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? This interpretation underscores the importance of human agency in the patent process, as the law currently stands.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 1, 2021

India was in favor of prohibiting patenting all lifeforms because of the ethical question involved in extending private ownership over lifeforms and the question of the appropriateness of IPR in recognizing informal systems of knowledge. Concluding Thoughts.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 9, 2021

In this post, I will be analysing the recommendations pertaining to the amendment of patent laws in order to facilitate inventorship and ownership by AI. I will be restricting the discussion to the evaluation of the Indian patent regime, as the implications of AI on Indian copyright law has been previously dealt with here.

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GDB Firm Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The issue of who actually owns a patent or pending patent application is obviously very important. This blog post will briefly explain how patent ownership works under US patent law, so inventors, managers, and other non-experts can better understand this important topic when working with a patent attorney.

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JD Supra Law

APRIL 14, 2022

patent law grants patent owners the right to grant licenses to their patents in analogy to landlords granting rents to real property as a license to use without obtaining ownership. 35 U.S.C. §§ 261-262.

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Assignment and Recordation of Patent Ownership Rights - A patent has the attributes of intangible personal property: it can be sold or mortgaged; it may be bequeathed by a will; and it may pass to the heirs of a deceased patentee.

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Patently-O

MAY 22, 2024

Whether a present assignment of future inventions automatically conveys legal title to those inventions when the inventions come into being, or instead merely conveys equitable title and requires a separate written instrument to transfer legal ownership. Here, this California based contract is governed by California law of contracts.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 27, 2025

New Categories of IP Protection: Perhaps the development of specific rules governing IPRs of AI-generated content can help to shed light on ownership and cases of infringement. Enhanced Enforcement Mechanisms: Just like any other digital content, licensing requirements can be monitored using progressive technologies, including blockchain.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

Unsophisticated consumers may conflate the purchase of an NFT associated with a digital good with ownership of IP rights in that good. Patents The Report discussed in section IV: (i) the use of NFTs to manage registration, ownership, and licensing of patents; and (ii) how current patent laws apply to NFT-related inventions.

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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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The IPKat

DECEMBER 13, 2021

First, an inapt analogy to accessio, an aspect of which deals with “ownership of the progeny of animals or the treatment of fruit or crops produced by the labour and expense of the occupier of the land (fructus industrialis)”. seahorses).

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JD Supra Law

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

A patent has the attributes of intangible personal property - it can be sold or mortgaged; it may be bequeathed by a will; and it may pass to the heirs of a deceased patentee. The patent law provides for the transfer or sale of a patent, or of an application for patent, by an instrument in writing.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The balance that patent law seeks to achieve is well known, with Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 , of the United States Constitution defining the purpose “to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.”

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Judgment Gist - According to the relevant provisions of the Patent Law, an invention-creation made by performing the tasks of the entity concerned or mainly using the material and technical conditions of the entity concerned is a service invention-creation; The right to apply for a patent for a service invention-creation belongs to that entity, which (..)

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The individual rights-based regime neglects the collective identity and duties arising from ownership. Li proposes redefining the nature of IP ownership through the lens of collective duties with a view to optimising the use of IP rights. And now she has our full attention. The first (chapter 7), by Dan L.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In July 2021, the Federal Court of Australia affirmed in Thaler v Commissioner of Patents [2021] FCA 879 that artificial intelligence (AI) systems may be deemed “inventors” under Australian patent law. The principal question at hand is whether non-human entities, such as AI systems, should have legal capacity.

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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. Also, there arise questions of obviousness and ownership rights. Many times, a patent is a result of constant trial and error.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

On appeal now, the Federal Circuit has refused to hear the case — finding that a patent ownership dispute does not “arise under” the patent laws. 251 (2013) (patent attorney malpractice does not arise under the patent laws). See, Gunn v. Minton , 568 U.S.

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Patently-O

JULY 21, 2022

patent laws are subject to exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal Court system. Here, however, the lawsuit asserts only state law claims of breach & conversion. 251 (2013), the court concluded that the underlying patent law issues were not substantial enough to warrant Federal jurisdiction. Applying Gunn v.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The patent chapter addresses patentability subject matter, inventive step or non-obviousness, enablement or sufficient disclosure, inventorship, and other forms of protection such as utility model. She also highlights areas in need of further investigation, such as ownership and moral rights.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 19, 2024

This would make it socially responsible to introduce technological break-throughs into services for the benefit of society, protecting intellectual property on one hand but allowing different voices that will shape the metaverse on the other, stipulating guidelines on data ownership and requiring consent by users.

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Intepat

MARCH 13, 2025

The integration of IoT-enabled designs and smart technologies adds another layer of complexity as the same would fall in the domain of patent law. However, as in the context of copyrightable works generated by artificial intelligence , ownership over the AI-generated architectural works is subject to controversy and debate.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 2, 2022

COPYRIGHT Giovanni Maria Riccio and Fabiola Iraci Gambazza (E-Lex law firm) reported on the recent publication of the European Audiovisual Observatory entitled " Mapping report on national remedies against online piracy of sports content ", commissioned by the European Commission. disputes between domain names and trademarks).

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 15, 2023

Patent laws fail to protect traditional knowledge as it does not recognise generation innovation. Furthermore, trade secrets can solve other issues associated with copyright and patent protection which makes it inapplicable to traditional knowledge.

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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. In 2021, HIP sued Hormel, challenging Hormel’s ownership and the inventorship of U.S. 9,980,498 (the “’498 Patent”). The dispute arose between HIP, Inc. (“HIP”)

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More Than Your Mark

AUGUST 20, 2021

However, if your 3-D printed work relies on the files created by another, or is the result of scanning the sculpture of another, you may have to make proper attribution of ownership to the file owner.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

In patent law, inventorship is tied directly to ownership. An inventor is a presumptive owner of any resulting patent rights. However, those inchoate rights are assignable in a way that decouples inventorship and ownership. arising from his work on the endeavor.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The public-interest issues in exclusive licensing will be protected appropriately and all Indian patents are secured by the GoI through March-in Rights including the option of compulsory license under our patent law, if there will be any exigency arising for that technology/patent.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

NFT creation, investment, sale, and ownership interest exists in Indonesia and elsewhere in the world. Patent: Blockchain-related inventions can be protected as patents. Introduction. Non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) continue to be popular. Trademark: NFTs may also be protected as a trademark.

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Barry Sookman

JANUARY 30, 2022

Copyright Ownership, Transfers, and NFTs [link] 2022-01-25. Is crypto code law? ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE NOT AN “INVENTOR” UNDER EUROPEAN PATENT LAW: Is Canada heading down the same path? Computer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2022-01-22 [link] 2022-01-23. 2021 ONSC 369 (CanLII) | Cicada 137 LLC v. link] 2022-01-26.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The only way to ensure you fully own the rights to your business name is to register the business name as a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Registering your business name this way lets the world know you have the ownership rights to that name when it comes to the goods and services you provide.

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The IPKat

JULY 30, 2024

Given the potential value of the arising IP, the Guidance thus raises the possibility for ownership disputes over commercially valuable outputs from AI systems. The pharmaceutical field has been dealing with the complexity of IP ownership and licensing of platform technologies for developing new clinical candidates for decades.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 15, 2021

They conclude that judicially nudged use of patent law levers is critical for the deployment of flexibilities in our patent law for TB patients who desperately need access to these drugs. Thematic Highlight. Parliamentary Standing Committee’s Recommendations Concerning AI and IP: A Little Late or Way too Early?

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The court also ruled, after the trial, on a motion that Intel had filed in the fall of 2020, a few months before trial, in which Intel sought to amend its answer to assert a defense that it was licensed to practice both VLSI patents. The motion was based on a recent change in ownership of Finjan, Inc.,

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Intepat

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Patentability: It should not fall into the category of exceptions or subjects that are not patentable as per the relevant patent laws. The Ownership Dilemma In the realm of patents, it’s essential to differentiate between the inventor and the applicant, holder, or owner of the patent.

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Patently-O

JANUARY 19, 2024

Ownership Rights : Roku argued Universal lacked ownership rights to assert the ‘196 patent because when Universal filed its ITC complaint, it had recently filed a petition to correct inventorship to add a Universal employee. On appeal, the Federal Circuit has affirmed, rejecting each of Roku’s three primary arguments.

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Intepat

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In the modern landscape of technological advancement, patent thickets have emerged as a critical concern for innovators, businesses, and policymakers. A patent thicket refers to a dense network of overlapping patents that can complicate the development and commercialization of new products.

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