The AIP—Now With More Copyright!
Our complaint just filed in United States District Court for the District of Washington DC for an order compelling the US Copyright Office to set aside their refusal to register an AI-Generated Work.
July 2022 AIP Update Around the World
United States On 2 September 2021, the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia affirmed a decision by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) that an inventor – defined in 35 USC …
European Patent Office Legal Board of Appeal Issues Decision in J08/20 DABUS, Offers Path Forward
The Legal Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office has issued its decision in J08/20 DABUS, rejecting an application for an AI-generated invention naming a machine as the inventor. The decision holds that only a …
A Federal Court in Australia has Held AI-Generated Inventions are Patentable
A federal court in Australia has ruled in our favor and ordered our patent application for an AI-generated invention reinstated by IP Australia. From the attached judgment of Beach, J: “In summary, in my …
Dr. Stephen Thaler speaks on how DABUS can invent
Dr. Stephen Thaler, the inventor of DABUS, the AI behind the Artificial Inventor Project, speaks to the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) on how DABUS functions and how it is able to invent. This …
Book Release—The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law
AI and people do not compete on a level-playing field. Self-driving vehicles may be safer than human drivers, but laws often penalize such technology. People may provide superior customer service, but businesses are automating to …
The first time an AI has been listed as an inventor in a published “international” application
Ours is the first instance of an AI being listed as an inventor in a published PCT application. This is an international patent application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) with the World Intellectual …
WIPO Magazine features ‘The Artificial Inventor Project’
An article in WIPO Magazine describing the Artificial Inventor Project and its aims, <https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2019/06/article_0002.html>