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An AI system cannot be « inventor » according to the EPO

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By Clément Monnet & Nilofar Moini Shabestari (FR) on April 24, 2020

On January 27, 2020, the European Patent Office (EPO) published the reasons for its decisions to reject two European patent applications[1] under which an artificial intelligence system, named “DABUS”, had been designated as the inventor.

The applications[2] concerned…

Response from Canadian Courts to COVID-19

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By Madeleine Hodgson (CA) & Renaud Garon Gendron on March 21, 2020

Please see our updated version of this article, published July 10, 2020.

We know you have a lot to think about and plan right now and over the next few weeks. You can rely on us to keep your intellectual…

UPDATE ON COVID-19 : CIPO announces extensions in wake of outbreak in Canada

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By NRF Digital Team & Catherine Daigle (CA) on March 21, 2020

Given the many challenges faced by all businesses in dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) has advised that it will relax filing deadlines for the remainder of March 2020.  This decision was first announced on…

CIIs – The Australian Full Court Encompass Decision

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By Helen Macpherson (AU) & Harrison Ottaway (AU) on October 29, 2019

Overview

The patentability of computer implemented inventions (CII) has long been a contentious topic in Australian patent law.

A few months ago, we wrote about Justice Robertson’s decision in Rokt Pte Ltd v Commissioner of Patents, which…

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