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Inventorship
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Royal Law Firm Blog
Who Owns the Innovation?
October 2026: Who Owns the Innovation? From the Desk of Priya Prakash Royal, Esq., LL.M., MBA, AEP, TEP Many families recently celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi, a Hindu festival honoring Lord Ganesha…
Founders Legal Blog
Claude’s AI Watermark and the Patent Risks Founders Should Understand
Claude’s AI Watermark and the Patent Risks Founders Should Understand by Yuri L. Eliezer Claude’s AI Watermark and the Patent Risks Founders Should Understand Claude’s AI watermark is not a…
Paul W. Mollica Federal Courts Blog
Ninth Circuit Holds That A Federal Court May Exercise Supplemental Jurisdiction Over a State Law Claim Even Where the Federal Claim is a Permissive Counterclaim Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 13(b)
In Zunun Aero, Inc. v. The Boeing Co., No. 24-5212 (9th Cir. Aug. 26, 2026), on a petition for panel rehearing, the Ninth Circuit holds that a federal court may…
Founders Legal Blog
Patent Protection Before Filing
Patent Protection Before Filing by Kevin Bastuba Patent Protection Before Filing: Inventorship, Ownership, and AI-Assisted Innovation AI-assisted innovation has changed the way inventions are developed. A solo inventor can test…
Imagine That IP Law Blog
If AI Can Be Rightfully Named As A Joint Inventor, Is The Patent Invalid?
IntroductionThe recent debate over artificial intelligence and inventorship has often focused on a single question: can an AI system such as ChatGPT, DABUS, or another generative model be named as…
Legal History Blog
Durrani, "Before Invention"
By karentanilegalhistoryblog-blogspot-com
Haris Durrani (Harvard University) has posted "Before Invention," forthcoming in the Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal. The abstract:This Article is the first comprehensive historical account of a foundational doctrine of U.S.…
Jotwell
Dynamic Inventorship
Inventors and their inventions are the building blocks of patent law: There simply is no patent law without inventors who seek to patent their inventions. One might think that a…
PatentNext
The USPTO’s Revised Guidance regarding AI-Assisted Inventions
PatentNext Summary: The USPTO has rescinded its February 2024 inventorship guidance for AI-assisted inventions and replaced it with revised guidance issued on November 28, 2025, so prior materials relying on…
Intellectual Property Law Blog
USPTO’s Revised Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions: What Changed, What Stayed, and What Practitioners Should Do Now
By James Gatto
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued updated examination guidance (“New Guidance”) on inventorship in applications involving artificial intelligence (AI). The document rescinds and replaces the February 13, 2024 guidance and clarifies…
Global IP & Technology Law Blog
New Inventorship Guidance on AI-Assisted Inventions: AI Can’t Be an Inventor, But AI Can Be a Tool in the Inventive Process (For Now…)
By Michael Lew
As readers may recall, in February 2024, the USPTO issued guidance on inventorship in AI-assisted inventions, which we wrote about here. On November 26, 2025, the USPTO rescinded that guidance…