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United Kingdom: Lawsuit concerning the classification of AI as an inventor (Thaler v Comptroller General)

Progress

Current status
in force
20 Dec 2023 in force
21 Sep 2021 in force
21 Sep 2020 in force

Scope

Implementers
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Intellectual property
Policy Instrument
Patent protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
supreme court
court
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

20 Dec 2023
in force

Issued Supreme Court ruling in lawsuit concerning the classification of AI as an inventor (Thaler v Comptroller General)

On 20 December 2023, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom dismissed an appeal concerning the patentability of technical advances generated by an Artificial Intelligence (AI) machine, DABUS. The ruling addresses the interpretation and application …

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body supreme court
21 Sep 2021
in force

Issued Court of Appeal ruling in a lawsuit concerning the classification of AI as an inventor (Thaler v Comptroller General)

On 21 September 2021, the civil division of the Court of Appeal of the United Kingdom dismissed an appeal concerning the patentability of technical advances generated by an Artificial Intelligence (AI) machine, DABUS. The Court held that an inventor…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
21 Sep 2020
in force

Issued High Court ruling in lawsuit concerning the classification of AI as an inventor (Thaler v Comptroller General)

On 21 September 2020, the High Court of the United Kingdom dismissed an appeal concerning the patentability of technical advances generated by an Artificial Intelligence (AI) machine, DABUS. The Court held that an inventor, as defined by the 1977 Ac…

Source
Event type public lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court