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USPTO's AI Patent Eligibility Guidance, Vincent Look

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In 2024, the USPTO published guidance on whether an AI-based invention is patent eligible. The guidance includes three hypothetical inventions, including one relating to using an artificial neural network for data anomaly...more

Hogan Lovells

Navigating AI patent applications in China: Key insights from CNIPA’s new examination guidelines

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On 31 December 2024, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) adopted the "Guidelines for Patent Applications for AI-Related Inventions (Trial Implementation)", aiming to shed light on the specific...more

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No Copyright Protection for AI-Assisted Creations: Thaler v. Perlmutter

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Dr. Stephen Thaler’s attempts to obtain intellectual property protection for artificial intelligence were once again shot down by the courts, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed that the...more

MoFo Life Sciences

Navigating Inventorship in the Era of AI-Assisted Drug Discovery

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This post is part of MoFo’s 2025 Intersection of AI and Life Sciences blog series. In this blog series, we explore how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing research, innovation, and patient care in the life sciences....more

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China Releases Guidelines for AI-Related Invention Patent Applications

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The China National Intellectual Property Administration ("CNIPA") issued the Guidelines for Patent Applications for Artificial Intelligence ("AI") Related Inventions (Trial Implementation) ("Guidelines") on 31 December 2024,...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

AI IP Year in Review - AI Developments at the USPTO

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

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

IP Hot Topic: USPTO Publishes FAQs on Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions

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

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

AI IP Year in Review - Patent Law and Generative AI 101

While Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, such as predictive AI, have been around for decades, generative AI systems are recent innovations with far reaching implications for patent law. Generative AI, such as ChatGPT,...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Leveraging Policy Changes to Achieve AI Patent Eligibility

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The patent landscape for artificial intelligence is poised to undergo significant transformation. Originally published in Law360 - August 23, 2024....more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Microsoft Filed Patent Application on Method for Eliminating Artificial Intelligence Hallucinations

Microsoft is developing a way to eliminate hallucinations, or false responses, in artificial intelligence (AI) models. It filed U.S. Patent Application No. 18/140,658, entitled “Interacting with a Language Model using...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Strategies for Patenting AI-Related Inventions

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence has created unprecedented opportunities for innovation, but securing patent protection for AI-related inventions remains challenging under current U.S. patent law....more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Key Inventorship Considerations in AI-assisted Drug Development

The utilization of artificial intelligence (“AI”) is becoming ubiquitous across a wide range of industry sectors. The biotech industry is no exception. AI-driven platforms have become increasingly useful to biotech...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

Overcoming Obstacles to Securing Patents for AI-Related Inventions

Companies in multiple industries are experimenting with artificial intelligence to generate specific solutions to long-standing challenges. To this end, numerous companies are filing patent applications for inventions...more

Jones Day

USPTO Extends Comment Deadline on Patent Eligible Subject Matter Guidance for AI Inventions

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The USPTO has extended the public comment deadline in order to afford all stakeholders an opportunity to weigh in on the subject matter eligibility of AI inventions....more

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New USPTO Guidance Describes Patent Eligibility for Inventions That Use AI

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a new guidance document that is intended to help identify when a process or system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools may be eligible for patenting. ...more

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Industry Reacts to USPTO Guidance on Using AI to Innovate

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Further to Woods Rogers’s recent e-alert, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) issued guidance on the patentability of inventions developed using artificial intelligence (AI). The guidance—which has sparked a flurry of...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 22nd Advanced Summit on Life Sciences - May 29th - 30th, New York, NY

Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 22nd Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents returns for another exciting year with curated programming that will provide practical insights on how to maximize your patent term...more

Smart & Biggar

Ghost in the machine: AI and patent protection

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On December 20, 2023, the UK Supreme Court dismissed Dr. Stephen Thaler’s appeal from the Court of Appeal (England and Wales), finding that AI cannot be an inventor because an inventor must be a natural person1. This issue...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

AI News Roundup – Musk sues OpenAI, Figure AI creates humanoid robots and more

To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following. ...more

Stinson LLP

USPTO Issues Guidance for Determining Inventorship in AI-assisted Inventions

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued its Inventorship Guidance for AI-assisted Inventions for determining inventorship where artificial intelligence (AI) is used during the invention process....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

When Will the LLM Patent Wave Hit?

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Major technology paradigm shifts are typically followed by a wave of patent application filings. If you don’t believe that, a quick patent search will validate this for your technology of choice. What you’ll also find is...more

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Could your patent be invalid if your attorney uses AI in the drafting process?

The Federal Circuit held in Thaler v. Vidal that an “inventor” must be a human.  During the patent drafting process, the human inventors meet with the patent attorney to describe the invention.  In this meeting, the patent...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

AI cannot be an inventor of a UK Patent

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The United Kingdom Supreme Court (the ultimate appeal level in the UK legal system) has ruled in a decision of 20 December 2023 that an artificial intelligence (“AI”) system cannot be identified in a patent application as the...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

UK Supreme Court Rules that AI cannot be an ‘Inventor’ Under UK Patent Law

In Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2023] UKSC 49, the UK Supreme Court ruled that AI cannot be an ‘inventor’ for the purposes of UK patent law. The ruling concludes a series of appeals from...more

White & Case LLP

UK Supreme Court Rules Against AI Inventorship of Patents

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On December 20, 2023, the UK Supreme Court ("Court") dismissed Dr. Stephen Thaler's appeal, unanimously affirming the decision of the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks ("Comptroller") that a machine which...more

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