‘Is it time to move on from the AI inventor debate?’

“This Kat has long argued that the discussion of AI inventorship is premature. However, the subject of AI inventorship remains (for want of a better word) trendy. Following the widely publicised submission of two patent applications purporting to have an AI inventor, the media and conference circuit was awash with discussion on the topic. However, in a welcome injection of realism into the debate, the majority of contributors to a recent USPTO public consultation on the topic were of the opinion that AI is not yet capable of invention …” (more)

[Rose Hughes, The IPKat, 2 December]

First posted 2020-12-03 17:57:11

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