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DLA Piper

How Many Neurons Must a System Compute Before You Can Call It AI? Unpicking the Guidelines on the AI Act’s Definition of...

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Bob Dylan famously asked, “How many roads must a man walk down, before you can call him a man?”. The power of the question is that there is no answer – and comparing the tribulations of one person’s journey through life to...more

Dechert LLP

Inventive AI: European Patent Office finds that only humans can be inventors

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Patent offices and courts around the world have recently been grappling with the question of whether an AI system can be the inventor of a patent. This has been prompted by Dr. Stephen Thaler’s applications to designate his...more

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

EPO Decision G1/19 Addresses Patentability of Computer-Implemented Simulations in Europe

On March 10, in decision G1/19, the European Patent Office (EPO) Enlarged Board of Appeal held that computer-implemented simulations are not per se unpatentable and warrant the same treatment as other computer-implemented...more

K&L Gates LLP

Sky v Skykick AG – Is This the End of a Claim for “Computer Software?”

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On 16 October 2019, Advocate General Tanchev of the CJEU has issued his opinion in Sky v SkyKick one of the most intriguing trade mark cases at the moment which will likely have a significant impact on EU trade mark law....more

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European Patent Office Issues New Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

On November 1, 2018, the European Patent Office (“EPO”) issued new guidelines for the patentability of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and machine learning (“ML”) inventions which indicate that applications within this subject...more

Knobbe Martens

Patenting Computer-Implemented Inventions in Europe and The United States

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Importance of Foreign Associates - • Important to have trusted partners in foreign countries who can provide assistance – Review specification and claims – Assist with best practices for local jurisdictions (e.g.,...more

Jones Day

Patenting Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Innovations in Europe

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The Situation: Artificial intelligence and machine learning ("AI/ML") play an increasingly important role in a number of industries, and those industries are seeking ways to guard their innovations by means of copyright and...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Global Patent Prosecution Newsletter - October 2018: Subject Matter Eligibility of Artificial Intelligence Patent Applications in...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become one of the most important technologies of the 21st century. AI generally refers to a branch of computer science that simulates “intelligent” behavior in computers and has the potential...more

Hogan Lovells

EU Patent Office publishes preview of guidelines on patenting AI applications

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Earlier this year the European Patent Office (“EPO”) held its first ever conference on patenting artificial intelligence (“AI”)....more

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