In September 2011, President Obama signed the America Invents Act (AIA) into law. Under one of the most important provisions of the AIA, the longstanding first-to-invent patent system will be replaced ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today that it is creating a new proceeding designed to ensure the first person to file a patent application is actually the true ...

Section 3 of the America Invents Act (AIA) amended the patent laws, in particular 35 U.S.C. § 102, to convert the United States patent system from a “first-to-invent” system to a ...

The United States has long had a "first-to-invent" patent system in which the date of invention could trump the date of filing a patent application in determining patent rights. However, that is set ...

Is it legal for AI to file patents and be considered an inventor? -interview The challenge of AI doesn't just extend to copyrights on products, but patents for inventions, according to Ephraim Zachary ...

Because there are absolutely no black and whites when it comes to intellectual property, self-education is critical. Merely obtaining a patent is easy enough. If you pay a lawyer to help you, he will.

Have you invented something so cool, useful and original that the rest of the world just shouldn’t be forced to live without it any longer? Unless you want to make others rich on the avails of your ...

An artificial intelligence system should be recognised as the inventor of two ideas in patents filed on its behalf, a team of academics says. The AI has designed interlocking food containers that are ...