Artificial Intelligence In The World Of IP

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the world of Intellectual Property has raised some very interesting questions and debate. The patentability of AI related inventions, proprietary issues of inventorship and the lack of adequate regulations and standards have left some open-ended questions. AI related inventions generally use techniques like machine learning deep learning and neural networks. According to the WIPO publication 1055 – Technology Trends 2019, the most predominant AI functional applications have been filed in the fields of telecommunications, transportation and life and medical sciences with activity mainly in computer vision, natural language processing and speech processing. The same publication states that "the most marked increase in patenting activity between 2013 and 2016 features machine learning technique, deep learning" with deep learning having an average annual growth rate of 175 percent in this period. Robotics and control methods were the fastest