United Kingdom: Issued Court of Appeal ruling in a lawsuit concerning the classification of AI as an inventor (Thaler v Comptroller General)
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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…
Scope
Policy Area
Intellectual property
Policy Instrument
Patent protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
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2020-09-21
in force
2021-09-21
in force