International Patent Office Guidance on Artificial Intelligence Inventions Stephen Hou, VP & COO of American Patent Agency and long-time customer of Solve Intelligence™, explores the impact of artificial intelligence on patent law, focusing on new regulations for AI patent drafting and AI inventorship across major global patent offices. Stephen describes how jurisdictions in the IP5 (China, Europe, Japan, Korea, and the

Two Moral Philosophies on Patent Rights There are two fundamentally contrasting moral philosophies regarding patent rights. First, the “natural rights view” perceives innovation as an inherent possession of its creator – the entity that conceived the idea and invested in its development. According to this perspective, any action other than assigning full rights to the inventor is deemed as theft.

Air Force Awards Istari Digital $19M contract to develop world’s first digitally certified airplane In a significant development for aviation in the digital era, the United States Air Force Research Laboratory has granted Istari Digital, Inc. a $19.1 million contract on September 20, 2023. This contract aims to obtain the world’s inaugural airworthiness certification, achieved via Military Flight Release, for

Theta awarded US Patent 11,763,332 for Edge Computing Platform supported by Smart Contract-enabled Blockchain Network Theta Labs has been granted U.S. Patent 11,763,332 for their innovative “Edge Computing Platform supported by Smart Contract-enabled Blockchain Network.” This patent underscores the unique decentralized Edge Network developed by the Theta team. The patent details can be accessed on the USPTO website by entering

Nearly-Broke To $1.5 Billion: How They Built Loom And Grew It To 14 Million Users Two years into college, Vinay Hiremath dropped out, drawn in by the allure of startups, which would take him from a small college town in Illinois to Palo Alto, CA. It was a big change—one that helped him learn the ropes of what it takes

The Remarkable Effort to Locate America’s Lost Patents The fire bled upward from the cellar and swelled to an inferno overnight. Buckets and hoses proved no match for the blaze. A horrified crowd assembled outside Blodget’s Hotel, where the U.S. Patent Office shared space with the Post Office, and the sun rose on December 15, 1836, to find the entirety of