Patent Law Year in Review | Artificial Intelligence
It was great joining moderator Sahil Malhotra and fellow panelist Kevin E. Noonan on The Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section IP committee webinar. Kevin is a leader of the Chicago IP Bar and co-founder of the well-known blog Patent Docs (https://www.patentdocs.org/), and an alum of the John Marshall Law School (now University of Illinois Chicago School of Law). Sahil was my student when I taught there and now has his own practice (Drishti Law). Happy to see him doing well and co-leading this effort with Natalie Guio (Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.) and Hillary Maynard (Polsinelli).
In addition to the latest patent law jurisprudence, Sahil, Kevin and I, discussed:
. Patent eligibility of AI and Web 3.0 technologies.
. AI-generated inventions and the question of inventorship.
. Using AI to improve patent search, analysis, drafting, and the potential impact on patent prosecution practice.
. Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) and in IP protection and licensing.
. Using blockchain-based smart contracts for IP licensing and enforcement.
. The intersection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and copyright, trademark, and right of publicity issues, as well as potential strategies for protecting and monetizing digital assets.
. The implications of decentralized data storage and management on IP rights, data ownership, and privacy.
. The role of open-source software in developing Web 3.0 technologies and the potential challenges and opportunities for IP protection and licensing.
. The role of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) in promoting or hindering innovation in AI and Web 3.0 technologies and the potential legal and policy implications.
. Ethical concerns and policy implications of AI and Web 3.0 technologies on the patent system, including transparency, fairness, and access to knowledge.
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