Insights
September 14, 2021 Patent Applications for Software and Computer Related Inventions Need to Demonstrate Technology Improvement to be Patentable Marshall Gerstein Insights Ryan Phelan
August 10, 2021 Australian Judge Becomes the First Jurist to Rule that Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems Can Be Recognized as a Patent Inventor Marshall Gerstein Insights Ryan N. Phelan
July 30, 2021 South Africa Issues the World's First Patent Listing an AI as the Sole Inventor Marshall Gerstein Insights Ryan N. Phelan
July 1, 2021 – Presentation "Protecting Your Med Device IP" Medstartr Healthcare Innovators Club Event Giordana Mahn and Shannon Hughes Mastick
April 5, 2021 “Protecting Software Related To a Medical Device: A Case Law Review and Strategy Guide" Intellectual Property Owners Association Ryan Phelan
February 17, 2021 – Presentation "Patenting Artificial Intelligence (AI) Inventions in Japan and the U.S." Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) and Japan Patent Attorneys' Association (JPAA) Joint Event Ryan N. Phelan
January 26, 2021 – Presentation "Patenting Artificial Intelligence Inventions in the U.S." Center for International Legal Studies (CILS) Artificial Intelligence Think Tank Conference Ryan N. Phelan
December 14, 2020 "Waging the war on Counterfeits Amid a Pandemic" Managing Intellectual Property Benjamin Horton and Kelley Gordon
November 2, 2020 "SUI Generis Right for Trained AI Models" IPO AI & Other Emerging Technologies Committee Paper Ryan N. Phelan
September/October 2020 Issue "Eyes Wide Open" Loss Prevention Magazine Ryan Phelan and Adil Kolovic
October 27, 2020 USPTO's New Report on AI Marshall Gerstein Insights Ryan Phelan
October 23, 2020 Patent Applications Featuring Artificial Intelligence (AI) Doubled Since 2002 Marshall Gerstein Insights Ryan Phelan
October 2020 Issue "AI and Plastics: The Revolution Begins" (featured quotes) Plastics Engineering Magazine Ryan Phelan
October 8, 2020 USPTO Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property Policy October 2020 Report Marshall Gerstein Insights Ryan Phelan
August 28, 2020 "Protecting COVID-19-Related Software Innovations" IPWatchdog Ryan Phelan and Shannon Hughes Mastick
August 20, 2020 Federal Circuit Grants Licensees More Control Over Infringement Litigation Marshall Gerstein Alert Robert Gerstein
August 19, 2020 "High Priority" Intellectual Property Magazine Ryan Phelan and Shannon Hughes Mastick
August 14, 2020 Under Current Legal Principals, an Artificial Intelligence Cannot be a Patent Inventor Marshall Gerstein Insights Ryan Phelan
August 7, 2020 "Court Split Over Driveshaft Patent Muddies Eligibility Question" (featured quotes) Bloomberg Law Ryan Schermerhorn
August 6, 2020 "Driveshaft Case Brings More Confusion To Patent Eligibility" (featured quotes) Law360 Ryan J. Schermerhorn
July 31, 2020 Effective October 2, 2020: Final Rule—Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees Marshall Gerstein Insights Jeremy Protas
July 13, 2020 "Patenting Considerations for 3D-Printed Medical Devices" 24x7 Magazine Meggan Duffy and Robert (Rob) Jacobson
June 30, 2020 Your Internet Street Address is Safe: Generic.com Can Function as a Trademark if your Consumers Say So Marshall Gerstein Alert Maureen Beacom Gorman
June 12, 2020 “Data Privacy Law and Intellectual Property Considerations for Biometric-Based AI Innovations” Security Magazine Ryan Phelan
June 2, 2020 "Today's Robotics Innovation Landscape and the Role of IP in the Field of Robotics" Robotics Tomorrow Nicholas Terrell and Shannon Hughes Mastick
May 1, 2020 Federal Circuit reaffirms that software inventions are patentable in the U.S. Marshall Gerstein Insights Ryan Phelan
May 2020 Issue "Private Matter: Data Privacy Law and Intellectual Property Considerations for Biometric Based Artificial Intelligence Innovations" Intellectual Property Magazine Ryan Phelan
April 2020 The Japanese Patent Office (JPO) provides patent examination case examples pertinent to artificial intelligence (AI) related technologies Marshall Gerstein Insights Ryan Phelan
April 2020 Federal Circuit finds a cardiac monitor device not abstract (and, therefore, patent eligible) under the Supreme Court's Alice test Marshall Gerstein Insights Ryan Phelan
December 24, 2019 "What’s in the USPTO’s 2019 Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance Update?" World Intellectual Property Review Ryan Phelan
November 27, 2019 "Patent Practice Tips After the USPTO Guidance Update" Bloomberg Law Ryan Phelan
November 27, 2019 "INSIGHT: Three Practice Tips Since USPTO Updated Its Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance" Bloomberg Law Ryan Phelan
November 13, 2019 "ITC Launches IP Probe Into Reusable Straws From China" (featured quotes) Law360 Benjamin T. Horton
November 8, 2019 "Lawyers React as Federal Circuit Takes on Constitutional Conundrum" (featured quotes) Managing Intellectual Property Benjamin T. Horton
September 16, 2019 "How Patent Landscape Studies Can Guide Medical Device Innovation" Medical Design Briefs Daniel T. Chavka
August 2019 "Five Years After Alice: Five Lessons Learned from the Treatment of Software Patents in Litigation" World Intellectual Property Organization Magazine August 2019
June 17, 2019 State University Patents Are Not Immune from Inter Partes Review Marshall Gerstein Alert Julie M. Watson
May 14, 2019 "Three Indicators a Software Patent May Be Unenforceable"
April 26, 2019 "7 Non-Alice Considerations For Software Patents" Law360
April 2, 2019 Japan Patent Office Relaxes Reduced-Fee Requirements Marshall Gerstein Alert Jeremy D. Protas
February 24, 2019 "Return Mail Reaction: Patent Bar Sampling Narrowly Favors Finding for Petitioner" (featured quotes) IPWatchdog Ryan Phelan
February 18, 2019 "SCOTUS to Consider Whether Government is a 'Person' (featured quotes) World IP Review Ryan Phelan
September 2018 "Making 3D Printing Eco-Friendly: A Potential Opportunity for Patent Protection" INNOVATE Magazine Meggan Duffy and Daniel Chavka
July 30, 2018 "Federal Circuit Ruling Invites PTAB Fights Over Hidden Parties" (featured quotes) Law360 Ryan Phelan
June 15, 2018 "What PTAB Attorneys Need to Know About Real Parties-in-Interest" (featured quotes) Law360 Ryan Phelan
May 2, 2018 – Presentation 3D Printing Roundtable Daniel Chavka, Meggan Duffy, and Julianne Hartzell
April 24, 2018 Supreme Court Decides that IPR Final Decisions Must Address All Challenged Claims Marshall Gerstein Alert Sandip Patel and Michael Weiner
April 24, 2018 The Supreme Court Finds IPR Proceedings Constitutional Marshall Gerstein Alert Thomas L. Duston and Julianne M. Hartzell
January 1, 2018 "Patent Litigation Trends to Watch in 2018" (featured quotes) Law360 Benjamin T. Horton
November 16, 2017 "Federal Circuit Confirms TC Heartland Changed the Law" (featured quotes) World Intellectual Property Review Thomas L. Duston
