The EU has spoken: the directive for the patenting of computer-implemented inventions is dead. But that does not mean the end for software-related patents, as long as patent attorneys consider all ...

Essenese Obhan, Sneha Agarwal and Anindita Goswami of Obhan & Associates analyse recent developments over obtaining patents for computer-implemented inventions Computers have come a long way from the ...

In our last two posts, we explored the tenure of former US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Andrei Iancu, who recently announced his resignation. Iancu noted at the outset that the US ...

“The new test is expected to bring clarity to subject-matter determination of computer-implemented inventions in Canada.” Clearing the air on labyrinthine subject-matter eligibility standards for ...

Hardly a week goes by without the controversial issue of software patenting hitting the news. Particularly controversial are the business-method software patent filings that are inundating the U.S.

It’s possible, as some fear (and some popular movies have predicted), that computers will ultimately become self-aware and turn on their human creators. But if so, they must first establish that ...

“Computer-implemented simulations are as patentable as any other computer-implemented method. Nothing is to be changed in the patentability assessment criteria utilized so far, with the clarification ...

Emotional Perception AI Ltd applied for a UK patent covering an ANN trained to examine and measure the similarities and differences between media files in order to make recommendations to a user of ...

The most common rejections of such inventions issued by the Mexican Institute of the Industrial Property (MIIP) make reference to a lack of a technical problem disclosed in the specification of the ...