EPO affirms that AI cannot invent
The European Patent Office has ruled that only humans can invent, dismissing appeals looking to list an artificial intelligence as a named inventor on a patent.
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The European Patent Office has ruled that only humans can invent, dismissing appeals looking to list an artificial intelligence as a named inventor on a patent.
As the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning accelerates, it was inevitable that the courts would be called to answer the…
Legal provisions to address AI inventorship are needed, clearly defining the extent of contribution that would entitle an AI to be an inventor.
Dr. Stephen Thaler, the architect of the artificial intelligence system known as DABUS, the first AI system to be named as an inventor on a patent...
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) ruled last week that artificial intelligence systems cannot be credited as an inventor in a patent. This