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AI IP Year in Review - AI Inventorship: Navigating Patent Rights Around the Globe

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The USPTO released proposed guidelines addressing the complex issue of AI inventorship. The USPTO is not the only agency attempting to tackle this issue; jurisdictions across the globe have been grappling with whether...more

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The Tokyo District Court Holds an Artificial Intelligence System Cannot Be an Inventor Under Japanese Patent Law

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Following similar decisions in other countries, a Japanese court held for the first time on May 16, 2024, that an inventor in the Patent Act is limited to a natural person and does not include an artificial intelligence...more

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Can an AI be a patent inventor? (Japan)

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On May 16, 2024, the Tokyo District Court (the “Court”) found that an artificial intelligence (“AI”) that autonomously generated an invention cannot be recognized as the inventor of that invention. The Court also expressed...more

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Japan Launches First Fully-Autonomous Ship Navigation Demonstration

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This week in Japan, the world’s first fully-autonomous ship navigation system deployed a car ferry during a demonstration test. The demonstration took place using a 15,500 gross ton Ro-Pax ferry, spanning 730 feet, that...more

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