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Inventorship guidance for AI-assisted inventions published by the USPTO

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/inventorship-guidance-for-ai-assisted.html On 12 February 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced with a press release the publication of its Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions (Guidance). The Guidance has been published and will be effective from 13 February 2024. The Guidance “provides instructions to examiners and stakeholders on... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_14.html If you’ve been too busy organising a grand romantic gesture for your loved one, not to worry, the IPKat has lovingly prepared this summary of the IP news from last week. Patents Happy Valentine’s Day from the IPKat!Photo by Jasmine Pang, via Pexels. This Kat highlighted the potential changes to... Continue reading
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Highlights from the new EPO Guidelines for Examination 2024

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/highlights-from-new-epo-guidelines-for.html The updated EPO Guidelines for Examination will enter into force on 1 March 2024. A draft version of the Guidelines can be previewed here. The main updates this year reflect the recent decisions from the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) in G2/21 (Evidence standard for inventive step/plausibility) and G 1/22 (Entitlement to priority).... Continue reading
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[Guest Post] Copyright as movable property: Constitutional issues with Nigeria’s Copyright Act 2022

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/guest-post-copyright-as-movable.html The IPKat has received and is pleased to host the following guest contribution by Katfriend Seun Lari-Williams, PhD researcher in the fields of copyright and dispute system design at the University of Antwerp, regarding Nigeria’s Copyright Act 2022 (which came into effect in 2023) and its constitutional reference to... Continue reading
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Cloudflare liable for copyright infringement by providing CDN services but not for DNS resolver services

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/cloudflare-liable-for-copyright.html After the German Supreme Court set a high bar for obtaining a website blocking order against Internet service providers in DNS-Sperre (IPKat here), the Higher Regional Court of Cologne dealt with the question whether the provider of DNS resolver and CDN services can be liable for copyright infringement if... Continue reading
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Book Review: Research Handbook on IP and Moral Rights

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/this-is-book-review-of-research.html This is a book review of the Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Moral Rights, curated by Ysolde Gendreau (Université de Montréal, Canada), provided by Francesca Mazzi, Lecturer in AI, Innovation and Law at Brunel University London. Here’s what she has to say: They say don’t judge a book by... Continue reading
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European Parliament votes to exclude gene edited plants from patentability

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/european-parliament-votes-to-exclude.html The European Parliament has voted to ban patents for gene-edited plants. The vote related to an amendment of the European Commission’s proposed legislation seeking to relax the regulatory rules on gene edited plants. The EU parliamentary vote is not legally binding, and has no immediate effect on the patentability... Continue reading
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Traditional Knowledge on the agenda for 2024

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/traditional-knowledge-on-agenda-for-2024.html From a long-awaited WIPO Diplomatic Conference, to the debates about the Traditional Knowledge Bill in India, and the release of new guidelines on the use of traditional knowledge in Australia, this year may prove the busiest yet for the relationship between intellectual property and traditional knowledge. This Big Kat... Continue reading
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Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat last week!

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/never-too-late-if-you-missed-ipkat-last_10.html If you’ve been tied up with other things this week, not to worry, here’s your wrap-up of the IP news. Trade Marks and GIs A Kat all wrapped up. Image from Pixabay. Alessandro Cerri discussed a recent decision from the High Court of England & Wales, which found that the... Continue reading
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EU General Court provides Noah with arc to escape non-use cancellation

http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/02/eu-general-court-provides-noah-with-arc.html In a recent decision (T-562/22) on genuine use of a registered EU trade mark in respect of clothing, the General Court of the European Union (the Court) found that use in a slightly altered form (adding a “Y” in capitals) still constituted genuine use of the mark as registered. Background... Continue reading