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Jan 7, 2025 | 
ipwatchdog.com | Robert Plotkin |Eileen McDermott
IPWatchdog LIVE Moves to March in 2025: Click for details “[C]ourts today must recognize the increasingly routine nature of AI tools across many fields. The sophisticated capabilities that AI provides to ordinary practitioners cannot be dismissed simply because they arise from complex or seemingly unpredictable technology.”Imagine a pharmaceutical researcher in 2015 searching for new drug candidates to treat a rare disease.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
corporatecomplianceinsights.com | Robert Plotkin
When challenged in court, it’s become common practice for companies to argue they’re being attacked by patent trolls. But the growing availability of artificial intelligence could help make those overblown fears a reality, says patent attorney Robert Plotkin.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
benzinga.com | Robert Plotkin
The existing U.S. legal framework for the protection of intellectual property through patents and copyrights is groaning under the strain of AI’s massive acceleration of human creativity and invention. The cracks that are appearing represent huge opportunities for entrepreneurs and startups – and significant and growing risks for incumbents.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
ipwatchdog.com | Eileen McDermott |Robert Plotkin |Dominic Rota |Scott Douglass
“According to the Office’s recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Setting and Adjusting Patent Fees, the present backlog is predicted to increase to 820,200 by FY 2026 before decreasing to 780,000 by FY 2029.” U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal published a Director’s blog post today addressing the Office’s current backlog of patent and trademark applications, which the latest USPTO data shows to be 785,387 unexamined applications/ 25.6 months total pendency...
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
ipwatchdog.com | Robert Plotkin
“The inherently transitory, distributed, and dynamic nature of SaaS…makes it challenging to obtain patent claims for SaaS inventions that are directly infringed, requiring careful and strategic claim drafting to address these complexities.”Software as a Service (SaaS) has emerged as a dominant model for delivering software solutions. Before SaaS, we tended to buy and use increasingly powerful computers to run increasingly powerful software locally.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
ipwatchdog.com | Eileen McDermott |Steve Brachmann |Robert Plotkin
“[T]here is a simple economic rationale for the contract: noncompetes encourage both parties to invest in the employee-employer relationship, just like marriage contracts encourage spouses to invest in each other.” – Brian Albrecht, ICLE Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan announced yesterday that there will be a Special Open Commission Meeting held on April 23 to vote on whether to issue a final version of the January 2023 proposed rule that would ban employers from using...
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
ipwatchdog.com | Eileen McDermott |Robert Plotkin |Steve Brachmann |Marco Richter
“Today’s decision once again illustrates how in command of the law and her faculties Judge Newman is.” – NCLA Counsel, Greg DolinThe U.S. Supreme Court today reversed an en banc decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in which Judge Pauline Newman dissented, a development Newman’s lawyers say belies CAFC Chief Judge Moore’s opinion that Newman is mentally unfit to serve on the court.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
ipwatchdog.com | Robert Plotkin |Eileen McDermott
“Intellectual property, when effectively managed, transcends its traditional role as a mere legal safeguard and transforms into a pivotal business asset that can drive innovation, secure competitive advantage, and enhance overall corporate value.”While many see intellectual property merely as a shield, its greater power rests in its strategic use to spark innovation and propel business growth.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
ipwatchdog.com | Eileen McDermott |Gene Quinn |Robert Plotkin
“While the USPTO is proud of our recent initiatives to ensure robustness and reliability of IP, as well as the role the agency is playing in the current dialogue on Bayh-Dole rights, pandemic preparedness, and Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights waivers, those topics are beyond the scope of this request for comment.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
ipwatchdog.com | Eileen McDermott |Robert Plotkin |Steve Brachmann |Joseph Allen
“The random case-assignment policy deters judge-shopping and the assignment of cases based on the perceived merits or abilities of a particular judge. It promotes the impartiality of proceedings and bolsters public confidence in the federal Judiciary.” – Judicial ConferenceThe Judicial Conference of the United States announced yesterday that it is strengthening its policy on random case assignments in order to limit the practice of judge shopping in U.S. district courts.
