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Inventorship in the Age of AI

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Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has become an essential tool in the drug discovery process. Trained with input regarding target engagement and desired pharmacological properties, or prompted to identify compounds that...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Subject Matter Eligibility of AI Innovations—USPTO’s Updated Guidance

This article discusses the July 17, 2024 guidance issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) regarding the subject matter eligibility of patent claims involving artificial intelligence (“AI”). The...more

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AI and Invention: USPTO Issues More Guidance

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On July 17, 2024, the U.S. Patent Office issued additional guidance regarding patentability and inventorship concerns relating to Artificial Intelligence. This guidance expands upon prior guidelines, as discussed in a...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

IP Hot Topic: Update on USPTO Guidance for AI Subject Matter Eligibility

On July 16, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released updated guidance on patent subject matter eligibility, focusing on artificial intelligence (AI). This update, effective from July 17, 2024, is...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Navigating Inventorship of AI-Assisted Inventions: USPTO's Guidance and Implications

This article discusses the February 13, 2024 guidance issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) regarding the inventorship of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted inventions. While this guidance marks a...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

USPTO Seeks Public Comment on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Patentability

The relentless march of technological progress presents a unique challenge for the intellectual property (IP) landscape. Earlier this year, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Request for Comments...more

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AI-assisted inventions: USPTO’s most recent guidance for determining inventorship

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AI technologies bring several new business opportunities, but they also bring a host of new legal questions, including in intellectual property law. A very important question at the intersection of AI and IP is: how do we...more

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Inventive AI: UK Supreme Court holds that only humans can be inventors

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An AI system cannot be named as the inventor in a UK patent application – the inventor(s) must be human. Technical developments created by AI cannot be ‘inventions’ within the meaning of UK patent legislation. UK patent...more

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UK Supreme Court Rules Against AI Inventorship of Patents

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On December 20, 2023, the UK Supreme Court ("Court") dismissed Dr. Stephen Thaler's appeal, unanimously affirming the decision of the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks ("Comptroller") that a machine which...more

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The IP of Everything Podcast - Episode 18 - The IP of AI

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Are you curious about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is shaking up the world of Intellectual Property (IP)? Tune in to discover the latest developments in this complex field....more

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Australian Court Overturns AI Inventorship Ruling

In 2021, the Australian Federal Court ruled in a landmark case that a device characterized as an artificial intelligence (AI) machine could for the first time be listed as an inventor on a patent application for the purposes...more

Proskauer - Life Sciences

Update on Artificial Intelligence: USPTO Urges Federal Circuit to Affirm Decision That AI Cannot Qualify as an “Inventor”

In three previous blog posts, we have discussed recent inventorship issues surrounding Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and its implications for life sciences innovations – focusing specifically on scientist Stephen Thaler’s...more

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A Split Develops: Can Artificial Intelligence Invent Stuff?

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There is a split developing in the world over whether artificial intelligence software (AI) can be listed as an inventor on a patent application. A recent U.S. district court decision illustrates the consistent position...more

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Update on Artificial Intelligence: Court Rules that AI Cannot Qualify As “Inventor”

Striking a blow to patent applicants seeking to assert inventorship by artificial intelligence (“AI”) systems, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled on September 3, 2021 that an AI machine cannot...more

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AI As A Patent Inventor – An Update From South Africa And Australia

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Although the European, U.S., and UK Patent Offices have denied patent applications on the grounds that an AI system cannot be listed as an inventor, not every country seems to be following that approach and some may be set to...more

Proskauer - Life Sciences

Artificial Intelligence as the Inventor of Life Sciences Patents?

The question whether an artificial intelligence (“AI”) system can be named as an inventor in a patent application has obvious implications for the life science community, where AI’s presence is now well established and...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Patently Obvious? AI as an Inventor After DABUS

On 7 September 2020, the UK government published a call for views on the future relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP). Though the government called for views on all areas of...more

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"Creativity Machine" Cannot Be Named As Inventor

In a Decision on Petition issued in April, and signed by Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy Robert W. Bahr, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office refused to vacate a Notice to File Missing Parts of...more

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AI has no personality: EPO rules that an AI machine cannot be an inventor in patent applications

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In the patent grant proceedings for two European Patent Applications, the EPO has ruled that an AI machine cannot be named as an inventor in a Patent Application. Doing so does not comply with the requirement to designate the...more

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