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Patent Office Announces Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program
November 7th, 2022
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced a Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program to expedite examination of certain kinds of climate-related inventions. According to the USPTO, The Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program is designed…
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Article Authorship Isn’t Inventorship but Can Show Patent Contribution
November 4th, 2022
The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision involving a determination of inventive contribution to several patents. In Google LLC v. IPA Technologies Inc., Google appealed three inter partes review (“…
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Intellectual Property and New Technologies are Driving M&As
October 31st, 2022
According to the European Patent Office, IP-intensive industries made up 42% of all economic activity in the European Union in 2017–which amounts to about €5.7 trillion a year. Making sure that IP can be used to sell a business is an important pa…
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Intellectual Property in Food Technology
October 24th, 2022
The food industry is a fast-paced and highly competitive market. Companies have turned to emerging technologies to have a competitive advantage in the industry. In 2022, businesses have developed more unconventional techniques to produce food that me…
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Estate Planning for Your IP and Digital Assets
October 17th, 2022
What happens to your intellectual property (IP) and digital assets when you die? How can you pass these intangible assets on to your loved ones? This is a big topic, but here are a few things to keep in mind. Taking Inventory of Intellectual Property…
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Innovation Trends in Plastic Recycling and Bioplastics
October 13th, 2022
According to a report issued in early October by the European Patent Office, the United States and countries across Europe, particularly Germany, France, the UK, Italy, the Netherlands, and Belgium, are leading in terms of patent activity for innovat…
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The Role of NFTs in Gaming, Avatars, and Metaverse Funding
August 16th, 2022
The Metaverse, as it is known today, is an Internet mutually owned by builders and users made up of peer-to-peer networks. Because it is built on a foundation of trustless transactions and programmability layers, it allows for an open, shared economi…
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The Metaverse and Decentralized Finance
July 20th, 2022
The rapid changes in the digital landscape have seen fast evolving forms of technology come to the forefront. One of these is the Metaverse, a contact language for tech, finance, and culture to converge and collaborate around a shared vision for the…
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Recent Development in IP Protection in China
July 13th, 2022
There have been several interesting recent developments relating to intellectual property (IP) protection in the People’s Republic of China. USTR Report In April, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) released the 2022 Special 301 Report…
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EdTech: The Future of Education is Remote
July 6th, 2022
EdTech plays a significant role in the education sector, empowering students and educators, facilitators, and institutions with tools that have significantly increased accessibility and learning options. The industry has especially been relevant in t…
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