The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued a document to provide detailed guidance on inventorship in the context of AI-assisted inventions. The guidance clearly states that inventions created with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI) are not categorically unpatentable, but the document emphasizes that even if AI plays a...
Prioritising Trade Mark Registration for COVID-19 products and services.
The US Patent and Trademark Office has announced a major new programme to enable applicants for trade mark registration for brand names for COVID-19 related medical products and services. It will be possible for an trade mark applicant to request acceleration of the trade mark registration process and the fees for prioritizing the examination will be...
Abstract Ideas – Patent Rejections in the United States
In computer science and informatics objections, it’s been very common in the past few years for patent applications to be initially rejected on the grounds, that the invention is only an “abstract idea” and therefore ineligible for a patent. The US PTO issued patent eligibility guidelines 18 months ago in an attempt...