With AI systems already being used to generate content capable of attracting IP protection, working out exactly who owns the IP rights in this content will become increasingly important, especially when it comes to licensing or enforcing those rights. Ownership of copyright Ownership of copyright is determined with reference to the “author” of a [...]
European law states: European patent law covers a wide range of legislations including national patent laws, the Strasbourg Convention of 1963, the European Patent Convention of 1973, and a number of European Union directives and regulations in countries which are party to the European Patent Convention. For certain states in Eastern Europe, the Eurasian [...]
“The CSC , Central Staff Committee, has been made aware that a petition to the Administrative Council is circulating among EPO examiners. “We, examiners of the European Patent Office, are submitted to constraints that are no longer compatible with fulfilling appropriately our duties within the Search and Examination divisions. We are far too often [...]
Arbitrability, the question of whether the subject matter of a dispute may be resolved through arbitration, arose in relation to arbitration of certain IP disputes. As IP rights, such as patents, are granted by national authorities, it was argued that disputes regarding such rights should be resolved by a public body within the national [...]
In its original panel decision, the Federal Circuit narrowly interpreted the Covered Business Method statue, holding that CBM review is only available when claims themselves are directed towards financial service. " In its decision the court walked through the statue, noting that the focus is on the claimed invention rather than the asserted marketplace [...]
The U.S. patent system is not in a good place today. Patents are worth substantially less than they were a decade ago, patents are much easier to challenge thanks to the high kill rate of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), and some of America’s most innovative industries face questions as to whether [...]
