Forbes

How Entrepreneurs Can Thrive Under the "First-Inventor-to-File" Patent System

In September 2011, President Obama signed the America Invents Act (AIA) into law. Under one of the most important provisions of the AIA, the longstanding first-to-invent patent system will be replaced ...
IPWatchdog

First Inventor to File: USPTO Derivation Proceedings Go Final

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today that it is creating a new proceeding designed to ensure the first person to file a patent application is actually the true ...
Forbes

March 16, 2013: The United States Transitions To A 'First-Inventor-To-File' Patent System

The United States has long had a "first-to-invent" patent system in which the date of invention could trump the date of filing a patent application in determining patent rights. However, that is set ...
BBC

AI system 'should be recognised as inventor'

An artificial intelligence system should be recognised as the inventor of two ideas in patents filed on its behalf, a team of academics says. The AI has designed interlocking food containers that are ...