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AI Created It—But Do You Own It? IP Issues Explained

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As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies increasingly generate content, designs, code, inventions, and even music, businesses face a pressing legal question: who owns the output when a machine creates it? The legal...more

MoFo Tech

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

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"Creativity Machine" Cannot Be Named As Inventor

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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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