The USPTO has been gathering comments on the future of AI inventorship and patent eligibility. Frank DeCosta, Aliza Carrano, Amanda Stephenson and Harry Feng of Finnegan report on the findings.
The vexed issue of patent eligibility for computer implemented inventions has raised its head again in Australia, this time in the Full Court of the Australian Federal Court decision of Commissioner of Patents v Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd FCAFC 202.
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed the eligibility of a patent directed to user authentication, in a decision delivered on Monday, October 4.
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Hayan Yoon
In two 2019 rulings
, the Federal Circuit invoked the “written description requirement” of 35 U.S.C. § 112 to require evidentiary support for therapeutic efficacy. Now that the Supreme Court has declined to hear one of those cases, “written description” will continue to present a hurdle to patentability, in addition to the utility and enablement requirements.
Litigation-Proofing Your Trade Secrets: Practical Steps to Ensure They’re Enforceable in Court Robert Counihan and Jedediah Wakefield
Trade secret litigation is on the rise, and new case law related to enforceability has broad implications for how companies protect information that they consider to be trade secrets. Drawing on these cases, we offer practical steps for ensuring that your company’s trade secret “crown jewels” are enforceable in court especially if your business is in a knowledge-based sector, such as technology or life sciences.