“Powerful AI systems could hold the key to some of the
mega challenges facing humanity – from the cure for cancer to
workable solutions for reversing climate change. But if outdated IP
laws around the world don’t respond quickly to the rise of
the inventive machine, the lack of incentive for AI developers
could stand in the way of a new era of spectacular human
endeavour.” Professor Ryan Abbot, University of Surrey,
quoted in an article that appeared in The Patent Lawyer
entitled First ever patent applications filed for inventions
generated solely by AI.
In a previous article we have discussed artificial intelligence
(AI) in the context of trade marks. In that article we looked at
how AI, in the form of predictive devices like Alexa and Amazon
Dash, has the potential to take humans out of the purchasing
process, thereby raising interesting issues around trade mark
infringement. In this article we discuss AI in the context of
patents and copyright.
