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 ...

“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 ...

While IP Australia’s updated manual could be favourable to computer-implemented inventions, stakeholders would like to see whether a consistent and reliable standard is followed during actual ...

“While it is true that the software may be abstract, if it is considered to be a computer-implemented invention, it is bound to produce a technical effect, or as we call it in our guidelines, a ...

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 ...

Martin Meng and Howard Hao partners at Chang Tsi & Partners, discuss the patentability of computer-implemented inventions in China and tips when drafting and prosecuting such patents Martin Meng: A ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Although computers seem like a relatively modern invention, computing dates back to the early 1800s.

Hardly a week goes by without the controversial issue of software patenting hitting the news. Particularly controversial are the business-method software patent filings that are inundating the U.S.

After a long hiatus, IP Australia has granted a patent for a computer-related invention, in this case the software functionality in a gaming machine. The technology relates to a touch-screen graphical ...

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 ...

In the recent decision of Bancorp Services L.L.C. v Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Fed. Cir., No. 2011-1467, 7/26/12, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit further ...

In a rare hearing, the European Patent Office (EPO) enlarged board met yesterday, 15 July, to consider the patentability of computer implemented inventions.