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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Innovating with AI: Ensuring You Own Your Inventions

When you're thinking about using AI to develop your company's technology, there are two primary areas that I like to think about. First is ownership. Currently, under U.S. law, the outputs of artificial intelligence are not...more

Fenwick & West LLP

False Claims of Patent Protection Can Be False Advertising Under Lanham Act

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Patented technologies or features can be valuable selling points, setting your products apart from the competition. But when advertising or marketing materials overstate the scope of patent or other IP rights, they may create...more

Venable LLP

USPTO and Copyright Office Basics on Applying for and Registering AI-Assisted Material

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Want to learn more about drafting, negotiating, and understanding intellectual property and technology contracts and have 10 minutes to spare? Grab your morning coffee or afternoon tea and dig into our Tech Contract Quick...more

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USPTO Seeks Public Comment on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Patentability

The relentless march of technological progress presents a unique challenge for the intellectual property (IP) landscape. Earlier this year, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Request for Comments...more

International Lawyers Network

The Ownership Debate: Intellectual Property in AI. Who Does It Belong To?

With the rise in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in all forms, the question is becoming more present than ever – who owns the intellectual property in a work created with the use of AI?...more

Sunstein LLP

AI in the Patent Landscape: USPTO Directive Explores Inventorship Dynamics

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In response to the rapidly evolving landscape of innovation and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into creative processes, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued guidance effective February...more

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Artificial Intelligence Presents Challenges for Intellectual Property Laws’ Focus on Human Creation

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Artificial intelligence (AI) and its ability to generate content closely resembling human output present issues with respect to IP ownership. Maybe you have asked ChatGPT to create a flashy advertisement or write some code...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

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AI and IP: Leveraging Opportunities for Your Business

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the world around us, and intellectual property (IP) is no exception. AI is being used to create new and innovative products and services, and it is also being used to...more

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

The Pros And Cons Of Protecting AI As Trade Secrets

Trade secrets have become a de facto intellectual property right for securing valuable artificial intelligence information. Despite regulatory trends toward greater transparency of AI models, federal policy acknowledges,...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

USPTO Releases Guidance on AI and Inventorship

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The agency offers a practical test with examples for determining patentability of AI-assisted inventions that is grounded in feedback from stakeholders. In its continuing effort to respond to President Biden’s AI-related...more

Smart & Biggar

AI-assisted inventions: USPTO’s most recent guidance for determining inventorship

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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

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What’s Next for AI? Six Areas to Watch in 2024

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Generative AI (GenAI) surged to the forefront of corporate agendas and public policy debates last year, promising to boost productivity and innovation. What’s in store for AI in 2024?...more

Venable LLP

[Ongoing Program] Life Sciences Series - Legal Developments in Artificial Intelligence: The Intersection of Generative Artificial...

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We are excited to announce Venable’s inaugural Life Sciences Webinar Series. This month-long series will explore the intricacies and latest developments that shape the life sciences industry. Join us as we hear from our...more

Baker Donelson

Generative Artificial Intelligence Asks Questions of Innovation in Patent Law

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Introduction - Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has dominated headlines for nearly all of 2023 and demonstrated that it has the potential to disrupt the economic landscape by displacing jobs and creating remarkable...more

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Balancing Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: Human Authorship a “Bedrock Requirement of Copyright”

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Whether it is a smartphone, a fraud alert received from a financial institution, a vehicle modifying its settings based on current driving conditions, or  political ads that will soon infiltrate our airwaves, artificial...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Your New AI Coworker: How Working with AI Raises New Patent and Copyright Challenges

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The machines aren’t coming for your job — they’re here to help. But when humans work with artificial intelligence (“AI”) assistance, who owns the final product? If a person uses an AI tool to invent, is that person the...more

McManis Faulkner

Can an AI Hire a Lawyer?

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A recently-fired Google engineer claims that the company’s artificial intelligence program has become sentient, and—even worse—has hired a lawyer.  A court may now have to face a question once considered only theoretical: is...more

Weintraub Tobin

Should AI Machines Have Rights?

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In the last few years, the U.S. Copyright Office refused to allow a copyright registration for a work of art created by a machine, and a federal district court held that an artificial intelligence system could not be an...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Artificial Intelligence and Patent Law: What Happens After DABUS?

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This article is based on a Womble Bond Dickinson/Berkeley Center for Law & Technology presentation, with Womble Bond Dickinson attorneys Chris Mammen, Brent Babcock and Bill Jacobs and IBM IP Policy Counsel Yeen Tham leading...more

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Hidden Layers Between AI & Patent Policy: Global Patent Office Policy Considerations and Perspectives

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With the ever increasing adoption of AI technology, no industry will unlikely be left untouched by Artificial Intelligence in the coming years. The worldwide spending on AI systems is estimated to increase as much as 100...more

Jones Day

When Innovation Creates: Additional Developments in Artificial Intelligence at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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The Situation: Advances in artificial intelligence ("AI") are providing the ability to automatically create and design innovations without human assistance. AI's impact on patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, and other...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Five things academic scientists should know when pursuing their first patent application – Part II of V

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has launched a new Automated Interview Request (AIR) Form that allows practitioners to submit an online request for an interview with an examiner. The online form allows...more

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