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“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2
Episodes on artificial intelligence patent law. Monday reads the week’s developments. Wednesday takes up the Supreme Court, the inventions that changed things, and Shakespeare and the law. Friday walks through the week’s original data. Saturday explains one granted artificial intelligence patent, from what the technology does to what the patent lets its owner stop others from doing. And a short episode follows each Federal Circuit decision on artificial intelligence patents.
In December 1598 the Burbage brothers took apart the Theatre, London's early playhouse, and used its timber to build the Globe. Their landlord, Giles Allen, sued for years over a lease that let them remove the building only before its term ended. Jon and Catie on the clause, the deadline, and what it means for every contract right that expires on a date.
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board's fiscal year 2026 appeal numbers and what they mean for artificial intelligence applications; Google v. Valtrus Innovations (Fed. Cir. Oct. 19, 2026) and why invention records should stay in their native files; OpenAI's application on the prompt-box control that sets a token budget; and Google's application on sizing a model to a compute budget.
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Thinking Makes It So is produced by Burbage Law, the practice of Jon Burbage, a registered patent attorney. Nothing in an episode is legal advice; see the Disclaimer.