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Part 3: Key Takeaways from Claim Examples in the 2024 AI Patent Eligibility Guidance

By Melissa Patterson
January 23, 2025

Part 3
This is the third post in a 3-part series. Below, we describe Example 49 which focuses on using AI to assist with a medical treatment.
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Key Takeaway for Claim 1: Example 49, Claim…

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Get Ready for Changes to USPTO Trademark Proceedings and Fees in January 2025

By Flavia Campbell
November 21, 2024
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Effective January 18, 2025, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) will update some of its trademark proceedings and fees.  The changes aim to provide the USPTO with the additional funding needed to continue to improve its operations and…

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Part 2: Key Takeaways from Claim Examples in the 2024 AI Patent Eligibility Guidance

By Melissa Patterson
November 5, 2024

This is the second post in a 3-part series. Example 48 is described below, which is directed to analyzing speech signals and separating desired speech from extraneous or background speech using AI.
Example 48. Speech Separation
Key Takeaway for…

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Key Takeaways from Claim Examples in the 2024 AI Patent Eligibility Guidance: A 3-Part Series

By Melissa Patterson
October 17, 2024

Part 1
On July 17, 2024, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (the Office) released new guidance on subject matter eligibility, entitled “The 2024 Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance Update Including on Artificial Intelligence” (2024 AI SME Update). The…

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Oh, My God (OMG)! – Scandalous Trademarks in Canada (and the US)

By Paul Bain
September 16, 2024

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Amazon’s Patent Enforcement Program Establishes Personal Jurisdiction

By Andrea Arndt
August 13, 2024
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The Amazon Patent Evaluation Express (APEX) program offers patent owners a cost-effective way to address claims that third-party product listings are infringing on their utility patents. Under the APEX program, a third-party arbitrator assesses whether a product available on Amazon.com…

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Terminal Disclaimer Rule Proposed to Balance Innovation and Competition

By Andrea Arndt
July 24, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) periodically evaluates the delicate balance of the U.S. patent system to protect innovation without excessively stifling competition. U.S. patents give patent owners the exclusive right to exclude others from making, using, selling,…

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Artificial Incompetence: How Generative AI Creates Latent Intellectual Property Issues

By K. Lance Anderson
May 29, 2024

Previously Published in The Journal of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & Law, Volume 7, No. 3 | May-June 2024
In this article, the authors examine the extensive legal risks that companies take when using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), particularly within operations…

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Accelerating Innovation for New Inventors: Inside the First-Time Filer Expedited Patent Pilot Program

By William Hurles
May 1, 2024

Most inventors can attest to the surprise they felt upon learning that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) likely will not respond to their first patent application for a couple of years after filing. To address this concern,…

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Getting Off on the Wrong Foot: How Marketing Strategies Can Backfire

By Ryan Smith
April 25, 2024

The European Court of Justice affirmed an earlier decision of the European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in a case where Puma was attempting to gain a European Union (EU) Community Design on its “Puma Creeper Shoe.” On March 6, 2024,…

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