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

Trademark Holders’ Recourse: COVID-19 Puts Certain U.S. Trademarks at Risk

This blog discusses the contemporary difficulties that trademark holders are facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic preventing holders from using their mark or service in use of commerce. Has the USPTO expanded its excusable nonuse reasoning? Or will trademark holders be subjected to the guidelines prior to the pandemic and have to find a way to hold on to their mark despite the difficulty.… Read More Trademark Holders’ Recourse: COVID-19 Puts Certain U.S. Trademarks at Risk