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Takeaways From USPTO's AI-Assisted Invention Guidance

Pursuant to efforts by the federal government to develop artificial intelligence in a safe, secure and trustworthy manner, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued inventorship guidance for inventions developed with...more

IP Contracting Considerations for Software as a Medical Device (SaMD)

Advancements in the medical device space are increasingly driven by integrations of software, oftentimes as the fruit of the symbiosis between engineers at software development firms working with clinicians at research...more

Protecting Innovations in SaMD & Biomedical Applications

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

Federal Circuit Rules Inventorship Must Be Natural Human Beings

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently confirmed in Thaler v. Vidalthat artificial intelligence (AI) agents cannot be listed as an inventor on a patent because the plain text of the Patent Act requires...more

What is a “Printed Publication?”: Considerations of Factors Surrounding Distribution of Operating Manual

Weber, Inc. v. Provisur Technologies, Inc. (IPR-2020-01556) - Earlier this year, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) held in Weber v. Provisur Technologies, Inc. that operating manuals under lock and key did not...more

Australia Appeal Decision Reverses Direction on AI Inventorship

Over the past few years technology evangelist and inventor Stephen Thaler, together with the Artificial Inventor Project, has campaigned for patent law changes across jurisdictions to recognize artificial intelligence (AI) as...more

Expectation Maximization in Patent Application Disclosures: Considerations with AI-Related Inventions

A patent application must describe an invention with adequate detail so that a person skilled in the art can recognize the boundaries of the invention (called the “written description” requirement) and can be enabled to...more

USPTO Confirms Inventorship as Limited to Natural Human Beings

A key question surrounding patents for artificial intelligence (AI) related technologies is can an AI agent (as in, not a human) be considered an inventor to a patent application. Last week, in a highly publicized case, the...more

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

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

Factors Enabling Traditional Auto Manufacturers to Enter the Electric Vehicle Space

Yesterday, Porsche debuted its first electric vehicle, Taycan. With a 670 horsepower engine, the Taycan Turbon model can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in less than 3 seconds. On its test run on the 12.8 mile Nürburgring track,...more

Traditional Auto Manufacturers Electric Vehicle

Yesterday, Porsche debuted its first electric vehicle, Taycan. With a 670 horsepower engine, the Taycan Turbon model can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in less than 3 seconds. On its test run on the 12.8 mile Nürburgring track,...more

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