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IP in the Age of Algorithms: The USPTO’s new Guidelines for AI-Assisted Inventions

By: Jennifer Gomes In this booming age of artificial intelligence (AI), laypeople and inventors alike are using AI across many different sectors.  The lines have begun to blur for inventors who have used AI to create their inventions.  While this technology has propelled innovation forward, it also poses issues for inventors who seek a patent… Read More IP in the Age of Algorithms: The USPTO’s new Guidelines for AI-Assisted Inventions

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Time for Reconsideration? Apple’s Fight With Masimo Over Apple Watch Continues

By: Jennifer Gomes   Since its launch in early 2015, the Apple Watch has been the smartwatch, paving the way for technological breakthroughs across the market.  While limited in function, the original Apple Watch created the foundational design of a mini smartphone to be wearable and accessible on the wrist.  Over multiple series of watches… Read More Time for Reconsideration? Apple’s Fight With Masimo Over Apple Watch Continues

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No Sugar, All Spice: How Insulet’s Misappropriation Lawsuit Could Impact The Insulin Pump Market

By: Jennifer Gomes   Insulet Corporation, an Acton, MA-based medical device company, filed a trade secret misappropriation and patent infringement lawsuit on August 3, 2023, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts against South Korean-owned EOFlow. Insulet is claiming that EOFlow developed their EOPatch insulin pump through the use of Insulet’s protected… Read More No Sugar, All Spice: How Insulet’s Misappropriation Lawsuit Could Impact The Insulin Pump Market

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Biotech Companies Continue to Throw Jabs Over Covid Shot

By: Jennifer Gomes While the race to market for the COVID-19 vaccines may be a thing of the past, companies have taken the fight from the labs and manufacturing floors to the courts.  A complex web of patent infringement litigation has developed between competing vaccine manufacturers Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, both in the U.S. and abroad.… Read More Biotech Companies Continue to Throw Jabs Over Covid Shot

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Federal Incentives and Intellectual Property: Propelling Solar Adoption and Advancements

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By: Kiara D. Benac As the world gets closer to triggering the “tipping point” for global warming, the need for environmentally friendly green technology is undoubtedly apparent.  Although everyone at all levels can play a role in combatting climate change worldwide, from individual consumers to corporations to governments, federal policy must lead the way for… Read More Federal Incentives and Intellectual Property: Propelling Solar Adoption and Advancements

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When Black Mirror Becomes Reality: Microsoft Patented Chatbot that Allows People to “Talk” to the Dead

With Microsoft’s new patent, the Black Mirror episode “Be Right Back” is not just an idea from a dystopian society. If Microsoft decides to develop a prototype of this patent, people can be conversing with the dead through a chatbot that is based on a deceased person. While Microsoft claims it has no intention to use this patent, the question arises as to why file it and the possible legal ramifications.… Read More When Black Mirror Becomes Reality: Microsoft Patented Chatbot that Allows People to “Talk” to the Dead

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Use the List, problem dismissed? How placing Chinese firms on the Entity List may better protect American business Interests.

This blog discusses the potentiality of adding Chinese firms which, violate American intellectual property laws to the Commerce Department’s Entity List. A national security decision with implications for Chinese trade, and those American businesses with which they do business.… Read More Use the List, problem dismissed? How placing Chinese firms on the Entity List may better protect American business Interests.

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The Potential Unintended Consequences of Fee Shifting after the Supreme Court Decisions in Octane Fitness and Highmark

POSTED BY Andrew Beckerman-Rodau | Professor of Law & Co-Director of the Suffolk University Law School IP Concentration, e-mail: arodau@suffolk.edu), website: www.lawprofessor.org Yesterday (April 29, 2014) the U.S. Supreme Court handed down two unanimous decisions in the Octane Fitness case and the Highmark case. Both cases addressed the standard for awarding attorney fees in patent… Read More The Potential Unintended Consequences of Fee Shifting after the Supreme Court Decisions in Octane Fitness and Highmark

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Healthcare Software Companies Subject to Patent Suits but Relatively Safe from Trolls

POSTED BY Rebecca M. Ferrante In light of the controversy surrounding the less than elegant release of the federal government’s healthcare website in October 2013, there is much current discussion on the topics of both healthcare and technology.  Where these topics intersect resides a host of issues concerning software durability, patient privacy, and big data. … Read More Healthcare Software Companies Subject to Patent Suits but Relatively Safe from Trolls

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