Boeing is patenting a robotic pilot that can read emotions
Four years after Boeing shared its vision of pilotless planes, the aerospace giant takes a half-step toward self-flying aircraft with a patent application for a robotic co-pilot.
AI model warns type 1 diabetes patients of hypoglycemia risk before sleep
An algorithm that uses artificial intelligence could help patients with type 1 diabetes anticipate and potentially avoid nocturnal hypoglycemia by notifying them of their risk before going to sleep.
Ping An, Philips filed the most digital health patents in last 3 years: report
Ping An Insurance Group and Philips were the world’s most prolific digital health patent applicants in the last three years, according to the China Digital Technology Development Working Committee (CDTC).
Huawei to “amend” patent application for AI-powered identification of Uighurs
Chinese tech giant Huawei is in hot water over a facial recognition patent application, wherein the AI-powered technology might play into the issue of discrimination of China’s ethnic Uighur Muslim population.Video surveillance research group IPVM called out Shenzhen-based Huawei for its 2018 patent application for an “object attribute recognition method, device, computing equipment, and system.” […]
RPX Clinches Jumbo Licensing Deal Involving a Big Chunk of Intellectual Venture’s Patent Assets
In a largely unexpected move, Bill Gates-backed Intellectual Ventures (IV) has decided to license 18,000 of the patents in its portfolio to RPX members. Law360 described IV as a company in its prime already in decline. While IV owns an enormous patent portfolio, that in itself is no guarantee that it has prevailed or will […]
UK regulator cites IP licensing in Nvidia-Arm acquisition probe
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it is launching an investigation into Nvidia’s planned USD40 billion acquisition of the UK-based Arm Limited from Softbank Group.
Toyota seeks auto car wash patent for future AI-powered vehicles
An interesting corner of the growing world of AI is its adoption in the automotive industry. As automakers are racing to develop driverless vehicles for widespread adoption, they recognize that leveraging AI-powered solutions and features will be the key differentiators for their brand.
AI and Automation’s Impact on the Future of Jobs: Diametrically Opposed Views
AI is now being used in many diverse applications including job applicant screening, medical diagnosis, traffic data analysis, advanced materials design, risk assessment, network security monitoring, language translation, and stock market trading. AI-based algorithms have also been shown to be capable of learning and solving problems in some situations when it was not expected to.
Building an effective IP strategy for AI
As with many emerging technologies, AI raises interesting and often deeply unsettling fundamental ethical, moral, social, political and privacy issues. However, some questions touch on more practical issues relating to patentability
Is it time to focus on practical application over invention in Step 2 of the Alice test?
New USPTO guidance on what constitutes patent-eligible subject matter has been welcomed by many, but may be inconsistent with Supreme Court precedent
