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Federal Circuit Invalidates Employee Invention Assignment
December 15th, 2020
The Federal Circuit has ruled that a provision in an employment agreement that requires an employee to assign to the employer any invention that the employee may “hereafter… conceive” “in any way connected to any subject matter within the exi…
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Deciding Whether Your Software Is Patentable
December 3rd, 2020
Is computer software patentable? The short answer is “yes, but.” The answer is “yes” because (as of 2015) about half a million patents had been issued in the 23 classes of patents covering “computer implemented inventions.” The first US s…
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Recent Developments in the Blockchain Technology Landscape
November 30th, 2020
Blockchain technology, in its various patented applications, is transforming online transactions through the use of distributed ledgers. Its uses are wide-ranging, from financial and payment systems to commodity trading and cryptocurrencies. Among th…
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Recent Patent Developments in the Autonomous Vehicle Market
November 20th, 2020
Large companies around the world continue to file patents for autonomous vehicles (AVs). AVs can improve road safety while lowering the environmental footprint of vehicles. Among those recently issued, some interesting ones are Apple’s Project Tita…
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Supreme Court to Decide Constitutionality of Patent Board
November 16th, 2020
The United State Supreme Court recently granted three petitions for certiorari that challenged the Federal Circuit’s ruling that administrative law judges on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) are appointed in violation of the Appointments Cl…
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Understanding the AI Patent Landscape
November 11th, 2020
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued a report on the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the world in general and on the patent system specifically. The USPTO even used AI to compile its report. It used a machine…
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The Changing Patent Landscape in the Semiconductor Space
October 29th, 2020
Patents are used extensively in the semiconductor industry. Digital consumer products like smartphones, computers, mobile phones, and televisions all use semiconductors. The global semiconductor industry’s revenues for 2019 was $419.15 billion…
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How IP Rights Can Be Waived to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic
October 26th, 2020
Moderna, a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, recently issued a statement that it wouldn’t enforce its COVID-19-related patents against other companies making vaccines to fight the virus. The company “is a pioneer in the dev…
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Protecting Recipes and Food as Intellectual Property
October 13th, 2020
If you’re involved in the food service industry, how can you protect your business from unauthorized copying of your recipes and food? Are those things even protectable? Trade Secrets As we discussed in this recent blog, one way to protect confiden…
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Protecting Your Right to File a Patent during the Pandemic
October 2nd, 2020
A patent declaration is a short statement that each inventor listed on a patent application must sign, representing that she or he is the original inventor of the invention listed in the application. This is a statement that the so-called inventor di…
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