As capital intensive public goods, pharmaceuticals are likely to receive inefficiently-low investment in the absence of government intervention. The patent system functions well to promote innovation in the pharmaceutical industry. However, because innovation in...
Today, many areas of our daily lives are determined by artificial intelligence (AI). Machines program software, translate texts rapidly, create beautiful images, and design fashion efficiently. They are capable of superhuman performances. Furthermore, machines make...
When the founding fathers laid the bedrock of patent law, they created a list of conditions that an invention must meet to be patentable. An invention must be novel, non-obvious, described in a manner which allows others to practice it, and more. But the cardinal...
Artificially intelligent technologies have entered the United States legal market — and it appears they are here to stay. In 2019 alone, investments in legal technology amounted to over 1.2 billion dollars. Presently, AI legal tools fall into six major...
What are the benefits of means-plus-function claiming? Claims written this way allow the patentee to describe their invention in terms of a “step” or “means” for performing a specified function without limiting the patent scope to the specific...
