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In an interesting move, Samsung isn’t waiting around for Oura to file any patent claims over its forthcoming smart ring (expected to hit the shelves August 2024). Instead, it’s preemptively filed its own suit against Oura, seeking a “declaratory judgment” that states the Galaxy Ring doesn’t infringe on five Oura patents. The suit alleges that Oura has a pattern of filing patent suits against competitors based on “features common to virtually all smart rings.” The case lists instances in which Oura sued rivals like Ultrahuman, Circular, and RingConn, sometimes before they even entered the US market. https://lnkd.in/gpNi2iCi #startups #patents #ipstrategy #intellectualproperty

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Has Generative AI Transformed In-House Legal? An insightful discussion at Legal Innovators California featuring a panel of trusted legal experts (1) exploring real-world applications like contract review and legal research (2) sharing strategies for responsible integration of GenAI (3) evaluating industry impact and how GenAI's role might evolve Daniel Lewis, LegalOn Technologies Joy Sherrod Intel Corporation Andrew Moffett Wayfair Frank Tenente Uber John Zimmerman Touchdown Ventures Adam Nguyen eBrevia #legaltech #lawtech #genai #legalinnovators #legalinnovation

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Attention to all innovators and patent holders: Be vigilant of fraudulent letters claiming to be from official patent offices and requesting payment of fees. These deceptive communications often appear official and may ask for significant sums to "register" your patent applications. It's crucial to remember that legitimate patent offices have set fee structures and typically do not send out such "invoice"-like letters. Always verify the authenticity of any payment request directly with the relevant patent office. If you encounter such a letter, report it immediately to the appropriate authorities, such as the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) or your national government. By staying informed and cautious, we can protect our intellectual property and the integrity of the patent system. For more information on identifying these fraudulent requests and safeguarding your patents, visit the WIPO's warning page [1]. Stay safe and keep innovating! 🛡️ #IntellectualProperty #PatentProtection #InnovationSecurity [1]: https://lnkd.in/eb2-BW7p [2]: https://lnkd.in/e5beGnWF

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Are the days of human patent attorneys numbered? Clint Mehall's latest article covers LLMs and their potential in drafting patent claims. These AI systems, as advanced as they are, still lack the intuition, the creativity, and the understanding of nuances that are required for a good patent claim - these are things that can't be programmed. So, fear not, Skynet isn't taking over our roles anytime soon. 🚫🤖 What do you think? Are we underestimating the capabilities of AI, or is the human element in our profession irreplaceable? And don't forget to check out Clint's article for a deeper dive into this topic.

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🌟 Join us on June 4, 2024, for The Patent Office Comes to California symposium, presented by the IP Law Section. Experience it in-person at the USPTO’s Silicon Valley Regional Office or via live-stream! (register here >> https://lnkd.in/g_FFQQeJ) Hear from the USPTO and thought leaders from UC Law SF, Morrison Foerster, Google, Netflix, Genentech, Finnegan, Takara Bio, Altos Labs, Nutcracker Therapeutics, and Shiga International. Earn 6 hours of MCLE on top-of-mind patent topics including Section 101, Section 112, practicing before the PTAB, the Unitary Patent Package, practicing before the PTAB, and a special keynote address from the USPTO. 💼 Interested in becoming a sponsor? Let's connect! >> https://lnkd.in/giH3jnGR #PatentOffice #IPSymposium #USPTO #SponsorshipOpportunity 🚀 #MCLE #PTAB #USPTO

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🌟 Join us on June 4, 2024, for The Patent Office Comes to California symposium, presented by the IP Law Section. Experience it in-person at the USPTO’s Silicon Valley Regional Office or via live-stream! (register here >> https://lnkd.in/g_FFQQeJ) Hear from the USPTO and thought leaders from UC Law SF, Morrison Foerster, Google, Netflix, Genentech, Finnegan, Takara Bio, Altos Labs, Nutcracker Therapeutics, and Shiga International. Earn 6 hours of MCLE on top-of-mind patent topics including Section 101, Section 112, practicing before the PTAB, the Unitary Patent Package, practicing before the PTAB, and a special keynote address from the USPTO. 💼 Interested in becoming a sponsor? Let's connect! >> https://lnkd.in/giH3jnGR #PatentOffice #IPSymposium #USPTO #SponsorshipOpportunity 🚀 #MCLE #PTAB #USPTO

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🌟 Join us on June 4, 2024, for The Patent Office Comes to California symposium, presented by the IP Law Section. Experience it in-person at the USPTO’s Silicon Valley Regional Office or via live-stream! (register here >> https://lnkd.in/g_FFQQeJ) Hear from the USPTO and thought leaders from UC Law SF, Morrison Foerster, Google, Netflix, Genentech, Finnegan, Takara Bio, Altos Labs, Nutcracker Therapeutics, and Shiga International. Earn 6 hours of MCLE on top-of-mind patent topics including Section 101, Section 112, practicing before the PTAB, the Unitary Patent Package, practicing before the PTAB, and a special keynote address from the USPTO. 💼 Interested in becoming a sponsor? Let's connect! >> https://lnkd.in/giH3jnGR #PatentOffice #IPSymposium #USPTO #SponsorshipOpportunity 🚀 #MCLE #PTAB #USPTO

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The IQ Battle of Memory 💾 Intel (I) and Qualcomm (Q) were in a 5 year long battle for a chipset patent (US8838949) infringement. Last year it came to an end with Intel succeeding in invalidating Qualcomm’s patent. 💾The case was hanging around the claim construction of some elements in the independent and dependent claims. The most crucial one was the term “hardware buffer” in claims 1, 2 and 8. 💾 Once again the interpretation of the term was key in deciding if the patent was valid or not. Stronger support in the specification could have strengthened the patent's validity? 💾Let’s dive into the details of the matter. #patentinfringement #claimconstruction #Qualcomm #Intel

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I’m interested in how AI is impacting law practice. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued guidance on how to determine inventorship when AI was involved in creating the invention. In 2022, in Thaler v. Vidal, the Federal Circuit held that “only a natural person can be an inventor, so AI cannot be.”  So, how can something developed by AI be patented? ·      The guidance reaffirms the Federal Circuit decision: Named inventors must be “natural persons.” A non-human, such an AI system, cannot be listed as inventor, even if it was “instrumental” in creating the invention. ·      A person named as inventor must make a “significant contribution” to any AI-assisted invention. ·      This is determined by existing inventorship law: The inventor must contribute in some significant way to the invention’s conception or reduction to practice. ·      USPTO gives an example: A person who merely 1) recognizes the need for a new design to solve a specific problem, 2) prompts an AI system to create a design, and 3) reviews the design outputted by the AI system, has not made a significant contribution. ·      On the other hand, a significant contribution “could be shown by the way the person constructs the prompt in view of a specific problem to elicit a particular solution from the AI system.” ·      These distinctions could be difficult to make in practice. It will be interesting to see how this plays out in real world examples as AI develops and its use in creating inventions increases. ·      The USPTO guidance tells us that inventors using AI should be prepared to demonstrate, with supporting documentation, the specific things they did to contribute to the invention and how AI was used to assist. https://lnkd.in/g6gx_eTV #artificialintelligence #technology #AI

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On May 16th, join us for the Copyright Office Comes to California program, hosted by the Intellectual Property Law Section of the California Lawyers Association. Our hybrid (live-stream option available) event, held at the Oracle Conference Center in Redwood Shores, California, is one of the premier IP conferences in the state. Hear from representatives of the Copyright Office, including Register Perlmutter. Learn more and Register here today! >> https://lnkd.in/ggQWWxBu #CopyrightLaw #IntellectualProperty #CLAIPLaw

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On May 16th, join us for the Copyright Office Comes to California program, hosted by the Intellectual Property Law Section of the California Lawyers Association. Our hybrid (live-stream option available) event, held at the Oracle Conference Center in Redwood Shores, California, is one of the premier IP conferences in the state. Hear from representatives of the Copyright Office, including Register Perlmutter. Learn more and Register here today! >> https://lnkd.in/ggQWWxBu #CopyrightLaw #IntellectualProperty #CLAIPLaw

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On May 16th, join us for the Copyright Office Comes to California program, hosted by the Intellectual Property Law Section of the California Lawyers Association. Our hybrid (live-stream option available) event, held at the Oracle Conference Center in Redwood Shores, California, is one of the premier IP conferences in the state. Hear from representatives of the Copyright Office, including Register Perlmutter. Learn more and Register here today! >> https://lnkd.in/ggQWWxBu #CopyrightLaw #IntellectualProperty #CLAIPLaw

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Congratulations to Akin’s IP team for being recognized in the 2024 IAM Patent 1000 guide. The recognized Akin partners are: ·      Steven Maslowski, Matthew Pearson and Rubén H. Muñoz in Pennsylvania, where Akin received a “Gold Firm” ranking. ·      Cono Carrano, David Vondle and Rachel Elsby in Washington, D.C. ·      Dan Moffett in Texas. ·      Michael Kahn in New York. ·      Paul Tripodi in California. Read more about the firm’s recognition here: https://lnkd.in/dqtRQSF2 #IntellectualProperty #PatentLaw #PatentLitigaton

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ICYMI: On the Docket, Brian Kolenda and Jim Lepore discuss the legal implications of #AI-generated content, which simultaneously engages multiple aspects of the law, from intellectual property to privacy. – ow.ly/B08u50RUgmH

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Today, I want to share a patent US11960983B1 granted last week for "Pre-fetching Results from Large Language Models" - the patent was granted to The AI, Inc. (linked with Inworld AI).   🛡 Application Area The patent relates to enhancing real-time interactions with AI characters across diverse platforms such as video games, social media, and virtual training environments. The technology is aimed to reduce latency in responses from an AI character and provide a smoother and more natural interactive experience.   🛡 Patent Claim (in short) 1. A method comprising: - acquiring ... a context of an interaction between a user and an Artificial Intelligence (AI) character ... in a virtual environment; - predicting ... based on the context, one or more anticipated words to be uttered by the user; - generating ... based on the one or more anticipated words, at least one query to a large language model (LLM); - providing ... the at least one query to the LLM; - generating ... based on the at least one response from the LLM, an anticipated reply of the AI character model to the one or more anticipated words to be pronounced by the user; - receiving ... one or more words uttered by the user; - determining ... that a level of a discrepancy between the one or more words and the one or more anticipated words is below a predetermined threshold; and - based on the determination, providing ... the anticipated reply to the user.   🛡 Results The patented method reduces latency in responses: by anticipating and preparing responses in advance, interaction delays are drastically reduced. If the predicted query was similar to the query actually made by the user, the response can be provided as soon as the user ends they query (assuming it was generated in the meantime, while the user was entering the query). Only if the user enters a query that was not predictable, the response will be generated in a standard manner.   🛡 How do You Like This Idea? This patent is a good example of how inventive thinking combined with technological expertise can be protected and recognized legally. For AI engineers, remember — your innovations can and should be safeguarded. I hope this example inspires you to view your projects not just as tasks but as potential patents that could highly increase the value of your project or company.   ✏ As we continue this series, consider which aspects of your work are unique and how they might be protected. Stay tuned for more discussions on AI patents, and let’s keep pushing the boundaries of what AI can achieve! #AIPatents #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #EngineeringExcellence #PatentStrategy  

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If you’re interested in how advances in AI are impacting intellectual property law and the creation of new IP, I recommend this article by Marc Vockell at The University of Texas System. It is well written and a great place to start on this topic. https://lnkd.in/gqqivjWp #artificialintelligence #technology #AI

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The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security published an interim final rule to expand, correct, and clarify the two interim final rules published on October 25, 2023 with respect to semiconductor manufacturing items, advanced computing items, and supercomputer and semiconductor end use. The rule, among other changes, revises License Exception NAC into two separate license exceptions, clarifies that the NAC notification requirement applies to any destination when the entity-or its ultimate parent-is headquartered in Country Group D:5; identifies additional technical details to be included in NAC notifications; adds Extreme Ultraviolet lithography masks under ECCN 3B001.j and 3B991.b.2 to end-use scopes in 744.23 and 744.6; restores National Security controls to a number of ECCNs caught under .z subparagraphs; and clarifies public comments topics from the October 25, 2023 interim final rules. Comments on the new interim final rule will be accepted until April 29, 2024.

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The U.S. needs strong patent laws and patent protection for the innovative software systems that are the key to the U.S. economy. #patent #provisionalpatent #innovation #invention

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