The use of microorganisms in human industry is ancient, but has increased markedly in recent years. The modern recognition of the role of microbial communities in the human body has intensified ...

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is fueling a surge in global patent filings for AI-related innovations, but differences in national patent laws and examination ...

You've just invented the greatest product known to mankind—or at least you think so. And you know that you must quickly protect this brilliant idea with a patent because someone will surely steal it ...

In a relief to startups engaged in innovation, the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks in India issued orders last Friday rejecting software patents in computer-related inventions ...

Stanford University law professor Mark Lemley asserts that nanotechnology “is the first new field in a century in which people started patenting the basic ideas at the outset.” In contrast to most ...

An international project has developed a free and open public resource that will bring much-needed transparency to the murky and contentious world of gene patenting. An international project has ...

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Control and ownership of nanotechnology is a vital issue for all governments and civil society because nanomaterials and processes can be applied to virtually any manufactured good across all industry ...

Biotech inventors and patent practitioners alike need to be aware of new interpretations of what is considered patentable, and draft claims that extend beyond biological principles. Biotech is ...

The Principles of Our Patent System Are Sound and Bring Immense Benefits Gene patenting has been under attack for several years. Various academics have been leading the charge, closely followed by ...

Deepa K Tiku and Juhi Sakrikar of K&S Partners analyse the latest trends in cannabis patent filings around the world Cannabis was one of the first plants to be domesticated by humans and has a long ...

Min Son of Hanol IP & Law summarises the key points of the Korean Intellectual Property Office’s updated guidance regarding artificial intelligence patent filings as the intellectual property world ...