I’ve always found patents fascinating. Not just because they protect ideas but because they often reveal the odd, innovative, and sometimes downright quirky side of human creativity. When I started ...

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been around for over 60 years ever since Joseph Weizenbaum created the ELIZA chatbot in 1961. Since the turn of the 21st century, generative AI has advanced ...

A myriad of laws and regulations exist that govern the way inventions should be managed and the rights of the inventors behind them. Bonan Lin, partner and attorney at law in the Beijing office of ...

What is the purpose of patenting an invention? Is it a legal formality akin to paperwork? A box to check? No. Intellectual property is a tool to transform a new idea into a product or a service by ...

On July 16, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a guidance update on patent subject matter eligibility with a specific focus on artificial intelligence (AI) inventions.

The Recentive decision exemplifies the Federal Circuit’s skepticism toward claims that dress up longstanding business problems in machine-learning garb, while the USPTO’s examples confirm that ...

Masato Iida of Shiga International Patent Office explains what types of bio inventions are deemed eligible for patent protection in Japan and draws comparisons with US practice The patent law in Japan ...

Startups often have a great idea but there is plenty they should know before beginning the US patent process, says Reed Risenmay of Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch. I love it when people ask me what I ...