HTC Corporation filed a U.S. patent application, recently published as publication no. US 2020/0267245 for a foldable smartphone. The publication shows a mobile device...
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2020 Patents for Humanity Winners Announced
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) recently announced the 2020 Patents for Humanity winners. The Patents for Humanity program aims to help...
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Online Services Can Constitute Use of Trademark of “Hotel Services” in Canada
A welcoming decision for hotel trademark owners: “hotel services” and “motel services” can potentially be performed in Canada in the absence of physical hotel...
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WIPO Releases 2020 Global Innovation Index
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recently released its 2020 Global Innovation Index (GII) jointly with Cornell University, INSEAD and the 2020 GII Knowledge...
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Federal Court Clarifies Standard for Claims Construction to be Applied by CIPO
The Federal Court of Canada recently ruled in Choueifaty v. Canada (Attorney General) that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office’s (CIPO’s) practice of using a...
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WIPO Launches New Tool To Make Filing of Madrid Applications Easier
The World Intellectual Property Office (the “WIPO”) has now launched its Madrid Application Assistant to assist users with filing Madrid applications (i.e. international trademark...
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DABUS’ Developer Challenges USPTO’S AI Inventor Ban
DABUS, i.e. the Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience, is an artificial intelligence (“AI”) system that has the ability to generate inventions....
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U.S. Copyright Office Launches New Group Registration of Short Online Works
Typically, registration of copyright in the United States requires a single application (and application fee) for each work in which copyright registration is applied...
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USPTO Denies DABUS AI Listed as an ‘Inventor’ in a Patent Application
DABUS (Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience), created by Dr. Stephen L. Thaler, uses AI to create and generate novel ideas and...
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US Supreme Court Sets October Date to Hear Arguments in Longstanding Google v Oracle America Copyright Dispute
On 13 July 2020, the US Supreme Court released its October schedule, which includes hearing oral arguments in the longstanding copyright dispute between Google...
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