Milbank Partner Chris Gaspar recently commented in an article,
"When AI Invents, Thorny Questions Follow For Patent
Law," published by Law360. Mr. Gaspar is a member of
the firm's Litigation & Arbitration Group, with a focus on
intellectual property. His IP litigation and counseling practice
includes a wide range of technologies and products in the
electrical, semiconductor, computer, financial-services, and
medical-device fields.
Discussing the prospect of patent applications for inventions said
to be created entirely by artificial intelligence, Mr. Gaspar said:
"My sense is the applications will be rejected rather than
accepted by the patent offices." Addressing the legal question
presented by US patent law, which refers to an inventor as an
"individual," Mr. Gaspar said of AI applications:
"Perhaps they will be used as test cases to see if there's
an appetite for the legislatures to change the laws. I doubt the
patent offices on their own will just interpret rules in a way that
would allow a machine to be an inventor."
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