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Corporate Counsel

Patent Data Unicorn Names First GC, Hiring From Another AI-Driven Unicorn

Eric Topel joined Patsnap this month from Nevada-based Socure. The Singapore-founded company raised $300 million from an investor group that included Japan's SoftBank at a valuation topping $1 billion in 2021.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

'It's Just Really Frustrating': Microsoft IP Contract Dispute Removed to Federal Court on Eve of Pretrial Conference

"I think [Microsoft is] trying to avoid a trial and an adverse ruling on summary judgment," said Mark Walters of Lowe Graham Jones.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Meta Transfers AI-Related Patents to Midjourney to Thwart Patent Trolls

"Sharing these assets makes our ecosystem stronger by allowing other operating companies to acquire patents that they can use to protect their innovation," said Jeremiah Chan, Meta's head of patents, licensing and open source.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Can AI Invent? USPTO Provides Guidance on AI-Impacted Inventorship

"Where is the line between AI rising to the role of inventor and mere AI assistance for human inventors?" write Jeffrey Weinick and Drew Berweger of CSG Law's patent group.
6 minute read

Law.com

Beyond Language: How Multimodal AI Sees the Bigger Picture

What distinguishes between the ChatGPT versus multimodal varieties of artificial intelligence? How may such multimodal systems further extend machine learning's capacities? And by what means might novel implementations leveraging multiple modalities secure patent rights?
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Fish & Richardson Saw Growth in Core Practices Despite Revenue, Profit Slump

A slow year for contingency collections contributed to the IP firm's 2.4% decline in gross revenue, firm president and CEO John Adkisson said.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: Susman Lands $287M Verdict Against Samsung in Marshall, Texas … State Court

Alexandra (Lexie) White and her Susman Godfrey trial team convinced a state court jury that Samsung breached a 2016 settlement agreement with Dutch telecommunications company Koninklijke KPN N.V. when Samsung later took a license to a patent pool without paying KPN its due share.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

'Good News and Bad News': Questions Remain as USPTO Updates Guidance for Utility Patents

"There's no thornier issue than obviousness in patentability," said IP attorney Kevin Crosby.
5 minute read

Law.com

Recent Patent Trial and Appeal Board Approaches to Patent Claims on Medical Technology Implementing AI

Each decision involves reversal of a prior art rejection and contrasts with the other decisions on subject matter eligibility, revealing different PTAB approaches and results that can inform prosecution and appeal strategies.
10 minute read

Law.com

Treatment of Antibody Claims In the U.S. After 'Amgen v. Sanofi'

The future of antibody claiming in the United States is uncertain following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in 'Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi,' a highly anticipated decision concerning enablement and whether the traditional way to claim antibodies — claiming antibodies by their function — will survive as a valid claiming strategy.
8 minute read

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