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Companies with AI inventions should take a leaf out of Coca Cola’s book – but it’s not without risk

Striking the right balance between patent protection and trade secrets is key for companies diving into the next wave of generative-AI activity

02 April 2024

How generative AI patent applications can clear hurdles in the EPO

Withers & Rogers studied 3,000 European patents, revealing that inventive step and clarity objections are main stumbling blocks

27 March 2024

IPwe’s bankruptcy takes a turn for the worse

Employees were furloughed and IPwe’s assets will be liquidated in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy after Granicus IP – led by Erich Spangenberg – allegedly backed out of a $500,000 financing deal

26 March 2024

Use this four-step framework to protect AI-assisted inventions in the US

The USPTO’s new guidance for protecting AI-assisted inventions has important implications for in-house patent counsel who need to add (or modify) critical steps into the patenting process

22 March 2024

Fourth Industrial Revolution radically reshaping IP strategies

Key takeaways from IAM’s second annual IP and Emerging Technology Europe conference

15 March 2024

Mushrooming US investigations amid high-tech showdown with China throw trade secrets into public eye

This form of IP is at the centre of intensified criminal enforcement efforts in the US, with implications for strategists

11 March 2024

Analysis shows trade secret litigation is being “brutally hard fought” – and companies must prepare

IAM has launched a specialist trade secrets hub providing practical and timely guidance for practitioners trying to navigate this fast-moving space

07 March 2024

How to register AI patents in Asia-Pacific and Europe: the dos and don’ts

Legislation on AI and computer-implemented inventions varies widely from country to country. When it comes to prosecution, experts in Australia, China, South Korea and Europe offer some innovative pathways to patenting wins

04 March 2024

IBM, Google, Microsoft dominating GenAI patent landscape, study finds

The surprising finding in the IFI CLAIMS research is that flagship companies like OpenAI are not patenting much – perhaps relying on trade secret protection instead

01 March 2024

Landmines for the unwary in the USPTO’s guidance on AI-assisted inventions

Chief IP officers and their patent prosecutors must brush up on ethical duties to disclose

23 February 2024

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