This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Federal Circuit affirms the invalidation of Recentive’s patent claims under Section 101 after finding them directed to generic applications of machine learning; the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s International IP Index shows improving IP environments in the Middle East as the UAE grants its first collective rights management license; the USPTO formally ends its pilot program for accelerating patent applications claiming climate change mitigation technologies; and EPO President António Campinos submits written observations to the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeals regarding the rights of third-party interveners to maintain appeals of opposition proceedings after all other appellants withdraw.
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