IP in Metaverse: Patenting Inventions

1. IPin Metaverse:PatentingInventions • It’s anticipated that companies and creators will have new opportunities to offer hardware and softwareforaugmentedreality(AR)andvirtualreality(VR)deviceswheninternetconnectivity gives way to the Metaverse. They will aim to increase usability as technology develops, makingsuchdevicesmoreaccessibleanddurable.Intellectualproperty(IP)rights are immediatelyaffectedasmoreinnovationsbecomepatented.Asbrandsfortangibleanddigital goods,services,andtoolsbegintoemerge,avirtualtrademarkareawillbecreated.IPassets will exist in both the real and virtual worlds. The platform’s advancement depends on user- generated content. In terms of trademarks, brands will primarily be distinguished by non- traditional markings like auditory marks, animated graphic marks, etc. A new class of goods and services, such as downloadable digital content, retail outlet services for digital content, and internet entertainment services, will need to be established since completely new items and services will enter the market. While software-related inventions, including games, will be subjecttocopyrightprotection,physicalthingslikeeyewearandotherdeviceswillbeprotected bypatents.However,thereare difficultiesinpatenting thiscutting-edgetechnology. • Technology to power the Metaverse is being vigorously developed and patented by many IT giants. Such patented technologies include, for example, systems for maximizing shared views of virtual objects to numerous VR headset users, algorithms for creating and starting to move simulated shapes and scenes in a VR world based on hand gestures, head movement, orlineof visionof the user,systems forproducinghaptic feedbackrelatingto users’ engagement with virtual elements in a virtualized world, and techniques for creating 3D charactersoftheusersthatsimulatetheuse ofthetechnology. • Whatinventionsqualifyforpatent protection? • In general, patent applications can be submitted on both the software operations running withinthemetaverseframeworkandthehardwarepartsconnectedtoit. • Softwareadvancementsmightcompriseoperationscarriedoutwithinthemetaverse framework,operations foraccessingthemetaverseframework,andoperations for synchronizing metaverse framework states. The metaverse will mostly be constructed by modellingreal-worldorfictionalenvironmentsandcircumstances. • HardwareadvancementscantaketheformofimprovedCPUsandGPUsthataredesigned to host or assist the metaverse framework as well as actual access tools like extended reality headsets. • Challenges inFilingMetaversePatentApplications • The need for innovation andcreativity will likely be asignificant hurdlebecausethe virtualrealityandaugmentedrealityheadsetspaceiscurrentlyextensivelypatented.

2. It is challenging to prosecute patent applications for virtual technology because of the strict subject matter validity rules imposed on software inventions under 35 USC 101 asaresultoftheUS SupremeCourt’sdecisioninAliceCorpv.CLSBank. • The evaluation of a metaverse-based invention’s novelty and non-obviousness by establishing if the process used within the metaverse environment is identical to the sameapproachusedoutsideof itpresentsasignificantchallengeforsoftwarepatents. If the claimed invention’s only difference from the prior art is that it is only applicable to themetaverse,itmight be difficultforapplicantstodefeatit. • As shown in European Patent Office (EPO) judgment G1/19, patenting innovations for simulationcanbechallengingthroughtheEPO. • Formoreinformation,pleasevisit@https://www.iebrain.com/ip-in-metaverse-patenting- inventions/ • About Ingeniouse-Brain Solutions:- • Ingenious e-Brain Solutions provides high-quality, customized, and cost-effective Technology Intelligence,BusinessIntelligence, and IntellectualPropertyIntelligencesolutions to industry leaders, and innovative companies across the globe. Innovation, knowledge, and transparency form the basis of our company’s mission and vision. Along with cost benefits, we provide highest quality results ensuring fool-proof confidentiality and security. We are an ISO certified company withoffices inIndiaandUSA. • Ingeniouse-BrainSolutionshasastrongteamofanalysts,andsubjectmatterexpertswithdomain proficiency whichisdevotedtohelpclientsgrow.Ourhighlyqualifiedprofessionalsoffertailored, value-addedandcost-effectiveservicestoour clients.Webelieve inbuildinglongterm relationships with our clients who includenationaland internationalcorporations,Fortune 500 companies,world’sleadingresearch institutesanduniversitiesaswellasindependentinventors. Get in Touch:- • IndiaOffice • 207-208 Welldone TechPark, Sohna Road Sector48,Gurugram, Haryana122018,India • +91124 429 4218 • Email:- • queries@iebrain.com