June 8, 2026 Michael Centa James Muraff Alert In a continued development of patent eligibility policy following Ex parte Desjardins, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) reversed a subject-matter eligibility rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 101 for a Microsoft invention directed to AI-assisted code-editing tools, such as GitHub Copilot. Here, in Ex parte Ziegler, Appeal No. … Continue Reading
Malisheia Douglas Companies outside traditional tech sectors may be sitting on IP goldmines without realizing it. Manufacturing, e-commerce, and consumer products businesses routinely use AI technologies from predictive maintenance to automated pricing. These technologies represent valuable intellectual property assets. While these companies may not self-identify as “tech companies” in the Silicon Valley sense, their AI … Continue Reading
Authors: Samantha Rothaus, Howard Weingrad and Jordan Thompson The power and application of AI is growing exponentially. As is often the case with the introduction of revolutionary technologies, legislation at both the federal and state level has been slow to catch up. On a daily basis, industries are grappling with how to adapt, and how … Continue Reading
