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Kilpatrick’s Tyler McAllister recently spoke on a panel at The IP Strategy Summit in Seattle. The panel, “AI and Your Patent Management, Strategy & Portfolio” covered how you can leverage AI for efficient patent portfolio...more
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The US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) issued additional guidance on the contribution of artificial intelligence (AI) in its January 2025 AI Strategy. Similarly, the US Copyright Office issued part two of its “Copyright and...more
The USPTO released proposed guidelines addressing the complex issue of AI inventorship. The USPTO is not the only agency attempting to tackle this issue; jurisdictions across the globe have been grappling with whether...more
Navigating Inventorship of AI-Assisted Inventions: USPTO’s Guidance and Implications - The USPTO issued guidance on AI-assisted inventions on February 13, 2024. This guidance is part of the USPTO’s ongoing efforts to address...more
Following the Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions, the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has published a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) and answers regarding the guidance...more
In Champion Power Equipment Inc. v. Firman Power Equipment Inc., No. CV-23-02371-PHX-DWL (D. Ariz. Oct. 18, 2024), defendant filed a motion for a protective order seeking two forms of relief: 1. a patent prosecution bar...more
This article discusses the July 17, 2024 guidance issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) regarding the subject matter eligibility of patent claims involving artificial intelligence (“AI”). The...more
There is no special treatment for neural networks when it comes to UK patenting of computer related inventions. That is the essence of the English Court of Appeal’s conclusion, led by a Judge with a keen interest in computer...more
The US Patent Office (USPTO) recently issued new guidance and three examples for AI-related patent claims, which indicate that claims applying AI to a process are unlikely to render the process patent-eligible at the USPTO...more
On July 16, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released updated guidance on patent subject matter eligibility, focusing on artificial intelligence (AI). This update, effective from July 17, 2024, is...more
On July 17, 2024, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a guidance update on patent subject matter eligibility to address innovation in critical and emerging technologies (ET), especially artificial intelligence...more
As companies—and more recently, courts—have struggled to address the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in innovation, legislators are embroiled in a struggle of their own. Over the past two years, the Senate and House have...more
As arguably the most technologically advanced sport in the world, where cutting-edge R&D is critical to achieving results on the track, it would be reasonable to assume that patents play a pivotal role in protecting...more
AI technologies bring several new business opportunities, but they also bring a host of new legal questions, including in intellectual property law. A very important question at the intersection of AI and IP is: how do we...more
On February 13, 2024, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued examination guidance on the patentability of inventions developed with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI) (the "Guidance"). The Guidance is...more
With the ever-growing adaptation of software in all realms of health care, the market for software for medical devices (SaMD) is forecasted to grow 16.7% per year over the next decade and surpass $5 billion by 2032....more