Robert Plotkin
Software Patent Lawyer & Founding Partner | Blueshift IPOrlando Lopez
Partner | Culhane Meadows Haughian & Walsh PLLCExploring the AI Patent Landscape: Emerging Top Trends and Shifts to Watch For | On-Demand Webinar
Broadcast Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2023 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (ET)
Inventions involving artificial intelligence (AI) continue to raise challenges for patentability of AI-related inventions. For example, the U.S. Supreme Court recently rejected an attempt to name an AI system as the sole inventor on a patent application. In light of this and the rapid development of AI systems, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) requested public comments on a wide range of topics relating to AI and the patent system. In addition, AI raises difficult questions about whether AI-related inventions qualify as patentable subject matter, how to describe AI-related inventions in ways that satisfy the written description and enablement requirements, and how to demonstrate that AI-related inventions are nonobvious.
These and other developments underscore the need for patent owners and businesses alike to stay updated with emerging regulatory trends and take proactive measures against improper inventorship.
Listen as experienced patent attorneys Robert Plotkin (Blueshift IP) and Orlando Lopez (Culhane Meadows Haughian & Walsh PLLC) provide a comprehensive discussion of the current and emerging patent policies and procedures for AI-related inventions. Speakers, among other things, will provide practical tips and strategies for navigating this ever-changing regulatory landscape.
Key Topics:
- AI Patents: Latest Regulatory Trends and Developments
- AI-related Inventions and Patentability Challenges
- Inventorship Issues Impacting Patent Litigation
- Best Practices to Mitigate Legal Risks
- What Lies Ahead
Agenda:
Segment 1:
Robert Plotkin, Software Patent Lawyer & Founding Partner, Blueshift IP
- A framework for identifying patentable aspects of AI-related inventions
- Patenting innovations involving large language models (LLMs)
- Satisfying the written description and enablement requirements for AI-related inventions
- Potential implications of the USPTO’s requests for comments on AI
Segment 2:
Orlando Lopez, Partner, Culhane Meadows Haughian & Walsh PLLC
- Review possible claims and invention areas
- ML and patentable subject matter
- ML and functional claiming (112 – indefiniteness)
- Why functional claiming
- History of functional claim starting with SCOTUS Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Walker to Williamson to latest Fed. Cir. Opinion
- Aristocrat (algorithm provider structure)
Who Should Attend:
- Patent Lawyers and Consultants
- Intellectual Property Lawyers/Consultant
- Technology Lawyers
- Chief Patent Counsel
- Chief Information Officers
- Chief Information Security Officers
- Chief Security Officers
- Chief Technology Officers
- Chief Compliance Officers
- VPs/Directors of Patent
- VPs/Directors of IT
- Licensing Managers
- Patent Agents
- Patent Examiners
- Patent Managers
- IT Managers
- General Counsel
CLE Credit:
Course Level: Intermediate
Advance Preparation: Print and review course
Method of Presentation: On-Demand Webcast
Prerequisite: General knowledge of patent laws
Course Code: 1410368
NY Category of CLE Credit: Law Practice Management
Total Credit: 1.0 CLE