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Federal Circuit Review | April 2025

Knobbe Martens on 5/2/2025

In Ams-Osram USA Inc. v. Renesas Electronics America, Inc., Appeal No. 22-2185, the Federal Circuit held that under Texas law, a trade secret becomes publicly accessible on the earliest date it could be reverse engineered...more

Patenting AI/ML Life Sciences and TechBio Innovations – How Much Disclosure is Sufficient?

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints on 2/25/2025

In recent years, the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies has sparked a wave of innovation across various sectors, particularly in life sciences. ML technologies have...more

The Pros And Cons Of Protecting AI As Trade Secrets

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. on 3/5/2024

Trade secrets have become a de facto intellectual property right for securing valuable artificial intelligence information. Despite regulatory trends toward greater transparency of AI models, federal policy acknowledges,...more

The Coming Shift from Patent to Trade Secret Protection for Generative AI Inventions

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/7/2023

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has the remarkable ability to develop novel solutions to problems, and patent law has historically protected those solutions. Under current statutes and jurisprudence, however, only...more

Artificial Intelligence in the Modern Workplace: Safeguarding Source Code Generated with AI Assistance

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 11/29/2023

Generally, an employer owns all rights in software code created by its employee in the scope of their employment. As outlined in the last edition of this series, this general rule typically applies to independent contractors...more

Anticipating President Biden’s Intellectual Property Policy in an Historical Context

Porter Hedges LLP on 6/10/2021

Presidential administrations have affected intellectual property (IP) policy since the very beginning of United States history. In his first State of the Union address in 1790, President George Washington addressed patents....more

USPTO publishes report on public views on artificial intelligence and IP Policy – US IP law adequate for now, until artificial...

White & Case LLP on 10/23/2020

White & Case Technology Newsflash - As artificial intelligence (AI) evolves, it becomes imperative to examine whether the current intellectual property (IP) legal frameworks, in the US and abroad, are adequate to address...more

Inventorship, Patenting and AI: The Public Comments on Patenting Artificial Intelligence Inventions

Fenwick & West LLP on 8/6/2020

Use of artificial intelligence has grown enormously in recent years. A decade ago, machine learning was a new and exotic technology—at least, for mainstream commercial applications—with few companies patenting ML-based...more

Artificial Intelligence Can’t Patent Inventions: So What?

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 7/15/2020

The USPTO’s recent landmark decision (16/524,350) concluding artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be a named patent inventor perhaps sparked fears of super-robots inventing critical technologies that, alas, receive no patent...more

JONES DAY PRESENTS®: Artificial Intelligence: The Growing Role of AI on Patents

Jones Day on 4/20/2020

The emergence of artificial intelligence-related technology as a means of innovation has led to uncertainties for companies across industries, primarily because U.S. patent law has historically held that intellectual property...more

Hidden Layers Between AI & Patent Policy: Global Patent Office Policy Considerations and Perspectives

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/9/2020

With the ever increasing adoption of AI technology, no industry will unlikely be left untouched by Artificial Intelligence in the coming years. The worldwide spending on AI systems is estimated to increase as much as 100...more

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Winter 2020

Fenwick & West LLP on 1/23/2020

In This Issue - Influencer Marketing: Top Business and Legal Considerations for 2020 - Although influencer marketing is an ever-larger part of marketing budgets, questions have arisen about the longevity of influencers as a...more

When Innovation Creates: Additional Developments in Artificial Intelligence at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Jones Day on 11/26/2019

The Situation: Advances in artificial intelligence ("AI") are providing the ability to automatically create and design innovations without human assistance. AI's impact on patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, and other...more

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Spring 2019

Fenwick & West LLP on 5/10/2019

Avoiding the Top 5 Potholes for Autonomous Transportation Startups - Autonomous transportation technology was widespread at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show. Advances in object identification, mapping, machine learning,...more

Internet of Things Part 3: How Your Smart Toothbrush Is An Idea Worth Protecting

Jackson Walker on 9/21/2018

Let’s set the scene: My new company develops a smart toothbrush from the ground up. It brushes your teeth, provides you with real-time information about your dental health while you brush, and even provides targeted...more

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Summer 2018

Fenwick & West LLP on 7/11/2018

In This Issue - US Taxation of IP After Tax Reform - U.S. taxation of intellectual property has become astoundingly more complex after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The new rules are so complex that the IRS and Treasury...more

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Spring 2017

Fenwick & West LLP on 4/25/2017

It’s Dangerous to Go Alone! Take This. Intellectual Property Tips for the Esports Industry - With the annual Game Developers Conference spectacular in our rearview mirror, and the NBA’s partnership with Take-Two to launch...more

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Winter 2017

Fenwick & West LLP on 2/10/2017

A Smooth Patch in a Rough Road? Governmental Transition and Intellectual Property - Whenever a new Congress convenes, some IP issues come to the fore while others take a back seat. Transition to a new administration in the...more

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Fall 2016

Fenwick & West LLP on 11/17/2016

Mean Girls v. The Right of Publicity: Lessons Learned From the Lohan and Gravano Lawsuits - On September 1, 2016, a New York appellate court ended two closely watched right of publicity lawsuits brought by Lindsay...more

7 Intellectual Property Issues Startup Entrepreneurs Should Not Overlook

JD Supra Perspectives on 9/30/2015

When startups are in the whirlwind of launching a new product or strategizing a marketing plan, there are crucial intellectual property issues that should not be overlooked. Here are seven things startups should know about IP...more

Craft Brewery Intellectual Property Primer

Baker Donelson on 2/18/2015

A. Introduction - A name. It all starts with a name. A series of words, individually with little meaning, but collectively, the embodiment of creativity, passion, and inspiration. Whether the name of the craft brewery...more

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