USPTO releases AI strategic plan; FedScoop, January 15, 2025

CAROLINE NIHILL,  FedScoop; USPTO releases AI strategic plan

"The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is planning to examine the intersection of artificial intelligence innovation and advancing intellectual property policies as part of a new AI strategy the agency released Tuesday. 

In the document, the USPTO said it intends to study AI-related implications for IP protections and potential uses for the technology to safeguard trademark rights. The agency plans to advocate for the development of “sound judicial precedents and legislation that promote both AI innovation and respect for IP rights, while not unnecessarily constraining future AI innovation.”"

What Intellectual Property Policies Should We Expect from the Second Trump Administration?; American Enterprise Institute, November 15, 2024

Michael M. Rosen, American Enterprise Institute ; What Intellectual Property Policies Should We Expect from the Second Trump Administration?

"Days after President-Elect Trump announced numerous conventional cabinet appointments, and several highly idiosyncratic ones, we can be forgiven for throwing our hands up rather than trying to forecast how his new administration will handle the most pressing IP issues. But we can certainly try, based on the limited information we have before us.

1. Legislative patent reform...

2. Artificial intelligence (AI) regulation and IP...

3. Pharmaceutical protection"