DABUS Case: AI Inventorship in Indian Legal Regime
Innovations created by Artificial Intelligence, or “AI, “happen every second of the day. There exists a debate on the patentability of inventions made by AI, one of which is the Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience or “DABUS” patent, which raises the critical question of whether an AI can be recognized as an … Continue reading DABUS Case: AI Inventorship in Indian Legal Regime
Read more »Doctrine of Assignor Estoppel in the United States
The equitable doctrine of assignor estoppel originated early in the history of patent law. It was developed to prevent a party who sells a patent to another from later trying to undermine the value of the thing she sold by challenging its validity. As originally applied, the doctrine generally applied between two parties that entered … Continue reading Doctrine of Assignor Estoppel in the United States
Read more »An Overview on the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951
The purpose of the Invention Secrecy Act, 1951 The Invention Secrecy Act was created to restrict the exportation of classified information that may be potentially detrimental to the security of the country. In other words, the Act enables governments to impose “secrecy orders” on a patent application that comprises of classified information that is sensitive … Continue reading An Overview on the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951
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