UK Supreme Court: artificial intelligence cannot be the inventor of a patent
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The UK Supreme Court has ruled in the case of American scientist Stephen Thaler, who tried to register patents for the inventions of his artificial intelligence system DABUS.
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Judge David Kitchin said in a written judgement that under current law, only an individual or company can be an inventor.
Thaler's lawyers responded by saying that this decision shows the complete inadequacy of the system for protecting AI-based inventions. According to them, it will have a negative impact on industries that use such technologies.
The representative of the British Patent Office, in turn, welcomed the court's decision for clarifying the legislation in this area. However, it was noted that the issue requires further study.
The work of the DABUS AI system, which Thaler is trying to patent
Thaler had previously received a similar refusal to register patents from the US patent office.
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Source: Reuters