“The FCA noted that the use of the terms ‘new and useful’ with the statutory categories of invention indicates that novelty may be relevant in determining whether an invention falls within the ...

The EU has spoken: the directive for the patenting of computer-implemented inventions is dead. But that does not mean the end for software-related patents, as long as patent attorneys consider all ...

Tom Bridgwater and Melissa Chung look a recent UKIPO decision which point to a new approach to patentability of computer ...

In our last two posts, we explored the tenure of former US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Andrei Iancu, who recently announced his resignation. Iancu noted at the outset that the US ...

“Both the High Court and the IPAB have declined to define the term ‘technical advancement’. Consequently, the position adopted by the High Court still stands…and the conundrum still remains ...

Increasingly, companies are using artificial intelligence to invent new methods and products. But can a named inventor be a non-human machine under the law? That depends on which country’s laws are ...

Emotional Perception AI Ltd applied for a UK patent covering an ANN trained to examine and measure the similarities and differences between media files in order to make recommendations to a user of ...

The Delhi High Court has clarified the patentability of a software or computer-related invention (CRI) while deciding a writ petition (W.P.(C) 7/2014) challenging the order of the Intellectual ...

It’s possible, as some fear (and some popular movies have predicted), that computers will ultimately become self-aware and turn on their human creators. But if so, they must first establish that ...