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 ...

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 ...

Essenese Obhan, Sneha Agarwal and Anindita Goswami of Obhan & Associates analyse recent developments over obtaining patents for computer-implemented inventions Computers have come a long way from the ...

“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 ...

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

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 new test is expected to bring clarity to subject-matter determination of computer-implemented inventions in Canada.” Clearing the air on labyrinthine subject-matter eligibility standards for ...

“Change is the essential process of all existence,” Commander Spock said in one of the last episodes of the original Star Trek series. Since the US Supreme Court published its long-awaited opinion on ...