Shira Perlmutter, one of this year’s IP Hall of Fame inductees, speaks to IAM about her career and the big issues currently facing the copyright world
Christian “Chris” Hannon of the USPTO Office of Policy and International Affairs discussed the policy document at the AIPLA Spring Meeting in Austin
The first instance Emotional Perception ruling made things easier for Artificial Neural Network patentees, but left several important questions unanswered
Managing limited budget resources remains concern number one for most corporate patent owners in Taiwan – with just a handful of exceptions proving the rule. That was the biggest takeaway on Tuesday as over 200 senior executives from the private and…
19 April 2018
Microsoft has announced the launch of a Shared Innovation Initiative which will help govern the company’s approach to co-created technology and the IP that arise from customer collaborations.The move is further evidence of the emphasis the…
05 April 2018
Last week, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) held its first public patent auction, which saw a selection of 932 patents go under the gavel.The rights were listed online roughly two weeks prior to the 21st March sale. In the event, the most…
30 March 2018
Artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning are touted by many and understood by few. But their impact on the practice of IP management and the patent system itself will be major
29 March 2018
The latest issue of IAM - which came out last week - includes an exclusive piece by European Patent Office president Benoît Battistelli on how the agency is responding to the profound changes heralded by the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). As…
05 February 2018
Artificial intelligence is creating a seismic shift in the way that people interact with technology. Research institutions and for-profit companies are moving to patent the commercial aspects of this new area in a land grab which could see rights holders reap future benefits
01 February 2018
The fourth industrial revolution promises to have a profound effect on almost every economic sector. Patent offices around the world must evolve to keep pace with the rate of change.
01 February 2018
The Internet of Things (IoT), big data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) are IT mega-trends that are not only evolving rapidly, but also infiltrating practically every industry, including agriculture, transformation industries, healthcare…
12 October 2017
Data has always been big in the patent world; but like other industries, the IP industry is also witnessing unprecedented data growth. Although the sheer volume of big data can be daunting, the size alone does not always provide relevant and…
12 October 2017
Artificial intelligence is already affecting the way we conduct R&D and may even change the way we think about invention. But it will only make the job of the IP strategist more important
01 August 2017
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