Insights

Last Monday, the PTO affirmed its earlier (and unsurprising) position that a patent application filed in July was incomplete because it named an artificial intelligence as the inventor.  The application is believed to be among the first to name an AI as an inventor.

On September 16, 2011, the America Invents Act was signed into law by the President. The Act includes significant changes to U.S. patent law, which are summarized below. Some of these changes are effective immediately, while others will become effective over the next several years.

This summary of key lawsuits affecting medical devices is provided by the Health Care Law Group of Crowell & Moring LLP, in collaboration with the firm’s Torts, Antitrust and Intellectual Property Law Groups. Cases in this issue: