ARE Patent Law Alert: DABUS AI: The Test Case for When a Computer can be an Inventor on Patents for Innovation it Purports to Create

Abstract   In “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968), Stanley Kubrik and Arthur C. Clarke mesmerized audiences with a supercomputer H.A.L. 9000, engaging in conversations and performing human like tasks.     Fast forward more than 50 years, and in 2020, and “Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience” (“DABUS”) a patented (see U.S. Patent No. […]

Douglas A. Miro Selected as a 2020 Top 100 New York Metro Super Lawyer

Congratulations to partner Douglas A. Miro who has once again been selected as a Top 100 New York Metro Super Lawyer in the intellectual property category. This is the fourth time Doug has been named to this prestigious list.    Leading fashion, retail and manufacturing companies regularly call on Doug for strategic advice on the […]

Key Takeaways from the AUTM 2020 Software Course

Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein was honored to participate and sponsor the AUTM 2020 Software Course. Our firm has been (and continues to be) a longtime supporter of AUTM. RecapThe five sessions of this year’s course focused on different aspects of issues facing tech transfer offices (TTOs) in developing, protecting and monetizing software and data rights. […]

Sneak Peek Into Amster Rothstein’s Licensing Executives Society’s Annual Meeting Session – Machine Learning Tools Used for Monetization in AI

In this sneak peek into Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein’s upcoming Licensing Executives Society’s 2020 Annual Meeting session on October 18 on how to identify, prepare and package data for monetization in AI, speakers Benjamin Beavan from Getty Images and Barry Brager from Perception Partners discuss bounding boxes, a machine learning tool it uses to help […]

Charley Macedo Authors Practical Law Article on Protecting Artificial Intelligence Innovations as Intellectual Property

In this Practical Law article titled, “Protecting Artificial Intelligence Innovations as Intellectual Property: Opportunities and Pitfalls,” partner Charley Macedo discusses various challenges and opportunities for protecting key components of artificial intelligence, particularly machine learning technology, as intellectual property, including through patents, copyrights, contracts, trade secrets and other technological mechanisms. Read the full article.  Practical Law, […]