Brian Nolan

Jul 23, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Brian Nolan

As required by President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued the Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility, Including on Artificial Intelligence (“Guidance”) to address whether the patent subject matter eligibility requirement embodied in 35 U.S.C. § 101 presents a barrier to patenting AI inventions.

Jul 23, 2024 | mondaq.com | Brian Nolan

As required by President Joe Biden's Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") issued the Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility, Including on Artificial Intelligence ("Guidance") to address whether the patent subject matter eligibility requirement embodied in 35 U.S.C. § 101 presents a barrier to patenting AI inventions.

Jun 12, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Rafael Carranza |Brian Nolan |Nuffield College

1 INTRODUCTION Redistribution and how it affects income inequality has been the topic of a substantial research literature going back decades using household microdata to compare incomes before redistribution with those after social transfers have been received and direct taxes paid.

Mar 29, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Richard Assmus |Brian Nolan

[co-author: Nan Zhang] In 2023, the world-wide value of intangible assets (e.g., contractual rights and intellectual property (IP), such as patents, copyrights, and proprietary technology) reached USD57.3 trillion, surpassing pre-pandemic levels and representing an 8% increase from 2022.1 2 The United States was responsible for USD836 billion of this year-over-year increase.3 Major industry sectors—from pharmaceuticals to telecommunications—have intangible asset valuations that exceed the...

Feb 23, 2024 | mondaq.com | Brian Nolan

In accordance with an executive order on the use of artificial intelligence ("AI"), the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") published guidance on February 13, 2024, that explained that a human can obtain a patent even in instances where "an AI system—like other tools—could perform acts that, if performed by a human, could constitute inventorship under [United States] laws."1 In these instances, to meet statutory requirements, at least one human must have significantly...