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Director Vidal's Impact On the PTAB: Big Changes and More On the Way

Jennifer Bush

Perhaps the largest impact that Director Vidal has had upon the PTAB is has been via Director Reviews. The U.S. Supreme Court mandated Director Reviews to correct procedural defects in the way that administrative patent judges are appointed to the PTAB.

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Designing the Future: Protecting AR/VR Innovations With Design Patents

By Zachary D. Cleary, Jose J. Jimenez & Taryn A. Elliott

The future is only redesigned every so often, so it is worth asking, what will this new technology look like, and how can pioneers protect their user-facing innovations that will define this emerging space? Design patents are the answer.

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Protecting Artificial Intelligence Inventions: Takeaways from 'IBM v. Zillow' from a Patent Drafting Perspective

Amir Kashani, Xuechen (Rebecca) Ding & Aseet Patel

Part Two of a Two-Part Article In Part One, we discussed the IBM v. Zillow case, where IBM sued Zillow for infringing on seven IBM's patents directed to artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for estimating property value. The focus was on the difficulties in establishing patent infringement on specific AI algorithms, as well as the strategic advantages of including additional patent claims that target ancillary features of an AI system. In this segment, we will analyze the claims made in the IBM v. Zillow case and present some tips for drafting AI-related claims from the perspective of patent infringement.

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Federal Circuit Imperils Term-Adjusted Patents

Sandip H. Patel

The Federal Circuit recently upheld the Patent Office's decision to reject claims in four separate reexamination cases due to obviousness-type double patenting (ODP).

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Jeff Ginsberg and George Soussou

Federal Circuit: The Comparison Prior Art Has to be Within the Proper Scope Federal Circuit: More Than Describing Trial and Error Is Needed for Enablement

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A Diverse Patent Portfolio Better Protects Artificial Intelligence Inventions

Amir Kashani, Xuechen (Rebecca) Ding & Aseet Patel

Takeaways from 'IBM v. Zillow' from a Patent Drafting Perspective Part Two of a Two-Part Article In Part One of this article we discussed the IBM v. Zillow case, where IBM sued Zillow for infringing on seven IBM's patents directed to artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for estimating property value. The focus was on the difficulties in establishing patent infringement on specific AI algorithms, as well as the strategic advantages of including additional patent claims that target ancillary features of an AI system. In this segment, we analyze the claims made in the Zillow case and present some tips for drafting AI-related claims from the perspective of patent infringement.

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Jeffrey S. Ginsberg & Joyce L. Nadipuram

Federal Circuit Clarifies Motivation to Combine to Achieve the Claimed Invention and Holds IPR Petitioner Must Be Given Opportunity to Reply Where Patent Owner First Proposes Claim Construction In a Response

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A Diverse Patent Portfolio Better Protects Artificial Intelligence Inventions

Xuechen (Rebecca) Ding & Aseet Patel

Takeaways from 'IBM v. Zillow' from A Patent Drafting Perspective Part One of a Two-Part Article This two-part article sheds light on several important aspects of patents on AI technology. In Part One, we provide a general overview of the IBM v. Zillow lawsuit and discuss strategies to diversify patent portfolios to maximize protection on AI-related technology.

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Jeff Ginsberg & J. Jay Cho

Federal Circuit Examines the Analogous Art Test Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB's Finding of Prior Invention

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Generative AI and Patent Considerations

James W. Soong

A patent strategy informed by the unique considerations raised by generative AI will optimize protections for innovations in the field. Patent strategies should reflect the current legal landscape as well as anticipate potential future legal developments.

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