Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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In 2019, Stephen Thaler filed two patent applications, 16/524,350 (teaching a “Neural Flame”) and 16/524,532 (teaching a “Fractal Container”). What was unusual in these applications was that he named an AI system called DABUS…
Two weeks ago, on the first day of the new year, the world collectively switched to a new way of thinking about innovation. The switch was to a harmonized, collective hierarchy of categories for the world’s IP organizations to think about classifying…
This article is the first of a four-part series examining the USPTO’s role in administering the patent system. Other articles in this series: Part II: Human Resources . Part III: Databases . Part IV: Experts and Expertise . For 215 years the United…
On September 8, 2011, the Senate passed the House version of the America Invents Act; it now only awaits the President’s assent. The act brings mixed reactions. Some say they’ve waited too long for it, while for others, a dreaded nightmare is…
Consider a hypothetical situation where the MD of ‘Techomigo’, a budding small software-technology company, receives a notice of infringement one fine afternoon and wonders what could be its cause since his company wasn’t involved in any…
