It’s Alive? The Open Question of Ownership over the Creations of an AI
... Patent applications are ongoing in several countries, but the USPTO denied the application, stating unequivocally that the plain language of patent laws limits patent applications to naming only human persons as inventors. While the case is currently on appeal to the Federal Circuit, the judges have seemed skeptical of the inventor’s position, with one asking how an AI could be considered an individual. To date, the DABUS system has been awarded only one patent in its own name, from the patent office of South Africa. ...
If the human inventors had minimal control of the creative or inventive process, the work will likely fall under the public domain, being ineligible for IP protections. ...
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