United Kingdom: Issued High Court ruling in lawsuit concerning the classification of AI as an inventor (Thaler v Comptroller General)
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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…
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
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2021-09-21
in force