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A court in Alexandria, Virginia, ruled that inventions can only be patented under the name of a "natural person." The decision was made against someone who tried...

At first glance, a recently granted South African patent relating to a “food container based on fractal geometry” seems fairly mundane. The innovation in question involves interlocking food containers that are easy for robots to grasp and stack.

A recently granted South African patent seems fairly mundane, but, he inventor is not a human being – it is an AI system named DABUS.

Perhaps this will turn out to be a strategic masterclass by the South African office which will lead to a much more innovative nation

The innovation in question involves interlocking food containers that are easy for robots to grasp and stack

‘It was only a matter of time’ before an AI system was a named inventor ‘It was only a matter of time’ before an AI system was a named inventor Share Whilst the news that an AI system has been named as an inventor is world-first, it will create a fast-moving “ripple effect”, according to this innovations executive. Dr Stephen Thaler, who filed the patent request, is the inventor of the Device for Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience (DABUS), an AI system that has envisione...

The Simpsons The Australian Federal Court has handed down a landmark decision that will allow artificial intelligence (AI) systems to legally be recognised as the inventor of a patent, which is huge for the future of innovation and how we view AI in society. On Friday, July 30, the Federal Court of Australia found that “the inventor can be non-human” in the case of Thaler v Commissioner of Patents (2021). And while this may seem like a minor legal finding, it is historic in the fact that it...

Court rules that AI systems can be named inventors Court rules that AI systems can be named inventors Share In a world-first, a court has ruled that artificial intelligence systems can be named as inventors of a patent. International law firm Allens advised Dr Stephen Thaler on the successful appeal, wherein a court ruled that AI systems can be officially named as inventors. Dr Thaler is the inventor of the Device for Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience (DABUS), an AI system that has...

Intellectual property officials in South Africa have made history in a landmark decision to award a patent that names an artificial intelligence as the inventor.

Dr Albert Wessels' passion for horses led to the development of a unique identity for Toyota South Africa in 1961 - a logo with a rearing white stallion.