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Artificial Intelligence: Can it be an Inventor or an Author?

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As the innovation paradigm in automotive industry shifted over time, artificial intelligence (“AI”) has deeply penetrated into operation of automotive industry. For example, integration of AI in automotive availed a broad...more

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Protecting Automotive and Mobility Brands

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Automotive and mobility manufacturers boast some of the most well-known brands in the world, but imitation isn’t a form of flattery for companies trying to protect their valuable marks. As the automotive and mobility market...more

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Leveraging E/AV Patent Portfolios During a Pandemic

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Like many industries, the pandemic has impacted the automotive industry, including electric and autonomous vehicle (E/AV) research and development. E/AV companies have laid off workers, delayed testing, and postponed the...more

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Emerging Technologies Washington Update - January 2020 #1

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This Week: House Energy and Commerce examines online manipulation and deception, DOT unveils AV 4.0, updated guidance for autonomous vehicles, two courts block California from enforcing AB 5 for truck drivers for motor...more

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The Challenges of Patenting Autonomous Vehicle AI and Software

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There are countless innovations being made for autonomous vehicle components, including for advanced sensors, radar and LiDAR, geolocation, and telecommunications. The automotive industry filed 25k+ patents in 2018 to protect...more

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Intellectual Property Bulletin - Spring 2019

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Avoiding the Top 5 Potholes for Autonomous Transportation Startups - Autonomous transportation technology was widespread at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show. Advances in object identification, mapping, machine learning,...more

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Trends In Automotive Technology: 2017 and the Road Ahead

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This has been a year in which automotive technology and the legal issues surrounding it have come increasingly to the forefront, both in legal circles and public perception. Given the many new entrants in the autonomous...more

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Emerging issues in the connected cars and autonomous vehicles market are influencing standard-essential patents and IP...

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In this hoganlovells.com interview, Hogan Lovells partner Celine Jimenez Crowson addresses the relationship between standard-essential patents (SEPs) and the connectivity technologies used in connected and autonomous vehicles...more

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Expanded PTO Panels and Improper Joinder: The Federal Circuit Fires a Warning Shot

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The Federal Circuit’s decision in Nidec Motor Corp. v. Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor Co., (Fed. Cir. No. 16-2321), expresses a growing discomfort with the Patent Office’s practice of joinder and expanded panels....more

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Could the Flying Car Finally Take Off?

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Autonomous vehicles have been hailed as the solution to overcrowded roads and their impact on America’s aging infrastructure. However, recent accidents involving automated vehicles have some wondering if having less cars on...more

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Self-Driving Cars - "IP Driving Acquisition"

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As Chair of Foley & Lardner’s Electronics Practice Group, I recently published a LinkedIn article about news reports of a group of German auto companies including BMW, Audi and Daimler acquiring HERE Global (Nokia’s map...more

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Facts Govern Real Party-in-Interest Determinations - TRW Automotive US LLC v. Magna Electronics Inc.; Paramount Home Entertainment...

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Addressing the real-party-in-interest (RPI) requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 312(a) in two separate proceedings, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) emphasized the fact-dependent...more

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Creative Interpretation of Abandonment Cannot Save Patent - Hyundai Motor Co. v. American Vehicular Sciences LLC

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Addressing a request for adverse judgment by the patent owner, the U.S Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) denied patent owner’s request, finding that the patent owner...more

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PTAB Excludes Documents Corroborating Publication Date as Hearsay but Admits Librarian Testimony - Toyota Motor Corporation v....

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In a final written decision, the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent (PTO) Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) granted in part the patent owner’s motion to exclude certain documents purporting to corroborate the...more

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Federal Circuit Upholds Inequitable Conduct Post Therasense For Withheld Information

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In American Calcar, Inc. v. American Honda Motor Co., the Federal Circuit upheld the district court’s finding that three Calcar patents are unenforceable due to inequitable conduct. Both courts reached this decision of...more

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