Time to Embrace Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) & AI Future

Clause 8 is back for a new season!  To start the season, Eli – for the first time on Clause 8 - shares his own thoughts at length about the hottest debates in the patent world.

On this episode, Eli discusses:

• The horrific October 7 terrorist attacks on Israel and more than 240 Israelis still being held captured by the terrorists
• His “first IP interview” with then Israel Patent Office Director Asa Kling
• ChatGPT spurring changing attitudes towards potential of AI compared to when he interviewed DABUS’ legal mastermind Ryan Abbott
• Patent practitioners failing to embrace new software tools & skepticism regarding using AI
• How USPTO’s first Director of Emerging Technologies Jerry Ma & rest of USPTO have led on AI
• Future of using AI for patent practice
• Big Tech’s current view of state of America’s patent system and impact on patent policy debates
• Takeways from moderating IPWatchdog LIVE panel with previous Clause 8 guest David Jones, AIA’s “author” Joe Matal, and John Lee – Rep. Darrell Issa’s Chief Counsel for IP
• Impact of patent eligibility stress disorder (PESD) on debates regarding PERA’s
• Why patent community should embrace PERA to fix Section 101 mess
• Massie going MIA on patent issues
• Why Senator Thom Tillis is inventors’ best hope to pass meaningful legislation
• And, much more!