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Best in the World: Patents at the Forefront of Sports and Technology

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Olympians are typically celebrated for their physical achievements—but some are also inventors who have contributed to innovation in the sporting world. One notable example is Ted Ligety, an alpine skier who earned gold...more

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Best Practices for Drafting Invention Disclosure Forms

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An invention disclosure form is a document used to capture detailed information about a new invention or discovery. The first step in the patent application process, the form plays a crucial role in protecting intellectual...more

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Creating Wealth Through Innovation

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Much has been made of the demise of U.S. manufacturing. Once the U.S. was a manufacturing powerhouse, but much of its industry has now moved overseas or south of the border to low-cost countries such as China, India, and...more

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The Legal Ramifications of Inventorship: What You Need To Know

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There is the old adage in business: to go fast, go alone; and to go far, go together.  When this applies to innovation and naming co-inventors in your patent application, it is important to understand the legal ramification...more

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Celebrating Women in Tech: Women Inventors

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There is an impressive number of everyday (and not-so-everyday) items invented by women. While we would have liked to feature them all, we chose five for today's Celebrating Women in Tech segment....more

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Diversity in Intellectual Property 2023

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“Women should always have a seat at the table. They bring a unique vision and voice in every situation. I have had great pleasure in meeting and working with many amazing women from all over the world who have overcome...more

Lewis Roca

Patent Protection for Entertainment Software Inventions

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Innovators seeking patent protection for entertainment software inventions should be aware that all software inventions face patent-eligibility issues. Nevertheless, patent practitioners who are experienced in the art of...more

McDermott Will & Emery

How Meta’s Patent Team Tackles Inventor Diversity

THE CHALLENGE: Traditionally, the idea of a Fortune 50 company engaging a big law partner would bring to mind white male professionals focused solely on bottom-line objectives. But recent movements advocating for...more

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“Shall Be the Property” Is Insufficient to Automatically Assign Title to an Invention in a Contract

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On August 2, 2021, in Omni MedSci, Inc. v. Apple Inc., No. 20-1715, slip op. (Fed. Cir. Aug. 2, 2021), a Federal Circuit panel decision, with a dissent, upheld the district court’s denial of Apple Inc.’s (“Apple”) motion to...more

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PATENT 101: Key Considerations and Activities for Establishing a Patent Program (Part 1 of 3)

Tasked with starting an innovation protection and patent development program at your company but do not know where to begin? This three part series describes the key components to a patent development program for any company,...more

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Protecting AI Innovations Through Trade Secrets and Patent Protection

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AI is becoming ubiquitous across all industries. AI systems and services are embedded in everyday products and services, including Amazon's Alexa, Netflix streaming services, and Nest smart thermostats. AI systems are also...more

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[IP Hot Topics Podcast] Innovation Conversations: Dr. Claire Fraser

Our “Innovation Conversations” series continues with our guest Dr. Claire Fraser, President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Director of the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University...more

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[IP Hot Topics Podcast] Innovation Conversations: Dr. Claire Fraser (transcript)

Our “Innovation Conversations” series continues with our guest Dr. Claire Fraser, President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Director of the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University...more

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JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Artificial Intelligence: The Growing Role of AI on Patents

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The emergence of artificial intelligence-related technology as a means of innovation has led to uncertainties for companies across industries, primarily because U.S. patent law has historically held that intellectual property...more

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COVID-19 Update: When Computers Invent: How the Use of Artificial Intelligence to Treat COVID-19 Highlights Novel Inventorship...

Technology and medical companies around the world are rising to meet the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, in many cases turning to artificial intelligence (“AI”) and super computers in their efforts to develop...more

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Inventors Rights Act Could Significantly Change Patent Ownership Strategy

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A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday, December 18, 2019 could significantly affect strategies for patent ownership in the United States. The Inventors Rights Act (H.R. 5478), which is sponsored by...more

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Trailblazers and Lost Einsteins: Senate Discusses Women Inventors and the Future of American Innovation

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On March 27 and April 3 of this year, the House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet and the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held hearings on “Lost Einsteins,” women and underrepresented...more

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Do Patents Really Drive Innovation and Value

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On Wednesday, May 16, 2018, Dorsey is hosting a panel entitled “Do Patents Really Drive Innovation and Value?” It’s been a question that we’ve grappled with as outside counsel for many innovators and technology-driven...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO Adds New Features to PatentsView Tool

In January, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced the addition of several new features to its patent data visualization and analysis tool, PatentsView, which allows the public to interactively engage, through a...more

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Diversity In Intellectual Property 2017

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Ladas & Parry LLP would like to take this time during Black History Month and the upcoming Women’s History Month to take a look at some pioneers, both past and present, in the field of intellectual property law. We value and...more

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Pigs Fly, Hell Has Frozen Over, and the New York Times Supports Small Inventor and University Patenting

Admittedly, only on its Op-Ed page. But last Saturday Joe Nocera wrote a remarkably sane and reasoned column, entitled "The Patent Troll Smokescreen," pointing out that "big companies with large lobbying budgets" are using...more

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Two Hundred and Twenty Fifth Anniversary of U.S. Patent X000001

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U.S. Patent X000001 was granted on July 31, 1790 to Samuel Hopkins. The original document went missing for many years, only resurfacing in 1956. The inventor named is Samuel Hopkins, but which Samuel Hopkins was much in...more

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