Part 1 ~ The Artificial Inventor: Is Artificial Intelligence Eligible to be an Inventor on a Patent?

Must an “inventor” be a human being? Indeed, in Thaler v. Commissioner of Patents the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia upheld the view of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms cannot be inventors for the purposes of a U.S. patent. Through a textualist lens, the court … Continue reading Part 1 ~ The Artificial Inventor: Is Artificial Intelligence Eligible to be an Inventor on a Patent?