The IPKat

AUGUST 31, 2022

Here's what Marianna writes: Ownership of IP rights by DAOs – the future is nigh? Ownership of IP In a recent curious example, Spice DAO paid $3 million for an original 1975 copy of the Dune bible by Alejandro Jodorowsky. Such ownership sometimes arises “automatically” when a work has been created in the course of employment.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 31, 2022

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is at legal odds with Moderna, claiming that Moderna neglected to add three NIH scientists to Moderna’s patent application on a principal COVID-19 vaccine.

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IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 9, 2022

The encouragement towards innovation is legalized under Intellectual copyrights patents and trademarks Rights are provided by the states around the globe. Unlike patents, trademark protection is held indefinitely. This may be for a limited period and is only limited to publishing, rendering left of the ownership to the author.

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IPilogue

AUGUST 17, 2022

The fantastical and mind-blowing virtual worlds of Ready Player One and Sword Art Online may soon be within reach as the patent race for virtual reality technology heats up between major companies like Disney , Microsoft , and Sony. Companies are racing to patent the most comfortable options for VR hardware. .

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Billion , Patently-O (June 23, 2022). Back in 2018, Centripetal sued Cisco, alleging infringement the claims of eleven cybersecurity related patents. Morgan picked upon the case again in September 2019 and began moving forward with claims from five patents no longer subject to IPR proceedings. 4th 1025 (Fed. 28 U.S.C. §

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JD Supra Law

JULY 18, 2022

From ownership in general to copyright and patent law, the answer is unclear. Who owns the creations of an artificial intelligence? By: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

As patent litigators are well-aware, the Western District of Texas and the District of Delaware, the two most popular venues for patent litigation, each issued orders regulating litigation in their districts in 2022. So as of early 2023, what effect have those orders had on patent filings? of the 269 total patent cases.

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 14, 2025

Many assume that once they create something, they automatically own the rights everywhere, or that patents and trademarks offer blanket protection. In reality, IP is a complex legal landscape governed by factors like value, ownership, jurisdiction and timing.

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Cogency Global

MARCH 2, 2023

What this is: The differences between ownership and assignment records at the US Patent and Trademark Office can be confusing. What this means: There are many reasons why USPTO assignment and ownership records may not match up and understanding how the USPTO updates its database is one of the first ways to help ease confusion.

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IP Close Up

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

What could be an important blockchain patent covering fractional trading of shares of multiple asset classes has been offered for sale at auction as an Continue reading.

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IP Watchdog

MAY 26, 2022

A principal purpose of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 was imposing a uniform patent ownership policy on all federal agencies. The Bayh-Dole Act established a uniform policy requiring all agencies to waive invention ownership to those making patentable discoveries with their support.

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IP Intelligence

APRIL 24, 2023

Combine that “mastermind/dominant” author doctrine with the run of cases discussing ownership of software outputs (i.e., Copyright Office (the Office) when it comes to copyright ownership of artificial intelligence (AI) output. the “lion’s share” cases), and we see that the notion of what an “author” even is is highly nuanced.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The challenges presented by this state of affairs, including whether ‘artificial agents’ can be considered inventors, patent their inventions, and enjoy the benefit of patent ownership – and how their inventions would be evaluated against established human rules in the first place, are considered in this book.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Moderna recently sued Pfizer alleging patent infringement of three out of eight patents that cover its Covid 19 vaccine (Spikevax). The sheer size of sales and revenue coupled with patent monopolies and the immense potential of the mRNA technology, makes both these entities King-like – rich, supreme and sometimes hypocritical.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 7, 2025

PATENTS The arena of patents has evolved with time, and in contemporary times, the scope of subject matter that is patentable has also evolved, which in turn has modified the requirements of patents. As contemporary technology has developed, the patent system has faced fresh difficulties.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This week in Other Barks and Bites: the Government Accountability Office published its report on third-party funding for patent litigation showing mixed responses to proposed disclosure requirements; the Second Circuit affirms a lower ruling that copyright ownership claims to George Clinton sound recordings are time-barred; the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Not bothering with the upcoming Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court in your license and other patent-related agreements? This Insight flags key issues in connection with Unitary Patents and the UPC that you should consider in your patent-related agreements already today.

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IP Close Up

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The author of a new book who was previously accused of employing junk economic science says that software ownership is damaging innovation and impeding U.S. competition. Continue reading.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Patent protection may limit access to new ideas and technology and, therefore, raise concerns about disparities in access and stifle the growth of the metaverse as a shared online space. Ethical dimensions of patenting critical Metaverse innovations should be watchful and counter any anti-competitive practice that might arise.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the U.S. On November 23, the U.S. Copyright Office published a joint notice of inquiry in the Federal Register announcing that the two agencies would be collaborating on a study regarding intellectual property legal issues related to digital assets known as non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

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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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Intellectual Property Law Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

As patent litigators are well-aware, the Western District of Texas and the District of Delaware, the two most popular venues for patent litigation, each issued orders regulating litigation in their districts in 2022. So as of early 2023, what effect have those orders had on patent filings? of the 269 total patent cases.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Intel is urging Delaware's chief federal judge to make VLSI Technology reveal its ownership and sources of litigation funding, saying the disclosures provided so far in their dispute over the scope of a patent license are "plainly deficient."

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Patently-O

APRIL 18, 2023

The basic underlying question has to do with whether an NDA or other agreement can effectively limit an inventor’s ability to pursue patent protection — even in circumstances where the inventor has not transferred patent rights. Unfortunately, LinkedIn won’t let me embed the survey here].

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Intepat

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Issues of ownership, counterfeit goods, and infringements are rising concerns, threatening the sustainability of creativity in the metaverse. Copyright and Ownership in the Metaverse In the metaverse, copyright applies to digital creations such as virtual art, music, designs, and even entire virtual worlds.

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IAM Magazine

JULY 20, 2022

IP transactions face difficulties when inventor employees leave a company, raising questions as to whether their inventions are owned by the company. Often, the type of employee and the jurisdiction in question are key factors.

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Kashishipr

DECEMBER 8, 2021

It is very important to assess the same, morally, ethically, and legally, in the light of accepted norms laid by the Patent Laws in different major jurisdictions. However, a modified form of life may be considered a patentable subject matter. Whether or not Patents over Life Forms should be Granted?

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43(B)log

AUGUST 11, 2022

Ownership should require a lower burden of proof: comes from the relationship between the spouses and not from the connection to the creation. Recent patent case: patents must come from humans. In most cases, the spouse doesn’t contribute copyrightable creativity. But the US has not. Seeking cert on that. A: To get more?

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IP Watchdog

AUGUST 2, 2021

The Federal Court of Australia on Friday ruled in Thaler v Commissioner of Patents [2021] FCA 879 that an artificial intelligence (AI) system can be an inventor under the Australian Patents Act. The Deputy Commissioner of Patents said that Thaler could not name an inventor because an AI simply cannot be an inventor under the Act.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Moderna and Pfizer battle’s over the inventive process of their respective mRNA COVID-19 vaccines revisit the negative associations of profit, monopolies, and optics in patent litigation. Moderna claimed that they had registered foundational mRNA patents between 2010 and 2016. This exposes some concerns about our patent laws.

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Intepat

MAY 17, 2024

This includes specifying whether the creator of the prompts, i.e. the prompt engineers, retains ownership or if the rights are transferred to another party, such as the employer or clients, as the case may be. Also, contracts should include intellectual property clauses that address the ownership and usage rights of the prompts.

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IP Law 360

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Delaware's top judge is set to hold another hearing next week in an investment company's fight against his controversial disclosure requirements, which could torpedo one of the firm's billion-dollar lawsuits against Intel. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 9, 2024

The Story Till Now On one hand, COVID-19 cases are rising yet again to everyone’s surprise, and on the other, the surprises from the Covaxin patent application don’t seem to stop. Two revisions in the patent applications have occurred since then, and this post analyses the events and their implications on the Covaxin patent.

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Plagiarism Today

MARCH 16, 2022

They are essentially a receipt that is placed on the blockchain that allows a purchaser to claim “ownership” over that particular NFT. .” NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have seen both big sales and big business in the past year. It’s an attempt to add scarcity to digital goods.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 4, 2024

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Parties that own minority shares in the trademark registrant, but do not separately use or possess an ownership right in the trademark, are not entitled to seek cancellation of third-party registrations based on likelihood of confusion.

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IPilogue

JULY 29, 2022

This sentiment plays into inherent feelings of property ownership and control over your property —in this case, your intellectual property (“IP”. But what are the legal underpinnings that tie Halsey’s (and other artists’) ownership and control of their music? The short answer, as usual in law, is that it depends.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

billion patent lawsuit from VLSI Technology in a filing unsealed Friday, December 9. Intel claimed that VLSI “has repeatedly failed to disclose its full ownership as required,” and the company’s “opaque ownership structure is an entrenched feature of hedge fund-driven patent litigation.” Intel Corp.

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