial appointments.

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Trade Secrets Pre Patenting

Patently-O

The touchstone of invention is when the inventors have a full mental conception of the invention, including how to make and use the invention. General rights of privacy allow a person to keep secret information without intrusion by the government or by wrongful acts by third parties. by Dennis Crouch.

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AI Year in Review: A Busy 2022 for AI and IP Promises Even More in 2023

IP Watchdog

Additionally, the development and use of AI and machine learning technologies can raise issues related to privacy and security. They can also be used to make decisions that affect people's lives, such as in the criminal justice system or in hiring, which raises ethical concerns.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (August 2 – 8)

SpicyIP

In the interim order, it was found that there is a prima facie case to uphold the petitioner’s RTBF, based on (1) the protection of his right to privacy and reputation both online and offline, and (2) providing an acquitted person the right to have their name redacted and stop being identified as an accused person.

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