6 March 2023FeaturesPatentsMike Williams

UK’s DABUS debate chews over sticky inventor issue

On March 2 the UK Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Thaler (Appellant) v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (Respondent). The case concerns DABUS (Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience), an AI system that is alleged to have made two inventions that are the subject of UK patent applications GB1816909.4 and GB1818161.0.

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UK’s DABUS debate chews over sticky inventor issue

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