JD Supra

You Developed a New Invention – How Do You Determine if it is Patentable?

An invention developed by a business or individual inventor may have great value to that business or individual, either through the commercialization of the invention or by licensing the invention to ...
JD Supra

DABUS & AUKUS: A Tale of Three Approaches to the Question of Whether an Invention Created by a Machine Using Artificial Intelligence is Patentable

A number of countries have now issued decisions on whether a patent can be granted to Dr. Stephen Thaler for an invention made by a machine named DABUS. In response to a request by the United Kingdom ...
IPWatchdog

Getting A Patent: Who Should be Named as An Inventor?

“What’s important to understand is that you must include as named inventors anyone who conceived of an invention in any claim – even dependent claims.” “A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an ...
IPWatchdog

The Inventive Step in Chinese Patent Law Compared With the U.S. Non-Obviousness Standard

“China’s unique inventive step standard can require combining of prior art references that would not be combined in the United States, depending on how the technical problem actually solved by the ...