When it comes to intellectual property, one of the biggest questions is determining the creator of a work—whether it’s copyright, patent, or data ownership. For instance, if an AI system assists in creating something, how much of the work can be attributed to the human creator, and how much is the result of the AI’s […]
Well I turn 50 years old today and I am looking forward to the next 50 years. I was wondering what were the best inventions in the last 50 years.
The 15th Annual Independent Inventors Conference, co-sponsored by the United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO), and Invent Now® will be held in Alexandria, VA at the US Patent and Trademark
The United States Parent and Trademark Office (USPTO) just launched the beta version of a USPTO Data Visualization Center in a web page that looks like a bunch of speedometers
What gives an inventor provisional rights? Recently a client asked me to sue a competitor for infringement on her patent application. I told her that even though you can mark
The question answered here is whether or not you can patent an idea? Remember you can get a patent for the “thing” you make not the idea. “Thoughts become things…choose the good
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has prepared further interim guidance for the patent examining corps to use when determining subject matter eligibility hof a business method patent
Tweet of the week Thanks to @ifones for tweeting this week about how Apple may take on a new role in video gaming if its latest patent application, published by
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) web page is not very user friendly when searching for prior art patents. But I found an add-on for Firefox called Aspator
Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor…” 35 U.S.C. 101