03 May, 2024 Will AI-Generated Prior Art Ruin the Patent System? The USPTO Wants to Hear from You. By Jonathan B. Thielbar Earlier this week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a request for public comment regarding the impact of artificial...
12 Mar, 2024 Patent Protection for AI-Assisted Inventions By Jonathan B. Thielbar Only “natural persons” can be named “inventors” on U.S. patents. But last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued...
28 Dec, 2023 DABUS Denied: UK Joins EU, US and Australia In Requiring Human Inventorship For Grant of Patent By Melanie J. Howard In alignment with both the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office's determination in 2020 (affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal...
18 Jul, 2023 How the Recent Investigation of OpenAI (ChatGPT) Will Impact its Users By Brian Heidelberger The New York Times recently reported that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has opened an investigation into OpenAI, the startup behind...