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How AI is Transforming Patent Intelligence

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2023 was a breakthrough year for AI technology, marked by the rise of generative AI with a multitude of new GPT models and advanced diffusion models....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Using Global Patent Trends in Smart Manufacturing to Develop an Informed and Effective IP Strategy 

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In today’s global economy, product research and development (R&D) has historically been concentrated in the U.S. and China. However, these efforts are beginning to decentralize and spread into new regions, such as Japan and...more

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This Summer in Artificial Intelligence: Newly Released USPTO Guidance and Exemplary Worldwide Inventorship Updates

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently published new guidance on subject-matter eligibility as related to Artificial Intelligence (AI), opening a written comment window to respond with a deadline of...more

Linda Liu & Partners

On Efficiency of China’s Drug-Related Patent Term Compensation System based on “Effective protection period”

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China’s state council issued State Council Degree No. 769 on December 21, 2023 to enact the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law (Amended in 2023) (hereinafter referred to as “the Implementing Regulations (Amended in...more

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Patent Poetry: WIPO Members Adopt Treaty to Protect Indigenous IP

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Member states of the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) recently approved a new treaty on intellectual property (IP), genetic resources, and traditional knowledge. WIPO is the United Nations agency “that serves the...more

Fenwick & West LLP

How to Maximize Your AI-Assisted Invention’s Patentability

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Artificial intelligence is rapidly reinventing the research and development process, but until recently, patentability remained a major uncertainty. That’s until the United States Patent and Trademark Office stepped in and...more

McDermott Will & Emery

R&D Expenditures Need Only Relate to Subset of Domestic Industry Product

Addressing a decision by the US International Trade Commission finding a violation of Section 337 based on importation of certain TV products, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit agreed that the patent holder had...more

ArentFox Schiff

Shaping the Future of Higher Education: R2D2 or HAL 9000

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For better or worse, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is already transforming the way we live and work. Within two months of its initial release to the public, ChatGPT reached 100 million monthly active users,...more

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Quebec’s “IP Box”: A tax incentive for the commercialization of IP

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Innovation from research & development (R&D) can be protected by intellectual property (IP) rights of various kinds, including patents, copyright and plant breeder’s rights. To encourage companies to invest locally in R&D...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Federally Funded Research & Development: New Executive Order Pushes Federal Agencies to Take Title to Subject Inventions and...

Key Points - On July 28, 2023, President Biden signed EO 14104, “Federal Research and Development in Support of Domestic Manufacturing and United States Jobs,” which aims to increase domestic manufacturing and...more

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IP Considerations in Protecting Autonomous Vehicle Software with Patents and Copyrights

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As autonomous vehicles and associated software become more commonplace in the automotive industry, it is important to recognize which forms of intellectual property grant protection within quickly evolving areas of technology...more

Troutman Pepper

The Patent Winter Is Here: Do You Have a Winning IP Strategy or Will You Be Left in the Cold?

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The Big Pharma superpowers are on the edge of a patent cliff. The combination of patent expirations, uncertain product and patent pipelines, and expiring regulatory exclusivities will negatively impact a host of Big Pharma...more

International Lawyers Network

It`s Not Only Patents: Planning and Implementing to Protect Innovation

For investors in innovation, it is a priority to count on legal mechanisms to secure some level of exclusivity in the exploitation of their innovations, to seek a return on their investment. The first legal alternative...more

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Patent vs. Trade Secret Strategy: A Four Factor Decision Framework

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Intellectual property protection is a critical pillar for establishing and maintaining competitive advantages. At the same time, it is important to strategically allocate resources to building a patent portfolio. This can be...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Patent Protection on AI Inventions

In recent years, AI patent activity has exponentially increased. The figure below shows the volume of public AI patent applications categorized by AI component in the U.S. from 1990-2018. The eight AI components in FIG. 1 are...more

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

Dual-Use Ventures & Intellectual Property: SBIR Data Rights, Patents, and Deals

Dual-use ventures—startups that intend to sell both commercially and to the Department of Defense (DoD)—enjoy many advantages. You have a strong opportunity to secure millions of dollars of non-dilutive R&D funding through...more

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Senate Passes the Endless Frontier Act

In a rare showing of bipartisanship, the U.S. Senate has passed Senate Bill S.1260, the "Endless Frontier Act."  Co-sponsored by senators Schumer, Young, Hassan, Collins, Coons, Portman, Baldwin, Graham, Peters, Blunt,...more

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“We’re Here to Help.” Government’s Ideal Role in Sparking Medical Advances?

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Last month the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to review federal contributions to the R&D of the drug remdesivir and determine government agencies' patent rights to the drug. The GAO determined...more

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[IP Hot Topics Podcast] Innovation Conversations: Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick (transcript)

Our “Innovation Conversations” series continues with President of Howard University Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick. Sterne Kessler Director Trey Powers and Director of Marketing and Communications Kathryn Holmes Johnson (HU Class...more

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

[IP Hot Topics Podcast] Innovation Conversations: Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick

Our “Innovation Conversations” series continues with President of Howard University Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick. Sterne Kessler Director Trey Powers and Director of Marketing and Communications Kathryn Holmes Johnson (HU Class...more

Goodwin

Five Tips For Life Sciences Companies To Protect Their AI Technologies

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized many technology areas. As a few examples, it has already been instrumental in improving and enabling voice recognition algorithms, digital assistants, advertisement...more

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[Remote Event] Health Care Antitrust Under President Biden - What Health Care Companies May Expect By Way Of Antitrust Policy And...

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After a turbulent year that roiled the economy, and the health care sector more than most, the Democrats emerged with control of both the White House and Congress for the first time since 2014. Business leaders and in-house...more

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Patenting Considerations for SBIR Awardees

Awardees of funding from the Small Business Innovative Research (“SBIR”) program face unique strategic questions as they plan their intellectual property development. Like all companies, SBIR awardees must decide whether to...more

BakerHostetler

How to Protect and Clear Your Medical Device During Development

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Partner Hussein Akhavannik breaks down specific patent protection and clearance strategies for each stage of medical device development, from concept and design to the manufacturing and sale....more

BakerHostetler

Promoting the Progress of Science: Avoiding Inherent Obviousness

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You’ve thought long and hard about how your company’s clinical stage invention is novel over anything that’s ever been done before. Your analysis is finished, right? Not even close. The novelty barrier to patentability can be...more

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