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ARTICLE · 08 SEPTEMBER 2022

Artificial Intelligence And Patents: Are AI Innovations Eligible For Protection In The EU?

On 5 July 2022, the Legal Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) issued its long-awaited written decision in the "DABUS case" (J 8/20). This case revolved...

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Patents to protect innovation are applied for and owned only by their 'human' inventor, so what happens if a product is produced entirely and autonomously by a highly advanced computer? This question has been at the heart of a number of proceedings before patent offices around the world, including the EPO, as Volha Parfenchyk explains.

On 5 July 2022, the Legal Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) issued its long-awaited written decision in the "DABUS case" (J 8/20). This case revolved around the question of whether artificial intelligence (AI) can be designated an inventor in a patent application.

Artificial intelligence and patents: The rise of the computer 'inventor'

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