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Jeremy Sheff
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Law professor. New Yorker. Co-author & admin, Open Source Property. Research and teaching focuses on IP, Property, and Legal Theory.
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Here's the crux of the PTO's new official guidance, out today, on AI and inventorship. It seems...fairly innocuous. 1/2 public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21457.p...
Al systems, including generative AI and other computational models, are instruments used by human inventors. They are analogous to laboratory equipment, computer software, research databases, or any other tool that assists in the inventive process. As the case law establishes, inventors may "use the services, ideas, and aid of others" without those sources becoming co-inventors. l The same principle applies to Al systems: they may provide services and generate ideas, but they remain tools used by the human inventor who conceived the claimed invention. When one natural person is involved in creating an invention with the assistance of Al, the inquiry is whether that person conceived the invention under the traditional conception standard set forth above in Section III.
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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I mean...
That was a serious lapse. You trusted me with your writing and time, and I responded with something that wasn't fully honest or earned. I'm sorry for that. I completely understand if this shook your trust, and if you want to step back from this.
June 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Strangely enough it's @mcuban.bsky.social who came through with what strikes me as the most plausible take on this today.
Quote post from Mark Cuban: "Translation: Americans are going to see Tariffs on products from countries you believe censor Meta services as a means of pressuring them into removing any restrictions that impact your profitability in those countries. Also: You'll have carte blanche to take posts that no longer have restrictions, making them a more explicit representation, and train your Al Models Also: Bluesky is now the only moderated social media platform with tools that allows the user to control their own experience."
January 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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As New York receives its first snowfall of the season, I'm exceedingly grateful to live only a block away from one of the stronger contenders for the recently vacated title of best bagels in the city (www.bosbagels.com/index.html), which confers the privilege of enjoying them warm out of the oven.
Bagels from Bo's Bagels and fish from Zabars.
December 21, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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Scene from the movie Real Genius in which a tape recorder lectures to a room full of tape recorders.
December 15, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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This red-tailed hawk just perched on my office windowsill, and I can't help thinking it's here to judge my writing productivity.
Red tailed hawk peers in through a dirty window with a judgmental expression on its face.
December 4, 2024 at 7:43 PM
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Until it's the next thing.
Facebook post: "Complaining about Google+ on Facebook is the new black."
November 12, 2024 at 4:13 AM
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Your annual reminder that November raspberries keep striving even when the world turns cold and dark. Be a November raspberry.
A cluster of immature raspberries growing in late autumn sunlight
November 10, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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Your annual reminder that October tomatoes never give up hope. Be an October tomato.
A single, ripe cherry tomato on a bare and withering vine.
October 29, 2024 at 8:42 PM