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...
New USPTO guidance on what constitutes patent-eligible subject matter has been welcomed by many, but may be inconsistent with Supreme Court precedent...
The increasing convergence of artificial intelligence, the internet of things, robotics and other emerging technologies are expected to generate various novel legal issues that courts will soon have to grapple with, e.g., the issue of patentability of AI-generated inventions. With the breakneck pace at which technological advances are being generated and...
In this article, we discuss the various advantages and disadvantages one should consider when deciding whether to acquire a third-party patent asset or embrace licensing as a path towards a company’s growth. Both options have their merits, but which one a company should pursue depends mainly on the company’s circumstances....
We are thrilled to welcome Karel Pabeliña, PhD and Jan Bugante who are joining Parola Analytics, Inc. as Principal Analysts, Science and Technology. Dr. Pabeliña and Mr. Bugante will be focusing on performing research, analysis, and preparation of reports for our clients on various subject matter that include advanced materials,...
The term "microbiome" refers to the ecosystem of microorganisms in the human body. It includes microbes in one’s gut, bacteria on the skin, and any microscopic organism that lives within or on any human body part. Interestingly, microorganisms comprising the human microbiome outnumber human cells in the human body they...
Growing organs in a dish previously sounded a lot like science fiction, but it is already happening. Named by The Scientist as one of the biggest scientific advancements of 2013, researchers have grown what are called “organoids,” three-dimensional organ-buds grown in a laboratory that incorporate certain features that closely resemble...
Google recently unveiled a new tool to help you make better doodles.[1] When someone doodles in Autodraw, the software’s trained neural network recognizes the sketch and suggests clip art based on object recognition. Autodraw is Google’s newest A.I. experiment. (You can access other live Google A.I. experiments here.) Take for example here,...
We are now inundated with a tsunami of data--a metaphor used by many to refer to the speed and quantity of data being generated. The healthcare industry is a key contributor to this data tsunami. Healthcare data is estimated at 500 petabytes in 2012 and is expected to skyrocket to...