In Thaler v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2023] UKSC 49, the UK Supreme Court ruled that AI cannot be an ‘inventor’ for the purposes of UK patent law. The ruling concludes a ...

The UK has voted to leave the European Union, but how does this affect patents? Patents can be obtained in the UK via two separate means, either directly from the UK intellectual Office (UKIPO) which ...

The United Kingdom Supreme Court (the ultimate appeal level in the UK legal system) has ruled in a decision of 20 December 2023 that an artificial intelligence (“AI”) system cannot be identified in a ...

“The Supreme Court is not the right forum for policy change since it must necessarily implement existing laws and statutes. However, the Dr. Thaler cases…highlight the need for any ongoing legal ...

Computer scientist Dr. Stephen Thaler attempted to file two patent applications in the name of an AI model he created. The United Kingdom’s top court has rejected an appeal from a computer scientist ...

The UK Supreme Court today rejected a bid by computer scientist Stephen Thaler to patent several inventions churned out by an AI he claims to own. Thaler used his "creativity machine," known as DABUS, ...

The UK’s highest court ruled today that artificial intelligence systems can’t be the official holder of a patent, echoing legal trends elsewhere in the Western world and highlighting the legal issues ...