The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is fueling a surge in global patent filings for AI-related innovations, but differences in national patent laws and examination ...

The use of microorganisms in human industry is ancient, but has increased markedly in recent years. The modern recognition of the role of microbial communities in the human body has intensified ...

I was once asked by a science journalist why Google chose not to enforce its patent on its seminal transformer architectures that ultimately paved the way for GPT-3. In fact, when it comes to IP ...

In a relief to startups engaged in innovation, the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks in India issued orders last Friday rejecting software patents in computer-related inventions ...

In 1871, Margaret Knight earned a patent for inventing a brown paper bag with a flat bottom, the same model that is used in most grocery stores across the country today. More than a century later, ...

Jean-Paul Wagner and Tiago Leal of Ipsilon Luxembourg explore recent judicial advancements and global trends shaping the future of AI innovation, and how to turn informed intellectual property strateg ...

You've just invented the greatest product known to mankind—or at least you think so. And you know that you must quickly protect this brilliant idea with a patent because someone will surely steal it ...

Stanford University law professor Mark Lemley asserts that nanotechnology “is the first new field in a century in which people started patenting the basic ideas at the outset.” In contrast to most ...

Control and ownership of nanotechnology is a vital issue for all governments and civil society because nanomaterials and processes can be applied to virtually any manufactured good across all industry ...

When I started to file patent applications, I was sure the United States Patent and Trademark Office was against me. My claims were always rejected! I know better now. The USPTO is your friend, not a ...

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The National Academy of Inventors ranked the 100 universities with the most patents in the world. There were two from Georgia ...