‘Why cannot our own creations also create?’: AI can be inventor on patent, court finds

Allens 2021-07-30 12:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh | Melbourne

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A judge has found artificial intelligence can be named as the inventor on a patent application, setting aside an IP Australia finding that allowing a machine to be considered an inventor would render the Patents Act incapable of “sensible operation”.

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